On the heels of their recent 55-34 victory over rival Washington, Oregon has climbed 5 spots in the BCS polls to 5th, just one slot shy of being guaranteed a berth in one of 5 BCS bowl games.

The rushing attack led the way as Oregon ran for a school-record 465 yards. Junior tailback Jonathan Stewart had a career day, running for 251 yards and two scores.

Oregon will host U$C next Saturday in what could prove to be the most critical game of the year for both squads; whoever wins will have the inside track at both a Rose Bowl birth and a conference championship. The game is reportedly still in the running to be the College Gameday host site for the second time this year.

You know what that means? It means we all have to wait in line for tickets about an hour longer tomorrow, oh great....