Our final top-30 player rankings will start from the bottom and work up to No. 1.
28. Kenny Rowe, DE, Oregon (NR): Rowe isn't a complete player -- yet -- but his record three sacks in the Rose Bowl gave him a conference-high 11.5 for the season. His 15 tackles for loss were seven more than any other Ducks defender. He also broke up four passes and forced three fumbles.
29. Earl Mitchell, DT, Arizona (NR): Mitchell doesn't have ideal size but based on how well he played at the East-West Shrine Game he's got ... something. Mitchell, second-team All-Pac-10, had 12.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks for the Wildcats.
30. Travis Goethel, LB, Arizona State (NR): Who? you said. And, to be honest, he wasn't on the first draft of our new list. But, according to insiders at Arizona State, Goethel was the MVP -- and most consistent player -- on the defense that ranked first in the Pac-10 in total defense (297.8 yards per game) and second in scoring defense (21.1 ppg). He was particularly effective silencing opposing tight ends. He tied for the team lead with seven tackles for loss and ranked third in total tackles with 57.
28. Kenny Rowe, DE, Oregon (NR): Rowe isn't a complete player -- yet -- but his record three sacks in the Rose Bowl gave him a conference-high 11.5 for the season. His 15 tackles for loss were seven more than any other Ducks defender. He also broke up four passes and forced three fumbles.
29. Earl Mitchell, DT, Arizona (NR): Mitchell doesn't have ideal size but based on how well he played at the East-West Shrine Game he's got ... something. Mitchell, second-team All-Pac-10, had 12.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks for the Wildcats.
30. Travis Goethel, LB, Arizona State (NR): Who? you said. And, to be honest, he wasn't on the first draft of our new list. But, according to insiders at Arizona State, Goethel was the MVP -- and most consistent player -- on the defense that ranked first in the Pac-10 in total defense (297.8 yards per game) and second in scoring defense (21.1 ppg). He was particularly effective silencing opposing tight ends. He tied for the team lead with seven tackles for loss and ranked third in total tackles with 57.
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Ted Miller
Miller has been covering college football since 1997, starting with Auburn and then heading West to Washington and the Pac-12. His columns for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer won first place in the 2007 APSE Best Writing contest. The Atlanta native and University of Richmond graduate presently lives with his wife in Scottsdale, Ariz.
PAC-12 SCOREBOARD
Saturday, 12/17
Final Temple 37 Wyoming 15 Final Ohio 24 Utah State 23 Final San Diego State 30 Louisiana-Lafayette 32
Tuesday, 12/20
Wednesday, 12/21
Final 18 TCU 31 Louisiana Tech 24
Thursday, 12/22
Saturday, 12/24
Final Nevada 17 21 Southern Miss 24
Monday, 12/26
Tuesday, 12/27
Final Western Michigan 32 Purdue 37 Final Louisville 24 North Carolina State 31
Wednesday, 12/28
Final Toledo 42 Air Force 41 Final California 10 24 Texas 21
Thursday, 12/29
Final Florida State 18 Notre Dame 14 Final Washington 56 12 Baylor 67
Friday, 12/30
Final Brigham Young 24 Tulsa 21 Final Rutgers 27 Iowa State 13 Final Mississippi State 23 Wake Forest 17 Final Iowa 14 14 Oklahoma 31
Saturday, 12/31
Final Texas A&M 33 Northwestern 22 Final/OT Georgia Tech 27 Utah 30 Final Illinois 20 UCLA 14 Final Cincinnati 31 Vanderbilt 24 Final Virginia 24 25 Auburn 43
Monday, 1/2
Final 19 Houston 30 22 Penn State 14 Final Ohio State 17 Florida 24 Final/3OT 17 Michigan State 33 16 Georgia 30 Final 20 Nebraska 13 9 South Carolina 30 Final 10 Wisconsin 38 5 Oregon 45 Final/OT 4 Stanford 38 3 Oklahoma State 41
Tuesday, 1/3
Final/OT 13 Michigan 23 11 Virginia Tech 20
Wednesday, 1/4
Final 23 West Virginia 70 15 Clemson 33
Friday, 1/6
Final 8 Kansas State 16 6 Arkansas 29
Saturday, 1/7
Sunday, 1/8
Monday, 1/9
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