Barkley powers USC to blowout of UCLA

LOS ANGELES -- Matt Barkley passed for 423 yards and six touchdowns in his possible Coliseum farewell, Robert Woods set the conference's single-season receptions record while catching 12 passes for 113 yards and two TDs, and No. 10 Southern California finished its resurgent season with a 50-0 demolition of Pac-12 title game-bound UCLA on Saturday night.

Marqise Lee had 13 catches for 224 yards and two TDs during a showcase of offensive brilliance by the Trojans (10-2, 7-2), who are banned from postseason play under heavy NCAA sanctions. USC still went out in style, jumping to a 29-point halftime lead before posting its largest victory in the city championship game since 1930, the rivalry's second year.

The Trojans won the 1930 contest 52-0, after opening the rivalry with a 76-0 rout.

USC won seven of its final eight games capped by this utter obliteration of the crosstown Bruins (6-6, 5-4), who will represent the division at Oregon next week despite finishing two games behind USC in the South standings.

Kevin Prince passed for 261 yards for UCLA, which had won three of four heading into the city championship game. The Bruins flouted rivalry tradition and unveiled an all-white look in a game usually played in both clubs' colored home uniforms, but the Trojans left them with nothing but grass stains on the backs of those slick new jerseys.

Earlier this week, UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel said he felt the Bruins had "closed the gap more" with the Trojans, who won 10 games for the eighth time in the past decade. Despite the Bruins' Pac-12 title game berth, Neuheisel's job is thought to be in jeopardy after his fourth inconsistent season.

With the Coliseum crowd repeatedly chanting "One more year," Barkley was brilliant in what might have been the junior's final game at USC. He went 35 of 42 and set a Pac-12 record with his 39th touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter, hitting Woods from 41 yards out to surpass Matt Leinart's mark. Barkley also surpassed his own school record set earlier this year with 35 completions.

Barkley and left tackle Matt Kalil are near-certain first-round NFL draft picks, but they claim they haven't decided whether to return for their senior seasons and a shot at a national title with a team that's likely to be among the nation's most talented next year, despite severe NCAA scholarship restrictions that start in 2012.

Woods broke Keyshawn Johnson's 1995 record with his 103rd catch during the first half.

■ Utah State 21, UNR 17 -- At Logan, Utah, the Aggies scored on two pass plays in the third quarter and recovered a fourth-quarter fumble to top the Wolf Pack in a Western Athletic Conference game.

Adam Kennedy threw for 140 yards and a touchdown for the Aggies (6-5, 4-2 WAC), and he ran for a critical first down in the final minute to preserve the win.

UNR (6-5, 4-2 WAC) was led by Lampford Mark, who had 111 yards and a touchdown on 22 carries.