TUCSON, Ariz. -- Ugly losses, a frustrated fan base, a coach under fire; it's been a rough first two seasons for Paul Wulff at Washington State.

Nikki DePeel (Hanford/CBC) scored 22 points and her 11-for-12 performance from the free throw line helped the Lewis-Clark State College women's basketball team defeat Northwest Christian University 87-48 on Monday.

SEATTLE -- University of Washington basketball coach Lorenzo Romar announced Monday that 6-foot-9 sophomore forward Brendan Sherrer had made the 14th-ranked team as a walk-on.

EUGENE -- University of Oregon football coach Chip Kelly says there's nothing to report about the possible reinstatement of suspended running back LeGarrette Blount.

NEW YORK -- Texas took a small step forward in the Bowl Championship Series standings Sunday, and the remaining unbeaten teams held down the first seven spots.

PULLMAN -- Washington State football has morphed into Chinese water torture, with a twist.

PULLMAN -- Washington State football coach Paul Wulff said that junior strong safety Chima Nwachukwu is expected to miss at least one game with the ankle sprain he suffered in Saturday's 40-14 loss to Notre Dame.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Before he took his first snap in college, Jimmy Clausen arrived on the Notre Dame campus in a stretch limo to announce he would sign a letter of intent with the Fighting Irish.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Washington State coach Paul Wulff has expressed concern that his young team might get caught up in the aura of Notre Dame's storied football tradition and forget to focus solely on the Fighting Irish team that takes the field today in the Alamodome.

PULLMAN -- Charlie Weis hopes for a mercy killing when Notre Dame battles Washington State on Saturday in San Antonio, Texas.

BERKELEY, Calif. -- The California Bears do everything fast.

SEATTLE -- This is really taking the rivalry between Oregon and Washington fans to new heights.

BERKELEY, Calif. -- Paul Wulff's dream job turned into a nightmare by his second game as coach of the Washington State Cougars.

LOS ANGELES -- Pete Carroll touts Oregon State tailback Jacquizz Rodgers as the second coming of Emmitt Smith.

PROVO, Utah -- TCU can't reach the BCS without a win over BYU.

WSU (1-5, 0-4) vs. Cal (4-2, 1-2)

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Nobody in the Washington Huskies camp was certain what broke down on Arizona State's final touchdown -- a 50-yard pass from Danny Sullivan to Chris McGaha with no defender in sight -- in the final seconds of Saturday night's 24-17 Pacific-10 Conference loss.

NEW YORK -- Florida, Alabama and Texas hold the top three spots in the first BCS standings and control their fates in the national championship race.

BOZEMAN, Mont. -- In his first start of the season, Cody Kempt threw three touchdown passes, including a 36-yarder in overtime, to lead Montana State (4-2) past South Dakota (3-4).

TACOMA -- Taylor Eglet threw a 28-yard touchdown pass to former Royal standout Kyle Scroggins and Whitworth (3-4, 1-2 Northwest Conference) scored all 24 points in the second quarter in a win over Puget Sound (0-5, 0-2).

SEATTLE -- Garrett Rolsma kicked a 44-yard field goal with 32 seconds remaining to cap a run of 23 unanswered points in the second half as Central Washington (8-0, 3-0 GNAC) came back to defeat Western Oregon (3-4, 2-2) in front of 5,374 fans at Battle in Seattle VII at Qwest Field.

MISSOULA, Mont. -- Chase Reynolds plunged into the end zone from 1 yard out with 1:18 to play Saturday to lift Montana to a 41-34 victory over Eastern Washington.

TEMPE, Ariz. -- The last time Danny Sullivan played at home, he was booed off the field. Now, the cheers are probably still ringing in his ears.

MOSCOW, Idaho -- De'Maundray Woolridge rushed for four touchdowns and finished with 81 yards to lead Idaho past visiting Hawaii 35-23.

All three Division I basketball programs in Eastern Washington opened practice Friday.

SEATTLE -- A summer day camp. A Bible camp. Teaching preschool and English classes.

MOSCOW -- Idaho football coach Robb Akey won't lie: today's game against Hawaii is huge, as the Vandals seek to become bowl eligible for the first time in a decade.

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Before the Washington Huskies can think about a bowl game, coach Steve Sarkisian says they'd better figure out how to win a game on the road.

PULLMAN -- This news flash just in, courtesy of the Washington State Cougars: Basketball players prefer offense over defense.

MOSCOW, Idaho -- Five-and-one, perched atop the Western Athletic Conference standings, a first-time vote in a regular-season football poll and on the brink of bowl eligibility -- the insanity continues at the University of Idaho.

ELLENSBURG -- Ryan Robertson will start at quarterback for third-ranked Central Washington against Western Oregon.

PULLMAN -- The Washington State basketball team will be counting heavily on young talent this season, and one of the Cougars' most heralded freshmen resumed working out with the team Monday.

SEATTLE -- If Washington hadn't gotten the quirkiest of bounces to beat Arizona, talk of returning to a bowl game would be considered outlandish and inconceivable.

PULLMAN -- While pleased with his team's victory over Washington State -- his third in as many years as Arizona State head coach -- Dennis Erickson made it clear there were aspects of the Sun Devils' performance that concerned him.

PULLMAN -- The Washington State Cougars, despite all their struggles in recent years, had a truly great player in their midst at Saturday's game.

PULLMAN -- Dennis Erickson took a hit for his team Saturday.

ARCATA, Calif. -- Central Washington (7-0, 2-0 GNAC) overcame a 20-13 halftime deficit with three second-half touchdowns, including two by Randall Eldridge, as the fourth-ranked Wildcats held off an upset-minded Humboldt State (3-3, 0-3).

MISSOULA, Mont. -- Marc Mariani caught six passes for 200 yards and two touchdowns and Chase Reynolds rushed for 109 yards and scored three times as Montana (5-0) rallied past Cal Poly (2-3).

ST. PETER, Minn. -- Pacific Lutheran receiver Greg Ford broke his own school record with 292 receiving yards but the Lutes (1-3) fell to Gustavus Adolphus (2-3) on a 1-yard touchdown pass from Jordan Becker to Elliott Herdina with 12 seconds left.

CORVALLIS -- Jacquizz Rodgers upstaged Toby Gerhart. Rodgers ran for a career-high 189 yards and four touchdowns as Oregon State (4-2, 2-1 Pac-10) beat Stanford (4-2, 3-1).

CHENEY -- Trevyn Smith rushed for 143 yards and Cameron Higgins threw two touchdown passes as Weber State (3-3, 3-1 Big Sky) spoiled Eastern Washington's (4-2, 3-1) homecoming.

PULLMAN -- Dennis Erickson took a hit for his team Saturday.

SPOKANE -- Aaron Williams ran for 102 yards and three touchdowns as seventh-ranked Linfield (5-0, 2-0 NWC) clinched its NCAA-record 54th consecutive winning season by beating Whitworth (2-4, 0-2).

PASADENA, Calif. -- When Oregon puts together the highlight reel of its remarkable turnaround from that season-opening loss to Boise State, the Ducks probably could leave the first four minutes of this second half unedited.

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- DeMaundray Woolridge scored on a 5-yard run with just over a minute to play as Idaho (5-1, 2-0 WAC) beat San Jose State (1-4, 0-1), ending a four-game losing streak to the Spartans.

PULLMAN -- His football team is young, battered and fighting desperately to avoid a 1-11 season.

PULLMAN -- One football after another after another gets snapped flawlessly on extra points, field goals and punts, and no one gives a second thought to who might be delivering the ball.

EUGENE -- Few visiting teams have been able to quiet the raucous crowds that pack Autzen Stadium, but Washing-ton State managed to pull it off Saturday night, to their ever-lasting regret.

EUGENE -- Jeff Tuel's last name is pronounced "tool," so headline writers figure to have plenty of fun with Washington State's new quarterback over the next four years.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Don't ask the Washington Huskies about Touchdown Jesus, Knute Rockne or the Four Horsemen.