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Matt Barkley passed for 352 yards and a school record-tying five touchdowns, and Southern California roared to a 42-point halftime lead while snapping its first losing streak in nine years with a 48-14 victory against California on Saturday.
The Spartans (1-5, 0-1 WAC) have already played four teams ranked in the top 20 of the AP poll, losing at No. 8 Alabama, No. 11 Utah, No. 18 Wisconsin and No. 19 Nevada going into their showdown with Boise State (5-0, 1-0).
California forward Alex Morgan, whose late goal against China last week helped preserve the U.S. women's nearly six-year unbeaten streak at home, is the only college player on the roster for the World Cup qualifying tournament later this month.
Olympian Tommie Smith is selling the gold medal he won at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, where his black-gloved salute on the podium shocked the sports world.
Tara VanDerveer's Stanford team is short-handed heading into its first practice Friday.
The Pasadena City Council on Monday approved a $152-million renovation plan for the 88-year-old stadium.
Nate Whitaker made up for a missed extra point by kicking a 30-yard field goal on the final play to give No. 16 Stanford a 37-35 victory over Southern California on Saturday night.
Cal's defense limited UCLA to 144 yards of offense in the Golden Bears' 35-7 victory Saturday.
The Bills gave up on Marshawn Lynch as their featured ball carrier on Tuesday, trading him to Seattle for a pair of undisclosed draft picks. That clears the way to give more playing time for Fred Jackson and first-round draft pick C.J. Spiller in the Buffalo backfield.
After getting blown out in the second half against the Ducks and losing their first game of the season, the 16th-ranked Cardinal look to regroup this week with a home game Saturday night against Southern California.
A relative newcomer with a background in tennis, not football, Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott doesn't feel comfortable characterizing this week's athletic directors meetings as the most important in conference history.
Darron Thomas threw for 238 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another 117 yards and a score to lead No. 4 Oregon to a 52-31 victory over No. 9 Stanford.
Redshirt freshman Randy Wright threw for 223 yards and a touchdown and UC Davis came from behind to knock off San Jose State 14-13 Saturday night.
Leave it to a Stanford coach to quote Ralph Waldo Emerson when asked about his team's dominance.
Drew Brees' bad knee.
