Pac-12 Conference

The Pac-12 Conference is having a heck of a final kick. No. 3 Washington and No. 5 Oregon are two of the four conference teams ranked in the AP Top 25. They meet Friday for an almost certain spot in the College Football Playoff.

For the past four seasons, Mike Hopkins has tried to rediscover the formula that made his first couple of teams at Washington so successful. And now in what could be his last chance with the Huskies,

The Pac-12 Conference is having a banner season in the midst of having teams about to scatter in all directions. Attendance is up around the league through the halfway mark.

Josh Kelly caught three touchdown passes, Cameron Ward passed for 404 yards and accounted for five scores, as No. 21 Washington State upend No. 14 Oregon State 38-35 in the Pac-12 Conference opener.

Bo Nix or Michael Penix Jr. are about to enter their final college seasons, two of the best in a quarterback-rich conference tied together by their talent, their geography playing in the Pacific Northwest

Jennifer Cohen has been hired as Southern California’s athletic director after seven years in the same post at the University of Washington.

Larry Scott boasted five years ago that the Pac-12 Conference would be able “to adapt, react and take advantage of this new world media order that’s coming in a way others can’t.”

A mass exodus has led to a seismic shift in the Pac-12 Conference. The “Conference of Champions” suffered what could be crushing blows after five schools announced defections from the league within hours of each other.

Washington men’s basketball coach Mike Hopkins will return for his seventh season in charge of the Huskies despite four straight years without an NCAA Tournament appearance.

TJ Bamba scored a career-high 36 points, as Washington State won its sixth straight Pac-12 Conference game for the first time in 30 years with a 93-84 victory over Washington.