College Football Week 2 Pass/Fail Report: PAC-12

Week 2 Conference Record: 9-3

Pass: Washington, Stanford, Arizona State, Oregon, Colorado, Utah, Oregon State, California, Washington State

Washington: It took a while, but the Huskies hit the ground running after the half and rolled out to a 45-3 win over FCS member North Dakota, a much easier opponent than Auburn. The Huskies, however, will get no favors when it comes to their strength of schedule with this win.

Stanford: The Cardinal won a defensive minded contest at home over what was the across the board favorite in the South in USC. Stanford continues to impress on every level, even without Bryce Love playing nearly his best football (he's now hurt). Stanford is a team to seriously watch moving forward.

Arizona State: I am not buying all in on the "we were wrong about Herm" theories just yet. The Sun Devils rolled over an outgunned UTSA team in the opener, and maybe Michigan State just is not very good, and was overrated coming into the season. It's too early to heap platitudes just yet.

Oregon: The Ducks have not really been fully in gear yet, but have rolled over two completely out manned opponents in Bowling Green and Portland State. They get another one this week in San Jose State. God bless the schedule maker here, but Oregon won't be challenged out of conference, and it's kind of embarrassing how little they have challenged themselves with this schedule.

Colorado: The Buffs are another team to watch after a blowout opening win against rival Colorado State, and then they pick up a road win in hostile Lincoln to upstage the opening of the Scott Frost era at Nebraska. The Huskers are not a great football team right now, but that win last weekend was still huge for the program moving forward.

Utah: Playing at Northern Illinois was a complete trap spot for the Utes, or anyone else for that matter, and the defense came up huge, even if the offense never got off the charter flight. The Utes have to find ways to win games, and that will be different every week for this team. They win on the road was bigger than it may have looked.

Oregon State: The Beavers rolled up on Southern Utah last weekend, and while, on paper, it looks like a cupcake win, the Beavers are showing that they can score a ton of points when they need to, even if the defense has not nearly caught up yet. The Beavers are going to cause some heartburn for someone in PAC-12 play.

California: The Golden Bears offense may be in stall mode, but that defense is bone crushing, allowing just 17.5 points per game against North Carolina and BYU. Very few people gave them love heading into the BYU game last week (I picked the Bears to win and cover...check, check), but Cal was the better side on the night, and got the job done. Justin Wilcox has that defense completely refurbished.

Washington State: I tried to tell you all about that Cougar defense. They are allowing just 9.5 points per game in wins over Wyoming and San Jose State, and are looking to expand upon the improvements made last season. In years past, a game against Eastern Washington would be cause for concern, but not now. The Cougars get the Eagles this week.

Fail: UCLA, USC, Arizona

UCLA: Before anyone wants to gt involved in panic mode over the 0-2 start, remember, this is a program building situation for Chip Kelly, and he knew it going in. The Bruins got crushed at Oklahoma in the end, but that was to be expected, and if you didn't expect it, you need to check yourself. There were some encouraging moments in the Oklahoma loss, and there were some small victories for the Bruins in that game. In the long term, the Bruins will be alright.

USC: The Trojans got bitten last week by what I talked about all Summer. They have talent, but little experience and depth on the 2 deep. That came to play against a Stanford team that rolled in and defensively nullified the young Trojan talent. USC will bounce back, but that was an eye opening loss to Stanford.

Arizona: This staff has A) no idea how to use Khalil Tate, and B) got to come to terms with the fact that it is possible that defensive coordinators around the nation have figured out how to defend him. In either eventuality, Tate has been outright terrible this season, and the Wildcats have fallen apart to start the Kevin Sumlin era.