Pac-10 This Week

If Oregon is really consumed by hatred for Washington, as Huskies coach Jim Lambright claimed, then the Ducks should be supremely motivated against Arizona State. Beating ASU would provide a major assist to Washington State, since the Cougars would lose any two-way tie with the Sun Devils.

As always, point spreads (in parenthesis) are for entertainment purposes only.

California at Arizona (-11-1/2)

TV: 7 p.m., Fox Sports Net Cal defense more forgiving than Kathy Lee.

The pick: Wildcats 31, Bears 17

Oregon at No. 15 Arizona St. (-9-1/2)

TV: 3:30 p.m., Fox Sports Net Oregon coach Mike Bellotti denies crank-calling the Lambright home.

The pick: Sun Devils 31, Ducks 21

USC (-11) at Oregon State

Trojans still control their own mutiny.

The pick: Trojans 20, Beavers 14

No. 13 UW at No. 9 UCLA (-2)

TV: 12:30 p.m., ABC

Huskies set sights on becoming first 7-4 team to win national title.

The pick: Bruins 27, Huskies 24

Stanford at No. 14 WSU (-15-1/2)

If the Cardinal could have a touchdown for every time coach Tyrone Willingham smiled in public, they’d be shut out every week.

The pick: Cougars 42, Cardinal 14

Last week: 4-1; Season to date: 41-20

Sando’s AP poll votes

How staff writer Mike Sando voted in this week’s AP poll:

1, Florida State. 2, Michigan. 3, Nebraska. 4, Ohio State. 5, Tennessee. 6, Georgia. 7, Florida. 8, Penn State. 9, Arizona State. 10, North Carolina. 11, Washington State. 12, UCLA. 13, Washington. 14, Kansas State. 15, LSU. 16, Purdue. 17, Texas A&M. 18, Virginia Tech. 19, Syracuse. 20, Missouri. 21, Wisconsin. 22, Iowa. 23, Mississippi State. 24, Auburn. 25, Southern Mississippi.

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