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          Stat attack! Some Week 10 Pac-12 numbers

          • Ted Miller, ESPN Senior WriterNov 5, 2013, 06:00 PM
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          Some Pac-12 numbers for your review.

          Number to the left is national rank.

          Scoring offense

          2. Oregon, 55.6 points per game

          6. Arizona State, 46.6

          25. UCLA, 37.3

          Total offense

          2. Oregon, 632.1 yards per game

          10. Arizona State, 515.1

          15. Washington, 501.9

          26. Oregon State, 474.2

          Rushing offense

          2. Oregon, 331.5 yards per game

          12. Arizona, 275.4

          22. Washington, 218.1

          Passing offense

          3. Oregon State, 404.8 yards per game

          7. Washington State, 365.0

          8. California, 351.1

          17. Arizona State, 324.7

          20. Oregon, 300.6

          23. Washington, 283.8

          Note: It's becoming clear that Oregon and Arizona State have the two best offenses in the Pac-12. It's also clear that Pac-12 offenses, on the whole, aren't terribly efficient. Oregon ranks second in the nation in yards per play at 8.09. The next conference team is Arizona State, way down at No. 27 (6.28 yards per play).

          Scoring defense

          7. Oregon, 16.9 points per game

          13. USC, 18.7

          19. Stanford, 19.4

          26. Arizona, 20.9

          Total defense

          11. USC, 323.6

          17. Arizona State, 343.4

          23. Stanford, 353.4

          Yards yielded per play (FBS foes only)

          7. Oregon, 4.41 yards per play

          11. Stanford, 4.69

          T19. USC, 4.92

          19. Arizona, 4.92

          25. UCLA, 4.97

          26. Washington, 5.0

          Pass-efficiency defense

          6. Oregon

          14. Washington

          15. Arizona

          20. USC

          26. Arizona State

          Note: Arizona's improvement on defense has been remarkable, but that improvement will be strenuously tested by the upcoming schedule, starting with a visit from UCLA on Saturday. Also ahead: Washington State, Oregon and Arizona State. If the Wildcats maintain a top-25 defensive ranking by season's end, coordinator Jeff Casteel should be Assistant Coach of the Year.

          Rushing

          1. Ka'Deem Carey, Arizona, 153.1 yards per game

          3. Bishop Sankey, Washington, 145.3

          17. Tyler Gaffney, Stanford, 110.8

          18. Byron Marshall, Oregon, 109.9

          Note: Stanford will need Gaffney to hit this number if it hopes to beat Oregon on Thursday. And it needs to keep Marshall off his average, too. Carey will be challenged by a UCLA run defense that yields only 3.9 yards per carry.

          Pass efficiency

          5. Marcus Mariota, Oregon

          16. Sean Mannion, Oregon State

          21. Brett Hundley, UCLA

          25. Keith Price, Washington

          27. Kevin Hogan, Stanford

          28. Taylor Kelly, Arizona State

          Note: Mariota fell to No. 2 in the nation in ESPN.com's Total QBR behind Baylor's Bryce Petty. Arizona State's Taylor Kelly has surged to eighth in the nation in QBR. Eight Pac-12 QBs rank among the top 43 in the nation in QBR.

          Receiving yards per game

          1. Brandin Cooks, Oregon State, 149.3

          5. Paul Richardson, Colorado, 123.0

          30. Chris Harper, California, 91.2

          31. Jaelen Strong, Arizona State, 90.0

          Sacks

          2. Trent Murphy, Stanford, 1.2 sacks per game

          T10. Tony Washington, Oregon, 0.9

          T21. Devon Kennard, 0.8 (in 9 games)

          T27. Anthony Barr, UCLA, 0.9

          T27. Hau'oli Kikaha, Washington, 0.9

          Note: Murphy has labored in Barr's shadow, but he can make a name for himself on Thursday if he can take down Marcus Mariota. Barr will be chasing Ka'Deem Carey and B.J. Denker on Saturday. Murphy is fifth and Barr tied for seventh in the nation in tackles for a loss (1.7 and 1.6 per game, respectively).

          Random notes

          • Arizona State RB Marion Grice continues to lead the nation in scoring with 13.5 points per game. His teammate, kicker Zane Gonzalez, is fifth with 11.6 ppg.

          • Washington State safety Deone Bucannon is tied for sixth with five interceptions.

          • Stanford is 10th in the nation in run defense, so that obviously will be a strength-on-strength matchup on Thursday.

          • UCLA QB Brett Hundley leads the Pac-12 and ranks 13th in the nation with a 68 percent completion percentage.

          • Colorado's Chidera Uzo-Diribe leads the nation with five forced fumbles. Barr and Washington are tied for second with four.

          • Oregon State QB Sean Mannion still leads the nation with 31 TD passes. Arizona State's Taylor Kelly is tied for fifth with 23.

          • Oregon QB Marcus Mariota is fifth in the nation with 15.84 yards per completion.

          • Oregon State and Arizona State have both yielded three blocked kicks. UCLA and Stanford have both blocked three kicks.

          • Arizona State ranks first in the conference and eighth in the nation with just 31.88 penalty yards per game. Four Pac-12 teams are among the nation's most penalized teams: Oregon (116), California (118), Washington (122) and UCLA (123, which is last).