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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Sport
David Wharton

Pac-12 won't be perfect after weekend

LOS ANGELES_At least one thing is certain as we head into the second full weekend of college football:

Pac-12 Conference teams won't go undefeated.

Someone has to lose in Saturday's showdown between No. 6 USC and No. 14 Stanford, precluding a repeat of last week's 11-0 performance that began with Utah defeating North Dakota and ended with UCLA's thriller over Texas A&M.

"It was a great start for the conference," Stanford coach David Shaw said, adding that, to him, "it wasn't a surprise."

Even if a perfect repeat won't be possible, another strong showing could nudge more Pac-12 teams into The Associated Press top 25. And the West Coast isn't the only region with something at stake in coming days.

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