Pac-12 conference play opened last weekend around the league and we saw some outrageous performances from the league’s top quarterbacks.

Did anyone have a better weekend than Washington State’s Cameron Ward? The Cougars earned another top-25 win as Ward completely tore apart the Oregon State secondary with 404 passing yards. He hit 19 of his first 20 passes and had the Cougs up 35-14 at one point.

After such a performance, he shot up the board this week.

Here’s Saturday Out West’s Pac-12 quarterback power rankings entering Week 5. These will be updated weekly throughout the season.

12. Jaden Rashada/Trenton Bourguet/Drew Pyne, Arizona State

Last week: 12

Pyne played through multiple injury issues in ASU’s 42-28 loss to USC. He completed 21 of his 36 passes for 221 yards and two scores with an interception. I’m not sure how seamlessly Pyne fits into what Kenny Dillingham wants to do. We’ll see Bourguet in Week 5.

11. Ashton Daniels/Justin Lamson, Stanford

Last week: 11

Daniels is the passer. Lamson is the runner. That’s the rotation at this point. Lamson led the Cardinal in rushing attempts in a 21-20 loss to Arizona; he had 13 carries for 57 yards while throwing just six passes, completing four of them for 48 yards. Daniels completed 15 of his 27 passes for 202 yards. Arizona sacked Stanford five times. Stanford has scored more than two touchdowns in a game only once this season. Stanford quarterbacks have two of the three worst QBR scores among qualified Pac-12 passers. I don’t think those two statements are unrelated.

10. Sam Jackson V/Ben Finley, Cal

Last week: 10

Finley threw three first-half interceptions and completed 53% of his passes before being knocked out of the Washington loss in the third quarter. Jackson came in and played well against Husky backups in a blowout. The catch-22 of playing Washington is your passing numbers are going to be inflating. You’re going to be chasing the game. That leads to mistakes. Still, Cal has had maddeningly inconsistent quarterback play this season.

9. Jayden de Laura, Arizona

Last week: 9

Three quarters against Stanford and four quarters against UTEP. That’s how long de Laura has gone without throwing an interception. So that issue has, for the time being, been managed better. But the win over Stanford still featured problematic play that led fans to call for backup Noah Fifita. De Laura finished 14-for-26 passing with 157 yards and a touchdown. He was knocked out of the game with an ankle issue and Fifita replaced him in the fourth, leading a game-winning touchdown drive. If de Laura doesn’t play this weekend against Washington — he’s a gametime decision — Fifita has a big opportunity in front of him.

8. Dante Moore, UCLA

Last week: 6

Through his first three games, it was mostly sunshine for the freshman quarterback. Then he had to travel to Salt Lake City. Nothing good happens for an opposing quarterback in Salt Lake City. Utah picked him off on the first play of the game and returned it for a touchdown. The Utes sacked Moore seven times and held him to a 43% completion rate. Optimistic take: that might be the best defense Moore faces all season. Not-so-optimistic take: he did not handle it well.

7. Cameron Rising/Bryson Barnes/Nate Johnson, Utah

Last week: 8

I just want to see Rising play, man.

Like… I’m sorry, but this is not an enjoyable offense to watch without No. 7 piloting things. That’s all I’ve got after four weeks.

6. DJ Uiagalelei, Oregon State

Last week: 7

Uiagalelei completed 74% of his passes with five touchdowns, no interceptions, and a 9.1 yards-per-play clip through Oregon State’s first two games. He looked like the player Oregon State needed at quarterback. In the two games since, DJ U has completed 48% of his passes with two touchdowns, three interceptions, and a 7.5 yards-per-play clip. Oregon State lost to Wazzu over the weekend and I saw some fans suggest the guy DJ U was brought in to replace would have had the Beavs in all the same spots against the Cougs. Uiagalelei now gets to face the defense that just made Moore look frazzled; it’s a big week ahead for him.

5. Shedeur Sanders, Colorado

Last week: 3

Sanders is human after all. The Colorado star dragged his offense to a win against Colorado State but, spoiler alert, the dudes Oregon can throw at your offensive line are a little different from the dudes Colorado State can. Oregon made Sanders’ life miserable, sacking him seven times and holding him to 4.8 yards per pass attempt. He was at 11 in the opener, 9.4 a week later, and then 7.4 against the Rams. The completion percentage remains high — which coach Deion Sanders continues to point to as a reason to keep his son above criticism — but the effectiveness of the pass game has dipped as teams have figured out how to defend Colorado.

4. Bo Nix, Oregon

Last week: 4

Bodacious Bo Nix pushed the Heisman campaign to the forefront with a 276-yard, four-touchdown display in Oregon’s rout of Colorado. Nix is the perfect compliment to coach Dan Lanning. The partnership is actually brilliant. Lanning has said Nix suggests plays to his coaches on the fly. His command of this offense is impressive right now, evidenced by a 22-for-24 open to the CU game.

3. Cameron Ward, Washington State

Last week: 5

Ward had another five touchdowns against Oregon State. He has 13 passing touchdowns and three rushing touchdowns this season. And he has yet to turn the football over. Only North Carolina’s Drake Maye has produced a better EPA to open the season. Ward is doing the bulk of his damage within 10 yards of the line of scrimmage this season, letting his playmakers cook. But he’s also the league’s best thrower in the intermediate part of the field.

2. Michael Penix Jr., Washington

Last week: 2

Penix leads the country in Total QBR (93.7). He completed 19 of his 25 passes for 304 yards and four touchdowns against Cal — his first game of the year being “held” under 400 yards passing. No one is actually holding this passing game in check. Penix is doing whatever he wants. He did, however, get caught on a poor throw that led to his second interception of the season.

1. Caleb Williams, USC

Last week: 1

USC’s offense looked a little off, and Williams still managed to throw for 322 yards and three touchdowns, run for another two scores, and lead a 42-point offensive effort in a win. Neither Williams’ Trojans nor Penix’s Huskies have played a defense worth anything yet — Washington has faced two bottom-15 defenses, USC has faced three bottom-25 defenses — so I’m keeping Williams just above Penix in this ranking because he hasn’t thrown an interception. That’s how close these two are.