1 USC (1) 7-1, 5-1. Mauled Huskies with starters, finished them off with subs.

2 California (5) 6-2, 4-1. At least six wins in all seven seasons under Jeff Tedford.

3 Arizona (3) 5-3, 3-1. Week off after disappointment of USC loss probably a good thing.

4 Oregon State (4) 5-3, 4-1. Win over ASU was Mike Riley’s 52nd at OSU , third on all-time list.

5 Oregon (2) 6-3, 4-2. Ducks won’t leave their home state again until bowl time.

6 Stanford (6) 5-4, 4-2. Win over WSU marked Cardinal’s first Pac-10 shutout since 1974.

7 Arizona State (8) 2-6, 1-4. Finally got running game fired up at Oregon State.

8 UCLA (7) 3-5, 2-3. Freshman Taylor Embree has 20 catches over last four games.

9 Washington (9) 0-8, 0-5. Schedule turns more manageable ... if Huskies still believe they're capable of winning. (Here's my game preview -- on the running game -- from today's paper.)

10 Washington State (10) 1-8, 0-6. Shutout again and frustrations give way to finger-pointing.

Sometimes when things go bad, they just go bad.

As you may have noticed, things are going bad with the Washington football program. And here's about as clear an indication as their is: in the last two weeks, UW has lost two starting defensive tackles in pregame warmups.

You may remember that Senio Kelemete hurt his knee while warming up before the Notre Dame game. And now it turns out that Cameron Elisara suffered a neck injury while warning up at USC. Elisara started the game, but was pulled due to that pregame injury.

Elisara is back working already this week and should be available for Arizona State this Saturday. Kelemete seems more likely for UCLA the following week.

Cornerback Mesphin Forrester (knee) also is more likely for next week than this one.

In other health news, linebacker Donald Butler (neck) wore the protective red jersey in practice yesterday, however he is expected to be ready by Saturday.

Coach Tyrone Willingham said the Tuesday practice was a good one, but the schedule had to be altered due to thunder and lightning around the stadium.

And finally, Willingham was asked his thoughts about Tuesday's election of the first African-American president, Barack Obama.
He called it a "great day for America because now what is written in the Constitution comes to life."

Washington's men's basketball exhibition at 7 p.m. Thursday against Western Washington won't be on either radio or television.

However, there are plenty of tickets available for anyone wanting a rare chance at watching the Huskies from good season.

And meanwhile, the UW Website will have free live video of the game from the Dawg Channel All-Access.

I covered UW basketball yesterday, while Eric Williams handled football. And Eric ran into an interesting story as always-interesting sixth-year center Juan Garcia spoke out after a long absence from the media.

Here's the link to the story, including a few notes at the bottom.