My West Coast/Pac 10 sleeper is
Stanford
Stanford's program has developed some grit under Jim Harbaugh, and they have in my opinion the best running back west of the Rockies in Toby Gerhart. Most of you have probably never heard of him or seen him play but he's the real deal.
Stanford's traditionally been a strong quarterback school but that's been a weak link for them the last couple of years. It may be again, but they have a freshman QB named Andrew Luck they're very high on.
I think they'll be a good team to bet and a likely bowl team.
Their schedule is pretty favorable except for back to back November games versus USC and Cal.
They finish the regular season against Notre Dame at home - I'm already licking my chops over that game