Oct. 8, 2007

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Four Conference games and one non-league contest highlight this week's schedule. In Pac-10 play it's ARIZONA at USC, WASHINGTON STATE at OREGON, OREGON STATE at CALIFORNIA and WASHINGTON at ARIZONA STATE. STANFORD hosts TCU in a non-conference game and UCLA has an open date. Here is a look at the games of Sat., Oct. 13 (ranking is the AP media Poll followed by the USA Today Coaches Poll and the Harris Interactive Poll):

Ranking 	Games 			Site 				Time/TV 	Series/Last Year
--/--/-- 	Arizona (2-4) 		Memorial Coliseum (92,000) 	12:30 PDT 	USC leads 24-6
10/7/7 		USC (4-1) 		Los Angeles, CA 		ABC 		USC 20-3
--/--/-- 	Washington State (2-4) 	Autzen Stadium (54,000) 	12:30 PDT 	Oregon leads 39-38-7
9/8/10 		Oregon (4-1) 		Eugene, OR 					Washington St. 34-23
--/--/-- 	TCU (3-3) 		Stanford Stadium (50,000) 	2:00 PDT 	First meeting
--/46/t44 	Stanford (2-3) 		Stanford, CA
--/--/-- 	Oregon State (3-3) 	Memorial Stadium (72,516) 	4:00 PDT 	Cal leads 33-26
2/2/2 		California (5-0) 	Berkeley, CA 			Versus 		California 41-13
t43/--/-- 	Washington (2-3) 	Sun Devil Stadium (71,706) 	7:15 MST 	UW leads 15-11
14/13/14 	Arizona State (6-0) 	Tempe, AZ 					FSN ASU 26-23 (OT)
--/48/-- UCLA (4-2) - open date - next game Nov. 20 vs. California

SERIES NOTES FOR THE GAMES OF SAT., OCT. 13:

ARIZONA (2-4) at USC (4-1) - 12:30 PDT/MST - ABC regional telecast - The Series: Arizona and USC have met 30 times with the Trojans holding a 24-6 series advantage. SC has won the last five games with the most recent Arizona victory a 31-15 win at Los Angeles in 2000. . . . Last Year: USC and Arizona opened Conference play at Arizona with the No. 3-ranked Trojans utilizing a suffocating defense to take a hard-fought 20-3 win. The SC defense limited the Wildcats to just eight first downs and 154 yards total offense, including minus-16 yards rushing. The Trojans allowed just 2-of-12 third down conversions, posted five quarterback sacks and never allowed Arizona to penetrate the red zone.

WASHINGTON STATE (2-4) at OREGON (4-1) - 12:30 PDT - The Series: Oregon and Washington State have met 84 times dating to 1901 and the series is about as even as can be with the Ducks holding a slim 39-38-7 edge. The teams have split the last six games. The last three games of the series have been played at Pullman, with the most recent Eugene meeting a 55-16 Cougar win in 2003. . . . Last Year: Washington State and Oregon met at Pullman with the Cougars springing a 34-23 upset on the 5-1 and No. 16-ranked Ducks. WSU QB Alex Brink, a former Eugene prep star, completed 20-of-23 passes, TB Dwight Tardy rushed for a season-high 145 yards and the Cougars forced four Duck turnovers to secure the win. WSU had a comfortable 27-3 lead late in the third quarter when Oregon QB Brady Leaf came off the bench to throw two TD passes in a comeback attempt that fell short.

TCU (3-3) at STANFORD (2-3) - 2:00 PDT - The Series: First meeting between Stanford and TCU.

OREGON STATE (3-3) at CALIFORNIA (5-0) - 4:00 PDT - Versus national cablecast - The Series: California and Oregon State have met 59 times dating to 1905 with the Golden Bears leading the series 33-26. Cal has won two of the last three, which broke a five-game OSU winning streak in the series. In 32 games played at Berkeley, Cal leads 19-13. However, Oregon State has won the last three in Berkeley with the last Cal home win coming in 1997 (33-14). . . . Last Year: California and Oregon State met early in the season at Corvallis and the Golden Bears jumped out to a 31-0 first-half lead and cruised in with a 41-13 victory. Cal QB Nate Longshore completed 22-of-31 passes for 341 yards and four TDs to spearhead the Bear attack. WR Lavelle Hawkins had 128 receiving yards and a TD on six receptions. California's defense limited OSU to 56 yards rushing and posted four QB sacks. Beaver PK Alexis Serna hit a 58-yard field goal to tie the school record for longest field goal.

WASHINGTON (2-3) at ARIZONA STATE (6-0) - 7:15 MST/PDT - FSN national cablecast - The Series: Washington and Arizona State have met 26 times with the Huskies leading the series 15-11. However, ASU has won the last three. In 15 games at Tempe, Washington holds a slim 8-7 edge, but has lost the last two. The Huskies last win at Sun Devil Stadium was in 2001 (33-31). . . . Last Year: Arizona State and Washington met at Seattle and the Sun Devils extended the Huskies' losing streak to four games with a 26-23 overtime win. In what was at heart a defensive game, ASU had forged a 20- 6 lead early in the fourth quarter, primarily on two touchdown runs by TB Keegan Herring, who had 98 yards rushing and the two TDs on just six carries. However, Washington mounted a late charge to tie the score at 20-20 at the end of regulation. The Huskies struck first in overtime with a field goal, but ASU pulled out the win on a 25-yard TD pass from QB Rudy Carpenter to HB Brent Miller.