Well, here's this week's list, but I think this is just an amazing season where everything below No. 1 and above No. 9 is a jumble.

(Also reflective of that jumble: The Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego, which has a contract to take the No. 7 Pac-10 team for its bowl, made contingency arrangements with the WAC this week in case the Pac-10 can't supply enough 6-win teams.)

1 Southern California (1) 5-1, 3-1. Eleven straight quarters without giving up a touchdown.
2 Oregon (3) 5-2, 3-1. Leads league in rushing … 77 ypg more than No. 2 USC.
3 Arizona (6) 5-2, 3-1. No Wildcat penalties in win over Cal.
4 Oregon State (5) 4-3, 3-1. Rushed for 553 yards over last two games... however that was against the Washington schools.
5 California (2) 4-2, 2-1. TB Best made solid return after elbow injury.
6 Arizona State (7) 2-4, 1-2. QB Carpenter now 10th on Pac-10 career passing list.
7 UCLA (8) 3-4, 2-2. Neuheisel holding Bruins together pretty well.
8 Stanford (4) 4-4, 3-2. Up and down Cardinal leads Pac-10 in red zone offense (91.7%).
9 Washington (9) 0-6, 0-4. Signs of offensive life with first 100-yard rusher (Terrance Dailey) and receiver (D’Andre Goodwin) vs. Beavers. (My story in today's paper takes a more detailed look at the Huskies, assessing mid-season grades unit by unit.)
10 Washington State (10) 1-7, 0-5. Non-shutout streak over after 280 games.

Not much news out of UW football so far today, but what little news there is was good.

Coach Tyrone Willingham said that previously injured or limited players such as tailback David Freeman and safety Johri Fogerson and receiver Cody Bruns all worked yesterday and are expected to work today when the Huskies take the field at 4 p.m.

Willingham -- like offensive coordinator Tim Lappano yesterday -- seems eager to get a look at Freeman and likely starter Terrance Dailey in a tailback rotation. Willingham also said that the staff was impressed enough by Dailey and Freeman where both likely would have gotten their chances this season even if injuries hadn't sliced away so much of the tailback depth chart.

And finally: For those of you who come across this post instantly, it looks like the ND-UW game is one of the topics for discussion coming up on ESPN's "Pardon the Interruption."

Otherwise, this game doesn't seem to be drawing the national attention that might once have been expected. The UW sports information office said the only national media asking for time with Willingham this week was ESPN, which will apparently devote some time to the game as part of its Saturday "College GameDay" coverage.