Trojans eke out win over Bears
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LOS ANGELES - With 81 seconds to go Saturday afternoon, Southern California coach Pete Carroll summoned his dog-tired defenders to the sideline.
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Sadly, Baylor&#39;s run at the top is over. The Bears&#39; 7-point win over Texas State wasn&#39;t exactly impressive, heck it wasn&#39;t even over a Division IA team, but rules are rules.
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Southern California could only stop Aaron Rodgers and California when it counted most. The top-ranked Trojans held the seventh-ranked Golden Bears out of the end zone after a first-and-goal with less than two minutes left and held on for a 23-17 victory Saturday.
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Corvallis, OR (Sports Network) - Dominique Byrd caught two  touchdown passes and Reggie Bush returned a punt 65 yards for a  score, as the top-ranked Southern California Trojans came from  behind against the Beavers of Oregon State to post a 28-20  victory.
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No. 13 USC routs Fighting Irish, 38-0, the largest margin of victory for the Trojans in the 79-game history of their storied rivalry with Notre Dame.
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Southern California is the new No. 2. The Trojans advanced one spot to overtake Michigan in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday, a day after their 44-24 victory over Notre Dame.
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Rex Grossman completed 20-of-27 passes for 289 yards and four touchdowns to the lead the Chicago Bears to a convincing 34-7 victory over the Detroit Lions.
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Georgia vs. Southern California, it might have been a heck of game.
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JJ Arrington ran for 169 yards to set California&#39;s single-season rushing record and the fourth-ranked Golden Bears beat Stanford 41-6 on Saturday for their biggest victory in the Big Game since 1930.
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USC had another harrowing trip to the bay area. Thanks to the Trojans&#39; defense and unstoppable tailback tandem, this one had a happier ending.
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California passed like a Duck, tackled like a Duck and even dressed like a Duck &#151; and the Golden Bears did it all much better than Oregon.
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As moribund as Notre Dame looked in losing to U.S.C. for the sixth consecutive time, the Trojans did not look a whole lot better.
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Southern California's new-look offense was a little less explosive than the old one. It was still more than good enough for another rout against Arkansas.
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Haldi completed 8-of-24 passes for 146 yards, and also rushed for nine yards on six carries with a pair of rushing touchdowns. The Trojans of Troy (7-5) jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter.
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Southern California's sluggish start only delayed the inevitable &#151; a one-sided victory over woeful Washington. Matt Leinart passed for 217 yards and two touchdowns, LenDale White ran for two scores and the top-ranked Trojans handed Washington its first shutout since 1981 in a 38-0 victory Saturday.
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It happens to nearly every team in its quest for a national title. In happened to USC on Saturday when the Trojans had to come from behind to beat Stanford 31-28.
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PULLMAN, Wash. Top-ranked Southern California routed Washington State 42-to-12 for the Trojans&#39; 17th straight victory dating back to last season.