Pac 10 Sports Blog

USC moved up two slots to #5 in the BCS college football Top 25 with tough home victory over Oregon State 42-36.  The Trojans will have a difficult test when they travel to Eugene to face Oregon on October 31st.  The #10 Ducks were extremely impressive in their road victory at Washington.  The Ducks held down Washington’s potent offense in the 43-19 victory.  The Wildcats of Arizona moved up from #22 to #20 with their 27-13 victory over as Arizona continues to jockey for position in the 2009-2010 bowl predictions.  The Cal Bears reappeared in the top 25 falling in at #24.  The Golden Bears defeated Washington State 49-17.  Cal travels to Arizona State on October 31st.

When the dust settled on Sunday and the bowl teams were announced, 5 Pac-10 football teams learned not only their destinations for the 2008 bowl season but also their bowl opponents. The Las Vegas Bowl will feature Arizona facing perennial Pac-10 beater BYU on December 20th to kick off the bowl season for the Pac-10. A week later on the 27th California faces Miami (FL) in the Emerald Nuts Bowl. On December 30th, Oregon face Oklahoma State in an intriguing match-up in the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl and Oregon State will play Pittsburgh in the Brut Sun Bowl on New Year’s Eve. Finally to cap off the 2008-2009 bowl season for the Pac-10, the USC Trojans will face off with the Penn State Nittany Lions in the Rose Bowl presented by Citi on New Year’s Day @ 4:30 pm on ABC.