Morning links: pass rush and power rankings

We’ll hold our weekly Washington State football chat at 11 a.m. this morning. But first, here are some links.

A surging USC and Pac-12 playoff rankings top off our weekly conference notebook . The Pac-12 power rankings for Week 10 sure look different then they did a couple months ago. On the blog we took a look at WSU’s pass rush and we also have post-practice videos of Mike Leach and outside linebackers coach Roy Manning .

Stefanie Loh asked other Pac-12 coaches what they think about signal stealing . … Kyle Bonagura’s bowl projections put the Cougars in El Paso. Sports Illustrated sees WSU in the Cactus Bowl and Stewart Mandel has the Cougars heading to Santa Clara .  … Washington linebacker Travis Feeney is making an impact on the field and off it. … The initial playoff rankings aren’t necessarily death knells for the Pac-12. … Oregon’s Gary Campbell isn’t planning on an early retirement . … Stanford isn’t sweating the college football playoff rankings. …  Mustafa Jalil is getting the Duck feast started early ahead of California’s game against Oregon.