Pac-10 football teams win out of conference, finally

It took until bowl season, but the Pac-10 is doing well in its out-of-conference football games. The league is 3-0, with Oregon State and USC still to play. Before the postseason, the Pac-10 was 14-17 against other conferences — and one of those was Washington State's win over a Division 2 school.

Here's a look at what UCLA's 2008 opponents have done so far in the bowls. Before the season started, a lot of pundits thought the Bruins faced one of the toughest schedules in the nation. Ultimately, they faced seven bowl teams.

Done:

• Oregon — beat Oklahoma State, 42-31, in the Holiday Bowl
• Arizona and BYU — Arizona won, 31-21, in the Las Vegas Bowl
• Cal — beat Miami, 24-17, in the Emerald Bowl
• Fresno State — lost to Colorado State, 40-35, in the New Mexico Bowl

Coming up:

• Oregon State — facing Pitt in the Sun Bowl on Dec. 31
• USC — facing Penn State in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1
   

—Adam Rose

Photo: Christopher Hanewinckel / US Presswire

Comments

[Jon K.]

I'm still down about DeWayne Walker leaving for New Mexico State. I wish him all the best of luck. I'm going to start following New Mexico State for the first time now.

Any word on who Neulheiser is looking at for defensive coordinator?

GO BRUINS!

[pk-in-the-mesa]

Well now that coach Walker has moved on to NMSU, the Ruins might be losing some recruits since Walker is linked to almost half of those kids. Thank god Sark was only in on one player who committed and that is Hall.