BERKELEY, Calif. - Now that's what you call a helpful bye weekend. While the Golden Bears rested their injuries, visited family and went to see friends play small-college football last week, California moved back into the top 10 and took sole possession of first place in the Pac-10 without lifting a football. That's because USC lost at Oregon State, ending the Trojans' three-year conference winning streak and leaving the 10th-ranked Golden Bears (7-1, 5-0) as the only unbeaten team in Pac-10 play. After three years of looking up at USC, Cal is on top with a seven-game winning streak and a favorable setup to its remaining schedule. Cal already has beaten the three Pac-10 teams with two conference losses apiece behind the Bears and second-place USC, who meet Nov. 18 at the Coliseum. That means Cal even has a small cushion in its quest for the school's first conference title since 1975 and the Bears' first Rose Bowl bid in 48 years.
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