UC Santa Barbara has a lot to yell about after their sweep of UConn this past weekend.

Ranking The West: Oregon State, UCI, UCSB lead latest rankings

If we learned anything from this past week’s results out West it is that we could be seeing a new pair of contenders in the Pac 12 emerge from the bottom of the ranks up to post-season contention. The Cal Bears started Pac 12 play with a series sweep of struggling UCLA and Utah might be ready for a big move after winning on the road at Washington State. That is two impressive ways to start conference play. Elsewhere, UC Irvine set some offensive records up in Fresno this weekend and conference mates UC Santa Barbara swept what should be[…]