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No. 4 Washington is on the brink of a magical season as they host rival Washington State on Saturday in the Apple Cup in a meeting that’s overflowing with story lines. It’s the last Apple Cup with both members of the same conference,

No. 5 Washington can clinch a spot in the Pac-12 title game with a win over No. 10 Oregon State this weekend. This game is the 108th all-time meeting between the Huskies and Beavers.

There are more perfect 10s at the top of the AP college football poll than there have been 14 years. The top-five teams in the rankings are all 10-0.

Both USC and Washington have aspirations of winning the conference title and elite quarterbacks in Michael Penix Jr. for the Huskies and reigning Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams for the Trojans.

Washington coach Kalen DeBoer has coached championship teams at the lower levels of college football before and knows there are going to be rough patches even in the best of seasons.

Oregon St. and Wash. St. claim the actions of the Pac-12 and Comm'r George Kliavkoff in response to members announcing their intent to leave the conference.

Colorado or Arizona State will snap its losing streak in conference games when they meet Saturday in Tempe, Arizona,

Washington State coach Jake Dickert believes Cougars quarterback Cameron Ward deserves national recognition.

Colorado fell out of The AP college football poll after a resounding loss in one of the weekend’s showcase games and the teams toward the top of the rankings were shuffled and tightened.

Texas jumped seven spots to No. 4 in The Associated Press college football poll after beating Alabama, and the Pac-12 became just the second conference to place as many as eight teams in an AP Top 25.