Filed under: Arizona, California, Stanford, USC, Washington, Pac 10

In the conference where many of the nation’s best college quarterbacks will toil this season, which Pac-10 passer had the best showing in the season’s first week?

Here’s a ranked order of the top five performances:

1. Matt Barkley, USC. The sophomore was the brightest thing about USC’s trip to Hawaii to open the Lane Kiffin era. He was efficient and opportunistic — 257 passing yards and a school-record-tying five touchdown passes. No interceptions. No major mistakes. A run of seven straight completions to open the game. He was poised and ready to lead. And the pressure is on for him to stay that productive every week after USC’s too-generous defense was exposed in Honolulu. Looks like USC is going to have to win some shootouts.

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