No. 13 Washington State and UCLA are coming off their bye week, but in different straits. Washington State is one of four teams in the Pac-12 that remain unbeaten and has the nation’s second-ranked passing offense.
The leadership at Washington State and Oregon State believe they will have information within the next 30 days that they need to evaluate whether it makes sense to rebuild under the Pac-12 brand.
Michael Penix Jr. and the No. 8 Washington and traveling to East Lancing to visits Michigan State on Saturday. Both teams are 2-0. Washington is favored by 16 1/2 points.
No. 23 Washington State will host Northern Colorado on Saturday. It's a bridge game for the Cougars between last week's upset of Wisconsin and next week's Pac-12 Conference opener against No. 16 Oregon State.
Washington State travels to Colorado State in what very well could be a prelude to a conference rivalry. That's if Mountain West and the remaining Pac-12 teams decide to one day align.