#11 Washington 3-1 (2-0) vs. #20 BYU 3-1

Date: Saturday, September 29th

Time: 5:30 pm PT

Location: Seattle, Washington

TV: FOX

Streaming: Foxsportsgo.com

Radio: KOMO AM 1000 and TuneIn

Excitement Rating: 10/10 (I will always give UW a 10/10 in the excitement rating. Actual score 7/10...). Washington gets a home game against a ranked team for the first time this season when BYU comes to town. The Cougars already have one road upset against a top ten team so you know the Huskies will be on upset alert. This spread seems too big for the second straight week but Vegas seems to have more faith in the Dawgs than UW’s fans do. If this were a conference game it’d get bumped a little higher but this game has no impact on winning the division/conference.

Washington is a 17.5 point favorite and the Over/Under is 45.5 which means the betting public expects a score of Washington-32 BYU-14.

Other Pac-12 Games

Washington State 3-1 (0-1) @ Utah 2-1 (0-1)

Time: 3:00 pm PT

TV: Pac-12 Networks

Streaming: Pac-12.com/live (requires Pac-12 cable subscription)

Excitement Rating: 6/10. Wazzu certainly played in an exciting game against USC and now they have another toss up against a Pac-12 South opponent. A win here by the Cougars would all but kill Utah’s dreams of winning the South and would certainly provide even more evidence that the North is leaps and bounds the better division.

This game is a Pick ‘Em and the Over/Under is 51 which means the betting public expects a score of 26-25 with a coin flip as to who wins.

#7 Stanford 4-0 (2-0) @ #8 Notre Dame 4-0

Time: 4:30 pm PT

TV: NBC

Excitement Rating: 10/10. This game has a ton of postseason implications. A win here by Stanford would put a huge dent in Notre Dame’s chances of securing a playoff spot as well as boost the chance of a one-loss Pac-12 champion making it. The opposite would do the reverse and ensure that the winner of UW/Stanford is the conference’s only chance.

Stanford is a 5.5 point underdog and the Over/Under is 54 which means the betting public expects a score of Stanford-24, Notre Dame-30.

Oregon State 1-3 (0-1) @ Arizona State 2-2 (0-1)

Time: 7:00 pm PDT

TV: Pac-12 Networks

Streaming: Pac-12.com/live (requires Pac-12 cable subscription)

Excitement Rating: 2/10. I really have no interest in watching a second of this game.

Arizona State is a 21.5 point favorite and the Over/Under is 63.5 which means the betting public expects a score of Arizona State-43, Oregon State-21.

USC 2-2 (1-1) @ Arizona 2-2 (1-0)

Time: 7:30 pm PT

TV: ESPN2

Streaming: Espn.com/watch (requires ESPN cable subscription)

Excitement Rating: 4/10. Before the season started there was a thought that both of these teams could be 4-0 coming into the game and that this would decide the Pac-12 South. About that... It still could but neither looks very exciting (Khalil Tate looks like Zombie Khalil Tate) and it just feels like the winner of the South isn’t going to be any better than 6-3 in conference play.

USC is a 3 point favorite and the Over/Under is 61 which means the betting public expects a score of USC-32, Arizona-29.

#19 Oregon 3-1 (0-1) @ #24 California 3-0 (0-0)

Time: 7:30 pm PT

TV: FS1

Streaming: Foxsportsgo.com

Excitement Rating: 7/10. The third all top-25 matchup in Week 5 of the season for the Pac-12. I’m sure it has been a while since that happened. Oregon certainly looked like they should be a contender in the North with the heartbreaking (insert Nelson Muntz ‘HA HA’ here) loss to Stanford. But I don’t know if anyone would be shocked if coming off that massive letdown they dropped another one on the road against a feisty Cal team. The winner of this game asserts themselves as likely to finish in the top half of the North while the loser will be fighting for 4th place (which still might be better than the entire South).

Oregon is a 3 point favorite and the Over/Under is 58.5 which means the betting public expects a score of Oregon-31, Cal-28.

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