Oregon St. claims Pac-12 'title' and snaps a 5-game skid with 41-38 win over No. 25 Washington St.

CORVALLIS, Ore. -- , With a 55-yard field goal to cap a wild back-and-fourth game, Oregon State emerged as this season's de facto Pac-12 champions. Everett Hayes kicked a season-best 55-yard field goal with 20 seconds left and the Beavers snapped a five-game losing streak with a 41-38 victory over Washington State on Saturday night. Ben Gulbranson , who missed last week's shutout loss at Air Force with a concussion, threw for 294 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Beavers (5-6). Trent Walker caught 12 passes for 136 yards. “It kind of gets to a point in the game where you kind of look at the score and you realize, `Wow, it's going to come down to me,'" Hayes said. It was the second straight loss for the Cougars (8-3), who were coming off a 38-35 setback last weekend to New Mexico that dashed their hopes of possibly earning an at-large bid to the 12-team College Football Playoff.