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In 2011, Oregon State ranked seventh in the Pac-12 in scoring defense, surrendering 30.8 points per game. Washington was even worse, ranking 11th while yielding 35.9 points per game Bad defenses! Oregon State finished 3-9, the Beavers' worst re...

What is becoming increasingly clear from the early preseason polls is that most so-called pundits see the Pac-12 as a five-team race. In the North Division, it's Stanford and Oregon. Or is that Oregon and Stanford? Oregon State and Washington migh...

The star-crossed career of Washington receiver James Johnson is over. He is retiring due to a lingering wrist injury suffered last fall, the school announced Thursday. Johnson showed great promise when he caught 39 passes as a true freshmen in 200...

There seems to be national consensus with Oregon and Stanford: One or the other will win the Pac-12 North Division and be a national title contender. One is being rated in the preseason top 3 and the other in the top 5 or top 10. Opinions vary on whi...

Why's he calling me meat? I'm the one driving a Porsche. Some game times for Arizona. Is this guy Arizona State's backup plan for QB recruiting? Update on California's game times and TV dates, including nonconference dates with Northwestern a...

We've looked at the Pac-12's 2,500-yard passers and its 1,000-yard rushers. Now we turn to the third wheel of the skill position tricycle: 1,000-yard receivers. The conference featured four 1,000-yard receivers last year. One is off to the NFL: Or...

Phil Steele has published his four 2013 All-Pac-12 teams, which you can review here. It's a pretty strong effort. Of course, you'll immediately find things you'd change and there are some notable omissions. That happens. I'd probably have chose...

We analyzed and graded bye weeks for the South Division just two hours ago! So here we go with the North Division. California: Sept. 21 (before visit to Oregon) and Nov. 30 (last weekend of season) Skinny: We previously wrote that the "worst...

Best spring game performance: USC WR Marqise Lee made like, well, Marqise Lee in the Trojans spring game, hauling in eight passes for 148 yards with touchdowns of 70 yards -- first play of the game, in fact -- five and 30 yards. The 2012 Biletnikoff ...

Every game counts. But some games count more. Or tell us more. We've gone through the Pac-12 and picked out one game that seems most important -- or potentially most revealing -- for each team from our vantage point today. And then we let you v...

Washington athletic director Scott Woodward talks with Ted Miller about remodeled Husky Stadium and the upcoming College Football Playoff....

The wicked are wicked, no doubt, and they go astray and they fall, and they come by their deserts; but who can tell the mischief which the very virtuous do? Arizona's top compliance "cop" is retiring. Taking a look at Arizona State's backfield ...

The 2013 NFL draft was terrible for the Pac-12. It was worse than any draft since 2000. Well, other than 2012, when the draft looked a lot like the one last weekend, with 28 players also picked. The conference had 28 players picked in 2010, but th...

Happy Friday. Some roster comings and goings for Arizona. Looking back and looking ahead for Arizona State. ESPN's 30 for 30 tackles a tough story about a former California player, John Tuggle. This impressive true freshman may start at lin...

ESPN3 will provide live coverage of three Pac-12 pro days this month, starting with Oregon today at 1:30 p.m. PT or 4:30 p.m. ET. Click here to watch. The Stanford pro day will be broadcast on March 21 at 11:15 a.m. PT or 2:15 p.m. ET. USC's pr...

We're looking at some of the top individual performances in the Pac-12 in 2012. Up next: Franklin, Bruins rising Who and against whom: Johnathan Franklin provided a strong hint at his and the Bruins return to relevance in a 36-30 victory over N...