RIP - The Pac 10

This season, there won't be a Pac 10, there's now a Pac 12.

Perhaps this does not matter; there was a Pac 8; one day there will be a Pac 16.

But in my college football life, there's only been 10; the first college football season of my memory was '78, the first year of the Pac 10 - and to me, the Pac 8 was black and white.

So, from '78-2010; here are the Top 10 Teams in the history of the Pac 10 as ranked by pythagorean record and strength of schedule.

1.       1991 Washington (National Champions)

-Hobert, Kaufman, Bailey, Kennedy, Emtman, Hall

2.       

2004 USC (National Champions)

-Leinart, Bush, White, Smith, Jarrett, Tatupu, Jackson, Bing

3.     

  1978 USC (won Rose Bowl)

-McDonald, White, Allen, Munoz, Van Horne, Budde, Banks, Lott, Smith

4.       

2005 USC (lost Rose Bowl)

-Leinart, Bush, White, Smith, Jarrett, Kalil, Baker, Justice, Cushing, Rivers, Maualuga, Rivers, Bing

5.      

2002 USC (won Orange Bowl)

-Palmer, Fargas, Colbert, Williams, Cody, Patterson, Polamalu

6.       1979 USC (won Rose Bowl)

-McDonald, White, Allen, Brenner, Budde, Mosebar, Foster, Van Horne, Banks, Lott, Smith, Browner

7.       2003 USC (National Champions)

-Leinart, Bush, White, Colbert, Williams, Smith, Cody, Patterson, Tatupu, Bing

8.       2008 USC  (won Rose Bowl)

-Sanchez, Havili, Turner, Matthews, Griffen, Cushing, Maualuga, Mays

9.       1988 USC  (lost Rose Bowl)

-Peete, Owens, Ryan, Seau, Carrier

10.   1982 UCLA  (won Rose Bowl)

-Ramsey, Townsell, Rogers, Sanchez