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Pac-12 Basketball Power Rankings: January 19

Our latest look at the current state of the conference.

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We are now three weeks into conference play and are ready for an updated look at our Pac-12 power rankings. House of Sparky's Connor Pelton and Kaelen Jones' picks are below.

Rank Pelton's Picks Jones' Picks
1. USC Arizona
2. Arizona USC
3. Oregon UCLA
4. California Washington
5. Washington Colorado
6. UCLA Utah
7. Utah California
8. Oregon State Oregon
9. Arizona State Oregon State
10. Stanford Stanford
11. Colorado Arizona State
12. Washington State Washington State

Pelton's Picks

Just two unanimous picks between the two of us shows how wild this conference has been. While Oregon and a host of others still have a shot at winning the league, it's beginning to look like a two-team race between USC and Arizona.

Washington got exposed on Thursday in Tucson but that is still the Huskies only Pac-12 loss to date. They are climbing rapidly but I am still interested in seeing what they do this week against Colorado and Utah.

The bottom of the league is a jumbled mess but is still pretty strong as a whole. Oregon State, Arizona State, and Colorado are all slotted in the bottom five but still have a solid shot at dancing come March, which just shows you how tough the Pac is this year.

Jones' Picks

To those who are confident in their own conference rankings this week…more power to you. This is as much sense as I can make of the Pac-12 after another week, with only one thing I feel confident in—naming Arizona as the clear-cut No. 1 team.