The Real Prestige Rankings: Part IX

6) Pac-10 – Average Point Total: 280.20

1) Arizona – 749 (5, 5)

2) UCLA – 731 (6, 7)

3) Stanford – 466 (25, 25)

4) California – 210 (T-54, T-109)

5) Washington – 158 (64, T-124)

6) Southern California – 152 (65, T-132)

7) Oregon – 124 (T-76, T-115)

8) Arizona State – 118 (82, T-181)

9) Washington State – 86 (T-96, T-237)

10) Oregon State – 8 (T-163, T-241)

The Pac-10 ranks last out of all the major conferences because of the lack of depth.  Arizona and UCLA are both elite teams ranking inside the top 10, but Stanford is the only other team ranked in the top 50 teams at No. 25. 

All of the other teams in the Pac-10 have had sporadic tournament success, except for Oregon State, but none of them have had consistent enough success to place them high in the Prestige Rankings.

The Pac-10 does have two national championships to its credit in the past 24 seasons.  Not surprisingly, they were won by Arizona and UCLA.  UCLA won the NCAA tournament in 1995 as a No. 1 seed, and Arizona won the championship as a No. 4 seed in 1997.

The only Final Four by teams other than Arizona or UCLA was in 1998, when Stanford reached the semifinal round as a No. 3 seed.

Oregon State and Washington State are the weakest teams in the conference.  Washington State has almost all of their points in the past two seasons, with a second round exit in 2007 and a Sweet 16 last season.  Oregon State had four tournament appearances from 1985-1990 but lost in all of their first round games.

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