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The Pac-12 had two top-10 teams and two more in the top-17 of the final regular season BCS rankings, but it's not close to the top ten in terms of athletic department revenue in 2011-12, according to a story in the Birmingham News, which listed figur...

The clear reason to watch Oregon State's spring game on Friday (10 p.m. ET, Pac-12 Network) is to figure out who will be the starting quarterback for an intriguing Beavers team that will be ranked in the preseason top 25. After all, spring games a...

It appears that the Pac-12 could produce two top-10 selections on Day 1 of the NFL draft on April 25. It's also a bit unusual that both play defense in a conference known for offense. So who should be picked first: Oregon defensive end/outside lin...

Our countdown of the top 25 players in 2012 continues. You can see our preseason top 25 here. No. 10: Markus Wheaton, WR, Oregon State 2012 numbers: Wheaton caught 91 passes for 1,244 yards and 11 touchdowns. He also rushed for 142 yards -- ...

The Pac-12 had mixed results on national signing day. No Pac-12 team ranked in the top 10 of the ESPN recruiting rankings. Just three teams ranked in the top 25. That's not good. The best player on the West Coast, defensive tackle Eddie Vanderdoes...

The SEC, as has become the pattern over the past decade, is ruling recruiting just as it has been ruling the national title hunt. On national signing day eve, it has five of the top 10 teams in the ESPN recruiting rankings -- it's pretty much the...

Washington State has never ranked highly in the recruiting rankings, even when it ended up with three consecutive top-10 national rankings from 2001-03. But coach Mike Leach might have done one of the nation's best recruiting jobs with a simple text ...

Our countdown of the Pac-12's top 25 players in 2012 continues. No. 20: Dion Jordan, DE/OLB, Oregon 2012 numbers: Jordan recorded 44 tackles, 10.5 tackles for a loss and five sacks. He also forced three fumbles. Preseason ranking: No. 11 ...

ESPN's Rod Gilmore ranks the top 10 defenses in 2012 , and it's not surprising that four belong to the SEC -- including Nos. 1 and 2 -- but the encouraging local news is two are from the Pac-12: No. 4 Stanford and No. 7 Oregon. Including Stanford'...

The 2012 Civil War between Oregon and Oregon State doesn't match the 2000 game, when both teams were ranked in the top 10 for the first time in the rivalry's history, or the 2009 game, when the winner-take-all stakes were a Pac-10 title and a Rose Bo...

Oregon's Kenjon Barner, UCLA's Johnathan Franklin and Stanford's Stepfan Taylor are among the 10 semifinalists for the Doak Walker Award, given annually to the nation's top running back. Here's the complete list of semifinalists: Montee Ball (S...

While the SEC may be running away with the top spot, the Pac-12 and Big 12 are neck-and-neck for the No. 2 perch in the ESPN Stats & Info's Conference Power Rankings after 10 weeks of football. From the article: The race for second in the ran...

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...

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...

You can view ESPN.com's power rankings here. And here are our contributions to the top 25 poll. Kevin's ballot: 1. Alabama 2. Oregon 3. Florida State 4. LSU 5. Georgia 6. Kansas State 7. West Virginia 8. Stanford 9. USC 10. South Caro...

USC had the most players on NFL opening day rosters with 44, according to a release from the NFL. Last year, USC ranked second with 41 players on Kickoff Weekend rosters. The Trojans also produced the most quarterbacks and offensive tackles in the...