Where is the PAC-10 ranked as a conference in defense and overall?
This is what you HAVE to look at to honestly defend your conference.
This fact I do have right...The PAC-10 had only TWO teams in the TOP TWENTY and BOTH lost.
UCLA lost? Really.
Yes, but you're missing my point entirely. Your initial post, if I understand you correctly, was that USC lost because they weren't playing a PAC 10 team. The implication is that USC was only #1 because they were in the PAC 10. That is pure bunk. USC has won every non-conference game in the last 3 years. USC gave Texas their toughest game since Ohio State. Say what you want about the PAC 10, but don't suggest that USC's status as a national contention team is merely the result of a weak conference.