Stepfan Taylor rushed for 142 yards and two touchdowns, Kevin Hogan passed for 160 yards and another score, and No. 11 Stanford beat No. 15 UCLA 35-17 Saturday to win the Pacific-12 Conference North title and a rematch with the Bruins in the conference championship game.
Johnathan Franklin ran for 156 yards and scored a pair of touchdowns to lead the No. 17 UCLA Bruins past the No. 18 USC Trojans 38-28.
Zach Maynard matched his career high with four touchdown passes and added a fifth on the ground and California took advantage of six turnovers to stun No. 25 UCLA 43-17 on Saturday night.
At the start of the season it appeared as though USC senior Matt Barkley would be the face of the Pac-12′s quarterbacks this year. But an emerging crop of youngsters is stealing some of the attention in a league famous for its QBs.
Redshirt freshman Brett Hundley passed for 320 yards and two touchdowns, and No. 22 UCLA’s hard-hitting defense held high-scoring Houston in check Saturday night as the Bruins beat the Cougars 37-6.