But Stoke, who have won every league game in which they have scored first this season, broke the deadlock to take maximum points when Sidibe rose to guide a powerful header into the far corner after a wonderful piece of interplay saw Higginbotham get free on the left.

BBC: Stoke 1-0 West Brom

The Pac-12 will also get the maximum BCS payout thanks to sending either Stanford or UCLA to the Rose Bowl and having 11-1 Oregon all but guaranteed an at-large berth.

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