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Might Stanford be headed back to the Rose Bowl next January, only this time to play Alabama and to try to end the SEC's streak of seven consecutive national titles? Or is it going to be Oregon under first-year coach Mark Helfrich? That's one ta...

Oregon finished ranked second in both the AP and coaches polls, leading the three ranked Pac-12 teams. That matches the Ducks' highest finish in program history. They were second behind No. 1 Miami after the 2001 season. This is Oregon's third con...

USA Today allows coaches to keep their votes secret much of the season, which is a horrible idea, but the coaches' final regular-season polls are published, which is nice. USA Today uses a graphic here to show the votes. Here are how the Pac-12...

Taking stock of Week 14 in the Pac-12. Team of the week: Stanford didn't receive any votes as the Pac-12 champion in the preseason media poll. That's out of 123 voters. And all of those voters -- including Kevin and I -- were wrong. Best game: ...

Oregon and Stanford lead four Pac-12 teams in the final regular-season AP and coaches' polls. Oregon ranks No. 3 in the coaches' poll, which counts in the BCS standings, while it's fifth in the AP poll. Rose Bowl-bound Stanford is eighth in both p...

This past summer, the Pac-12 Conference asked 123 media members -- you know: a gaggle of the lovely and gifted -- to vote in the Pac-12 preseason media poll. That group of geniuses -- which included the Twin Lords of Awesomeness, Ted Miller & ...

The Pac-12 is out of the national title hunt, and it also lost two ranked teams over the weekend with losses by Arizona and Washington. Oregon is No. 4 in the coaches' poll and No. 6 in the AP poll to lead the Pac-12. Both polls have Notre Dame, A...

Despite the dispiriting home loss to Stanford, Oregon may yet have hope of finding its way into the national title game. The Ducks fell from No. 1 to fourth Sunday in the coaches poll, which counts in the BCS standings, and fifth in the AP poll, w...

After Alabama lost at home to Texas A&M on Saturday, Oregon climbed to No. 1 in both the AP and the coaches' poll, the latter poll counting in the BCS standings. The Ducks are also expected to be No. 1 in the Harris Poll, which will be release...

Oregon picked up some votes in the coaches' poll this week and remains a strong No. 2 in both national polls as the season heads toward its 11th weekend. The top five remains the same with Alabama getting every No. 1 vote in both polls: 1. Alabama...

The Pac-12 now has six teams in the AP poll, but that pleasant detail omits that Oregon is now the conference's only top-10 team. Oregon remained No. 2 in both the AP and coaches poll, the latter counting in the BCS standings, which will be releas...

Despite being ranked second in the human polls, Oregon is fourth in the second iteration of the BCS rankings. Man the battle stations! Launch preemptive attack on East Coast bias! Easy now. Do not fret. Lots of football left. And if Oregon f...

Oregon remains No. 2 in both human polls, but most projections have the Ducks falling to fourth behind Florida and Kansas State when the BCS standings are released tonight. The top-five is the same in both polls: 1. Alabama; 2. Oregon; 3. Florida;...

Oregon was ranked third in the initial BCS standings released Sunday night, behind No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Florida. The Ducks are No. 2 in all the major polls, but are ranked sixth by the computers. One computer poll has the Ducks 10th, which is a...

What do the coaches have against Oregon State? Unbeaten Oregon State moved up to eighth in the AP poll on Sunday, but it's ranked 11th in the coaches' poll, behind five teams with a loss. And, of course, the coaches' poll is the one that will c...

Oregon remained No. 2 behind Alabama, but Oregon State moved up to No. 10 in the latest AP poll. USC is 11th and Stanford is 17th. Last week, the Pac-12 had six ranked teams, but No. 23 Washington lost to the Ducks 52-21 and No. 25 UCLA was ups...