Stanford kicker Joshua Karty hit the go-ahead field goal with less than 6 minutes left, and the Cardinal defense shut out Washington State in the second half in a gritty 10-7 victory
Derius Davis returned a punt 87 yards for a TD, Austin Ekeler ran for two scores and Joey Bosa and Los Angeles’ defense stifled Zach Wilson and the New York Jets’ bumbling offense in the Chargers’ 27-6 victory.
Pete Carroll walked into his postgame news conference looking like a man who had just witnessed a perplexing accident. It had been years since his Seattle Seahawks had been defeated so soundly.
The Washington State Cougars are hoping a return to Pullman can help put a stop to the losing streak. the Cougars have won six straight over the Stanford Cardinal.
Both USC and Washington have aspirations of winning the conference title and elite quarterbacks in Michael Penix Jr. for the Huskies and reigning Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams for the Trojans.
Washington coach Kalen DeBoer has coached championship teams at the lower levels of college football before and knows there are going to be rough patches even in the best of seasons.
This time of the season, those head-to-head results can become challenging for voters in The AP college football poll. Oklahoma slipped to No. 10 after losing to a good Kansas, that jumped into the rankings at No. 23.