Pac-12 Football Results, Week 3: UCLA, Washington Unable To Survive Top-25 Tests In Texas, Nebraska

While the likes of UCLA and Washington faced off against Top 25 teams, the Oregon Ducks and the California Golden Bears played cupcake teams this week and the results show in both scenarios. Arizona State had its hands full with Illinois and ultimately let things slip away.

No. 23 Texas Longhorns (3-0) def. UCLA Bruins (1-2), 49-20 - Case McCoy threw touchdown passes and Malcolm Brown had 110 yards on the ground. UCLA's Rick Neuheisel is not happy.

No. 11 Nebraska Cornhuskers (3-0) def. Washington Huskies (2-1, 51-38 - Keith Price threw four touchdown passes and Chris Polk piled up 130 yards and one touchdown on the ground, but Nebraska's defense wasn't as porous as Washington's.

No. 12 Oregon Ducks (2-1) def. Missouri State Bears (1-2), 56-7 - After Missouri State scored first, the Ducks had 56 unanswered points. LaMichael James rushed for 204 yards and three touchdowns.

California Golden Bears (3-0) def. Presbyterian Blue Hose (1-2), 63-12 - Jeff Tedford became the winningest coach in Cal history and received a Gatorade bath.

San Diego St. Aztecs (3-0) def. Washington St. Cougars (2-1), 42-24 - Ronnie Hillman rushed for over 190 yards and found the end zone four times, including two runs in a 21-point fourth quarter by the Aztecs. Cougars quarterback Marshall Lobbestael had 368 passing yards and three touchdown passes, but two interceptions as well.

Illinois Fighting Illini (3-0) def. No. 22 Arizona St. Sun Devils (2-1), 17-14 - The Sun Devils were down at halftime, 10-7, but took the lead on a Brock Osweiler run in the fourth quarter. Nathan Scheelhaase delivered the game-winning 16-yard touchdown pass with 10 minutes left in the game.

USC Trojans (3-0) def. Syracuse Orange (2-1), 38-17 - Matt Barkley threw five touchdown passes in the victory. This was never a close game.

Utah Utes (2-1) def. BYU Cougars (1-2), 54 -10 - The Utes outscored the Cougars 40-0 in the second half in one of the largest margins of victories in this rivalries history. John White rushed for 174 yards and scored three touchdowns, and the Utah defense forced seven turnovers and scoring two for touchdowns.

No. 6 Stanford Cardinal (2-0) def. Arizona Wildcats (1-1), 37-10 - Stanford scored the final 24 points to put away Arizona to improve to 2-0. Andrew Luck passed for 325 yards and two touchdowns while running back Stepfan Taylor rushed for 153 yards.

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Rocky Mountain Showdown 2011: Colorado Buffaloes Give Jon Embree 1st Win As Head Coach With 28-14 Victory

The Colorado Buffaloes chewed up 10 minutes on the clock in the fourth quarter to come up with another touchdown, ending any chance the Colorado St. Rams had to make a comeback. Tyler Hansen, Rodney Stewart and Tony Jones all came up big, especially pass plays to Stewart for 14 and 26 yards. But the key play on the drive was a 15-yard face mask penalty on Colorado State's Nuku Latu. Instead of facing 3rd-and-20, the Buffs received a fresh set of downs and moved into Rams territory.

Tyler Hansen, who went 17-of-32 for 215 yards, two passing touchdowns and two rushing touchdowns, put the ball into the end zone for his second rushing touchdown of the game. That effectively ended the Rams' game. Jon Major and Tony Poremba sacked Pete Thomas on the play, the latter on fourth down.

Rodney Stewart had the big day with 19 carries for 98 yards on the groudn. Paul Richardson had a quiet week after his 284-yard receiving yard performance last week. He had just four receptions for 27 yards.

The Buffs won 28-14, picking up head coach Jon Embree's first win with the Buffs. They travel to Columbus, Oh., next week to face the Ohio St. Buckeyes. The Rams will lick their wounds from their first loss and take to the road for a game against the Utah State Aggies.

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Pac-12 Football Schedule: Texas-UCLA, Washington-Nebraska Top Conference Schedule

The UCLA Bruins and the Washington Huskies both play Top 25 teams. The Bruins against Texas and the Huskies against Nebraska.