Another week has passed and the College Football Playoff landscape has been rocked to its core once again.

Blowouts were common across the board as Utah, UCLA, and USC all cruised to easy victories. Other teams like Oregon and Arizona watched their path to the playoff become much more difficult thanks to brutal losses.

After focusing on the Pac-12 North in last week’s column, it’s time we check in with our neighbors in the South to see who may have a shot to represent the conference in the College Football Playoff.

Utah

The No. 10 Utah Utes (4-0, 1-0 Pac-12) have been the surprise of the season so far after taking care of business in each of their first four games. They came out on top 24-17 against Michigan in Week 1, spoiling Jim Harbaugh’s return to the sidelines.

Then they went on to dominate the second half against rival Utah State in a 24-14 win. And after an easy win against Fresno State, senior quarterback Travis Wilson helped lead the Utes to an upset victory against then No. 13 Oregon. The team has a bye this weekend, giving Salt Lake City more time to celebrate one of the biggest wins in school history.

Chances to make the playoffs: Strong, Utah looks like the real deal and could represent the conference in the playoffs if they can avoid the types of injuries that marred last season.

UCLA

One of the favorites to win the conference before the season, the No. 7 UCLA Bruins (4-0, 1-0) have done everything asked of them so far this year. Victories against Virginia and UNLV were expected, but the Bruins’ struggle against BYU was more of a surprise, as sophomore running back Nate Starks had to punch in a fourth-quarter score to give the Bruins a 24-23 victory.

Then last weekend, Head Coach Jim Mora and his team went on the road and handed Arizona a good old fashioned whooping to the tune of 56-30. Questions arose before the game about their ability to stop the high powered Arizona offense without superstar junior linebacker Myles Jack, but the team fared just fine.

The Bruins return home this weekend to face the Arizona State Sun Devils in a game where UCLA will surely be the favorite to win once again.

Chances to make the playoffs: Strong, Mora has put together a strong team that could finally reach the next level, and freshman quarterback Josh Rosen has shown the kind of stuff necessary to lead a team to the promise land.

USC

The other team in LA is not ready to give up on its playoff hopes just yet. USC (3-1 overall, 1-1 in conference) entered the season with sky-high expectations in Head Coach Steve Sarkisian’s second year. With senior quarterback Cody Kessler leading the charge, media experts selected the Trojans to win the conference and return to their former glory.

USC outscored its first two opponents, Arkansas State and Idaho, by a total of 114-15. But for the fifth time in seven seasons, USC fell to Stanford, this time by a score of 41-31. The Trojans did, however, rebound nicely last weekend on the road against Arizona State, winning that game 42-14 in front of a national audience.

The men of Troy will enjoy a bye this weekend before hosting a Thursday night matchup against a 2-2 Washington squad that is coming off a six-point loss to No. 24 California.

Chances to make the playoffs: Decent, but the Trojans have a knack for blowing games recently, and there are a lot of heavy hitting teams between USC and the post-season.

Colorado

The Colorado Buffaloes are 3-1 (0-0 in conference) and sit higher in the standings than all Pac-12 teams in Washington, Oregon and Arizona.

Let that sink in for a second.

Yes, the team that went 2-10 last season has already found more success this year and is looking to remind the country that they are a Division-I team.

Their season started off with a disappointing loss to Hawaii, but they rebounded with a blowout win against Massachusetts 48-14. Then, after pulling out a narrow overtime victory against in-state rival Colorado State, the Buffs continued their winning ways with a dominant 48-0 shutout of Nicholls State.

These three straight wins are the first time Colorado has had a three-game winning streak since 2008, And the shutout against Nicholls State is the first time it hasn’t allowed points since they played Wyoming in 2009.

Things are looking up for the Buffs, but they will likely not fare as well with Pac-12 play starting next weekend. Oregon is coming to town off of a huge loss, and the Ducks will look to take out their aggression on the home team.

Chances to make the playoffs: Low, but a win this weekend could put Colorado back on the map.

Arizona

The Arizona Wildcats (3-1, 0-1) were riding high into last weekend’s matchup against UCLA. Coming off three easy wins, racking up more than 40 points in each contest, the Wildcats were expected to make some noise in the conference. With talented sophomore quarterback Anu Solomon coming into his second year as a starter, and award winning junior linebacker Scooby Wright III leading the defense, Arizona looked to be a sleeper in the south, but an embarrassing 56-30 loss to the Bruins was a major step back.

Arizona now needs UCLA to falter sometime this season if they want a chance to reach the conference title game.

The Wildcats will travel to Palo Alto this weekend for what could be a must-win game against the Cardinal.

Chances to make the playoffs: Decent, if Scooby can get Shaggy and the rest of the squad to play as well as he does every week.

Arizona State

It’s still early, but the Arizona State Sun Devils are sitting at the bottom of the South Division standings looking up. Their record currently sits at 2-2 (0-1 in conference) after last weekend’s 42-14 loss at home to USC.

The Sun Devils started their season with a loss against a very talented Texas A&M team at a (sort of) neutral site in Houston.  ASU went on to beat Cal Poly and New Mexico like they were supposed to, although their defense allowed Cal Poly to make the game closer than it should have been (35-21 ASU).

The loss against USC is going to make it hard for the Sun Devils to make the playoffs, especially since the Trojans have already lost to another Pac-12 team.

Chances to make the playoffs: Low, because when was the last time a team with Adidas football uniforms made it into the national spotlight?