Toby Gerhart News

The road to the Rose Bowl now goes through Oregon. For Stanford a win over the Ducks puts them on the road to a bowl game.

After the last four weeks, and especially after last week's blowout of USC, I thought we were invincible.

Stanford made one thing clear with its upset victory over Pac-10 leader Oregon: There will be a full-fledged scramble for the conference title over a chaotic final four weeks.

Over the past decade, Oklahoma has rarely been out of the AP Top 25 and Stanford has rarely been in.

Four nominees for the AT&T All-America Player of the Week award have been announced after the tenth week of college football action, and AT&T* is relying on fans to determine who rules the gridiron.

THIRD QUARTER: The Ducks have outscored opponents 105-46 in the third quarter this season... Jamere Holland again - TD, 39 yards.

They're the young and the relentless. A handful of first-year players are asserting themselves as Stanford prepares for a make-or-break month starting Saturday against No.

UO quarterback Jeremiah Masoli scores against USC. Now it's Stanford's turn to try to stop the Ducks' devastating spread offense.

The Quizz Show is full of surprises. This past week, in Oregon State's 26-19 victory over UCLA, running back Jacquizz Rodgers passed out of the Wildcat formation - resulting in a 14-yard touchdown to Brady Camp.

Oregon freshman running back LaMichael James has been named the Pac-10's offensive player of the week after he had 24 carries for 183 yards and a touchdown in Oregon's 47-20 victory over USC on Halloween.

Despite rumors to the contrary, Oregon coach Chip Kelly isn't ready to reinstate suspended running back LeGarrette Blount this week.

After a crazy first few weeks of Pac-10 play, things in the conference are beginning to shake out with the contenders separating themselves from an increasing list of pretenders.

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It was just a few short weeks ago that Stanford was sitting atop the Pac-10, and the question of whether the Cardinal was a legitimate conference title contender was swirling around.

Stanford football is eight games into the season as the head into their " improvement week ." Toby Gerhart continues to be one of the top running backs in the NCAA.

Owusu sparks Stanford to rout of San Jose St. WERE YOU THERE? Did you attend this game? If so, start chronicling your sports memories today with ESPN's Sports Passport.

Stanford left tackle Allen Smith will miss 4 to 6 weeks with a sprained right knee, a tough break for the sixth-year senior who had worked his way back after being sidelined the past two seasons with serious left knee injuries.

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller Stanford is clearly a much improved under Jim Harbaugh, but it's still struggling to make the next step as a program -- see three painful road losses that doused high expectations.

If Saturday night's Arizona State-Stanford game was a video game, Dennis Erickson would have pressed the reset button numerous times during the contest.

Andrew Luck threw for 236 yards, Toby Gerhart ran for 125 yards and a touchdown and Stanford greatly boosted its bowl hopes with a 33-14 victory over Arizona State on Saturday night.