Pac-12 notebook: Oregon is the state of college football

College football ? State is one of seven with multiple ranked teams.

Football hotbed: Oregon

In this week?s AP Top 25, seven states account for 14 ranked teams. Oregon is the most distinguished state in the Football Bowl Subdivision, with two of its schools in the top 10.

Oregon (7-0) is No. 2 and Oregon State (6-0) is No. 7 ? and we?re not even 30 years removed from the 1983 season, when the Ducks and Beavers posted a combined 6-14-2 record and played to a 0-0 tie in the Civil War.

Oregon State?s 6-0 record is surprising, considering the Beavers went 8-16 over the previous two seasons. But in 2009, the rivals met with the winner promised a Rose Bowl bid. Oregon won 37-33.

The Nov. 24 game in Corvallis could have high stakes, determining the Pac-12 North?s contestant in the conference championship game.

States with two ranked teams in the AP Top 25:

Oregon ? Oregon (No. 2), Oregon State (No. 7)

Florida ? Florida (No. 3), Florida State (No. 11)

California ? USC (No. 10), Stanford (No. 19)

Louisiana ? LSU (No. 6), Louisiana Tech (No. 24)

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South Carolina ? Clemson (No. 14), South Carolina (No. 17)

Ohio ? Ohio State (No. 9), Ohio (No. 23)

Texas ? Texas Tech (No. 15), Texas A&M (No. 22)

Undefeated and unseated

Oregon State junior quarterback Cody Vaz may conclude his career with a unique record: victories over BYU and Utah in his only two starts. Coach Mike Riley is going back to sophomore Sean Mannion, who had knee surgery two weeks ago and missed those games, although he was available against Utah.

Vaz played much better against BYU than Utah, so there?s hardly any controversy in Corvallis about Mannion?s returning Saturday at Washington. "We just decided to go with him, but it was not easy," Riley said.

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