California (0-8) Coach Holmoe Will Step Down

California Coach Tom Holmoe announced his resignation Sunday, the day after the Bears fell to 0-8.

Holmoe will finish out the season before his resignation becomes effective.

“It’s with deep regret that I arrived at this decision,” Holmoe said. “We had great dreams when we took over the reins here five years ago, and it’s unfortunate that many of those dreams were not realized.”

Holmoe, a former cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers and defensive backfield coach for the team under George Seifert from 1994-95, has a 15-37 overall record in five years as head coach at Cal.

California has not had a winning season since 1993.

The Bears play host to USC on Saturday.

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Terry Allen, the only coach in Kansas history to keep his job after four straight losing seasons, could not make it through a fifth.

Kansas Athletic Director Al Bohl announced Sunday that Allen had been dismissed, effective immediately.

Defensive coordinator and secondary coach Tom Hayes will coach the Jayhawks for the final three games of the season.

Thero Mitchell ran for two touchdowns and Nick Rolovich threw for two more scores to lead Hawaii to a 34-10 victory over San Jose State late Saturday night at Honolulu.

The win was the fifth in a row for the Warriors, 6-2 overall and 5-2 in the Western Athletic Conference, and kept them in the race for the conference title.

The loss dropped the Spartans (2-6, 2-3) out of the conference championship race and ended their two-game winning streak.

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Stanford safety Simba Hodari remained in a Seattle hospital in serious condition after suffering a concussion and head injury in Saturday’s game against Washington.

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Brigham Young (9-0), one of three teams without a loss, cracked the top 10 for the first time in five years at No. 9 in The Associated Press Top 25 poll.

Miami (7-0) and Nebraska (10-0), the other major college unbeatens, remained 1-2 in the poll, and Oklahoma, Florida and Texas held steady at Nos. 3-4-5.

In the USA Today/ESPN coaches poll, the top 5 are Miami, Nebraska, Florida, Oklahoma and Texas.

UCLA fell to No. 17 in the AP poll, No. 16 in the coaches poll.

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Colorado assistant coach Tom McMahon was released from a Boulder, Colo., hospital after he was brought there with breathing trouble. He complained of flu-like symptoms after Saturday’s 38-24 win over Missouri.

Texas Tech campus police are investigating the scuffle between groups of fans that injured at least one person after the Red Raiders’ upset victory over Texas A&M; on Saturday.