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The only two schools that will still be part of whatever the Pac-12 looks like in 2024 will meet to open the conference slate for both teams.

The Pac-12 has three Top 25 matchups in the same week for the first time and just the 10th time in any conference. No. 19 Colorado at No. 10 Oregon tops the bill.

There will be more than 160 programs in the country playing football at the Division II level this season. Only two Western Oregon and Central Washington offer D-II football in the Western United States.

The past 18 months have been a whirlwind for Washington State coach Jake Dickert and the entire Cougars program. Washington State is hoping for some stability this season even as its future conference affiliation remains up in the air.

There is a very real possibility that when the new preseason AP Top 25 is unveiled on Aug. 14, ’Bama could be squeezed out of the top-three for the first time since 2009.

Washington State and Oregon State appear to be the big losers in the destabilization of the Pac-12 that’s bordering on complete collapse.

The women's Pac-12 Conference Tournament gets underway Wednesday in Las Vegas with four first-round games. The conference has a chance to place at least eight teams in the NCAA Tournament.

South Carolina is No. 1 for the 36th consecutive week. That ties Louisiana Tech for the second-longest run atop The Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll in history.

The Los Angeles Lakers are trading Russell Westbrook to Utah and reacquiring guard D’Angelo Russell from Minnesota in a three-team, eight-player deal.

Damian Lillard scored a season-high 60 points, hitting nine 3-pointers, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Utah Jazz 134-124