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The Rivals.com countdown of the nation’s top teams — from No. 347 to No. 1 — finally returned to the Pac-10 today with defending regular-season conference champion Wahsington at No. 15.

That means Cal will be their highest-rated team. But how high?

Stay tuned.

Here are Rivals’ earlier rankings of Pac-10 teams:

30. UCLA
44. Washington State
47. Oregon State
68. Arizona
79. Oregon
91. Arizona State
119. USC
140. Stanford