Nix, Oregon win with a late rally

Oregon quarterback Bo Nix was piling up the yardage, but the No. 15 Ducks were not getting into the end zone in the first half against Washington State.

That all changed with less than seven minutes left in the game, when Oregon scored three late touchdowns to come back for a 44-41 win over the Cougars on Saturday in Pullman, Wash.

Nix threw touchdown passes to Cam McCormick and Troy Franklin, and Mase Funa returned an interception 27 yards for a touchdown as Oregon erased a 34-22 deficit.

“Today was not what I expected,” said Oregon coach Dan

Lanning. “But what I did expect and what I did see was toughness, resilience, and a team of guys who won’t give up. And they did that, they showed up and gave their all when we needed it.”

Nix completed 33 of 44 passes for 428 yards with three touchdowns and one interception. The Ducks produced 624 yards of offense.

at California 49, Arizona 31:

Jaydn Ott ran for 274 yards and three touchdowns and the Golden Bears won their conference opener. Ott scored on a 73-yard run on the second play from scrimmage, an 18-yarder in the third quarter after he had appeared to be stopped for a short gain, and then another 72-yarder to ice it late in the fourth.

No. 13 Utah 34, at Arizona State 13:

Cameron Rising passed for 260 yards and two touchdowns — both to tight end Dalton Kincaid — to lead the Utes to a victory over the Sun Devils, whose interim coach, Shaun Aguano, made his debut after replacing the fired Herm Edwards.

at No. 18 Washington 40, Stanford 22:

Michael Penix Jr. passed for 309 yards and two touchdowns and Rome Odunze caught eight passes for 161 yards and a touchdown as the Huskies improved to 4-0 for the first time since 2017.