South Florida and Cincinnati ended losing streaks last weekend by picking on some of the American Athletic Conference's lesser teams. The squads try to turn those potential turnaround games into something more significant when they meet Friday night at Cincinnati's Paul Brown Stadium. The Bearcats were mired in a miserable three-game slide that saw them allow an average of 48.7 points before pasting Southern Methodist 41-3 on Saturday.

Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota threw a career-high six touchdown passes at California two years ago and the Heisman Trophy candidate will return to California's Memorial Stadium for the first time since that performance when the No. 7 Ducks face the Golden Bears in a Pac-12 game Friday night. Mariota will also attempt to remain error free in the interception department as he has thrown 238 consecutive passes without being picked off, a streak that dates back to last season.