No. 13 Alabama is out of the top 10 of The AP college football poll for the first time since 2015, and Georgia remained No. 1 on Sunday. This week, the opening of regular season conference play.
Oregon State went 10-3 last season and returns its most talented team since coach Jonathan Smith arrived in 2018 to take over a program that had been 1-11 the previous season amid coaching turmoil.
Garrett Forrester hit a three-run homer, Gavin Logan hit a solo shot as No. 2 seed Oregon State beat No. 7 seed Washington 13-8 in the first Pac-12 baseball tournament in conference history.
Cooper Kaifes hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:21 left in the game, Jerome Marshall followed with a layup and Samford held off Oregon State 78-77 in nonconference play.
Freshman Greta Kampschroeder scored all 13 of her career high points in the decisive third quarter and No. 15 Oregon State turned back California Baptist 80-72.