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No. 9 SMU blows out Cal to win 9th straight, improves to 11-1
No. 9 SMU jumped out to a three-touchdown lead and then sealed the game with a fourth-quarter explosion in their 38-6 win over visiting Cal in an Athletic Coast Conference matchup in Dallas on Saturday.,The Mustangs (11-1, 8-0 ACC) were already assured of a berth in the conference title game on Dec....

No. 9 SMU blows out Cal to win 9th straight, improve to 11-1
No. 9 SMU jumped out to a three-touchdown lead then sealed the game with a fourth-quarter explosion in their 38-6 win over visiting Cal in an Athletic Coast Conference matchup in Dallas on Saturday.,The Mustangs (11-1, 8-0 ACC) were already assured of a berth in the conference title game on Dec. 7. ...

No. 9 SMU aims to improve playoff odds vs. Cal
SMU has plenty to play for when it closes the regular season against California on Saturday afternoon in Dallas.,The Mustangs (10-1, 7-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), who checked in at No. 9 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings on Tuesday, would like to send their seniors off the right way....

Getting healthy, Cal faces Mercyhurst
California has fared just fine without three injured starters, but the Golden Bears could welcome two of them back Wednesday for a home game against Mercyhurst at the Cal Classic in Berkeley, Calif.,Coach Mark Madsen's squad opened the four-team showcase with two wins despite playing without guards ...

Cal staves off Sacramento State for third straight win
Andrej Stojakovic made 11 free throws to help craft a team-high 20 points, freshman Jeremiah Wilkinson had his second consecutive big game off the bench and Cal ran its winning streak to three with an 83-77 nonconference victory over Sacramento State on Sunday afternoon in Berkeley, Calif.,Wilkinson...

Jeremiah Wilkinson, Cal take aim at skidding Sacramento State
California hopes to take a second step toward a three-game sweep in its Cal Classic men's basketball tournament when the Golden Bears host Sacramento State on Sunday afternoon in Berkeley, Calif.,Cal (4-1) opened the four-team, round-robin event with a 78-69 win over Air Force on Thursday night, rid...

Cal scores twice late to edge Stanford in Big Game's ACC debut
Fernando Mendoza connected with Jonathan Brady for a pair of touchdown passes in the final 10:09 on Saturday afternoon, rallying California to a 24-21 victory over rival Stanford in the annual Big Game's first Atlantic Coast Conference edition in Berkeley, Calif.,Mendoza threw for 299 yards and thre...

Cal holds off Air Force's comeback attempt
Cal stalled an Air Force rally with a three-point play and a four-point play consecutively in the middle of the second half, and the Bears outfinished the Falcons for a 78-69 nonconference victory Thursday night in Berkeley, Calif.,The Falcons were within two points before Lee Dort hit a jumper, was...

Air Force, Cal ride optimism into opener of Cal Classic
Two teams that feel good about themselves after their best performances of the season go head-to-head Thursday night when Air Force visits California in a nonconference game at Berkeley, Calif.,The contest will tip off the Cal Classic, a week-long, four-team, round-robin affair that includes Sacrame...

Cal rallies in second half to hand USC first loss
Andrej Stojakovic scored 20 points and Jovan Blacksher Jr. added 19 points to help Cal rally past USC 71-66 on Sunday in Los Angeles. ,The Golden Bears (3-1) held the Trojans without a point for almost five minutes late in a physical second half as Cal turned a one-point deficit into a 68-64 lead wi...

Former conference foes Cal, USC face off in Los Angeles
Former Pac-12 counterparts meet under different league banners on Sunday when the Atlantic Coast Conference's Cal Golden Bears visit the Big Ten's USC Trojans in Los Angeles.,Sunday's matchup between the in-state counterparts marks their first encounter as nonconference opponents since 1921.,USC (3-...

Rising Cal plots to slow Syracuse, Kyle McCord
Things are starting to look up for Cal, which aims for its third straight win Saturday when Syracuse pays a visit to Berkeley, Calif.,The Golden Bears (5-4, 1-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) have won two games in a row after dropping their previous four contests. They notched their largest margin of vi...

Defense carries Vanderbilt to one-sided win over Cal
Vanderbilt forced 18 steals and registered 30 fastbreak points in an 85-69 win over Cal on Wednesday night in Nashville.,Guards AJ Hoggard (nine points, six assists, four steals), Tyler Tanner (14 points, three steals) and Grant Huffman (six points, six assists, five rebounds four steals) led the wa...

Several reunions in store for unbeaten Vanderbilt, Cal
Both Vanderbilt (2-0) and Cal (2-0) hope to remain unbeaten as the two meet Wednesday night in Nashville, Tenn.,Vanderbilt comes off Sunday's 85-76 win over Southeast Missouri State, while the Bears (making their first road trip) beat Cal Poly 91-73 last Thursday.,As expected under new coach Mark By...

Fernando Mendoza helps Cal top Wake Forest for first ACC victory
Fernando Mendoza threw for two touchdown passes and ran for another to help Cal beat Wake Forest 46-36 on Friday night in Winston-Salem, N.C., for the Bears' first Atlantic Coast Conference win., ,Mendoza threw for 385 yards by completing 40 of 56 passes with an interception., ,Derek Morris kicked t...

Cal Poly keeps it close in first half, then Cal pulls away
Jovan Blacksher Jr. had a team-high 18 points, Andrej Stojakovic added 15 and California ran off from visiting Cal Poly 91-73 on Thursday night for a nonconference win that gave the Golden Bears their first 2-0 start in five years.,Rytis Petraitis chipped in with 13 points off the bench and BJ Omot ...

Cal Poly can look at California as model for building from the ground up
Cal Poly's new head coach Mike DeGeorge hopes to begin the type of program rejuvenation currently taking place at California when the Mustangs visit the Golden Bears on Thursday night for a nonconference game in Berkeley, Calif.,DeGeorge, who spent the last six seasons at Division II Colorado Mesa, ...

Wake Forest, Cal race for win No. 5
Cal and Wake Forest are four-win teams in vastly different situations as they prepare for their first November game of the season., ,Only one of them will have a winning record after Friday night's game at Winston-Salem, N.C. in an Atlantic Coast Conference game marking the first meeting between the...

New-look Cal downs Cal State Bakersfield
Jovan Blacksher Jr. scored a team-high 17 points in his return to the Bay Area, Stanford transfer Andrej Stojakovic had 16 and California, featuring 10 new players, handled Cal State Bakersfield 86-73 in a non-conference men's basketball opener Monday night in Berkeley, Calif.,BJ Omot chipped in wit...

Transfer-heavy Cal meets Cal State Bakersfield in opener
Cal will get an opportunity to introduce its new look to the home fans -- and any scouts from Atlantic Coast Conference rivals -- when coach Mark Madsen's second edition debuts Monday night against Cal State Bakersfield in Berkeley, Calif.,Cal improved from three to 13 wins (13-19) in its first seas...