Oregon-Washington showdown in Week 7 gets national TV selection
Oregon and Washington will play in front of a national TV audience on Oct. 14.
The Pac-12 announced kick times and TV designations for the Week 7 slate of games on Monday. The seventh-ranked Huskies and eighth-ranked Ducks will kickoff from Husky Stadium in Seattle at 12:30 p.m. PT on ABC.
Oregon (5-0, 2-0 Pac-12) and Washington (5-0, 2-0 Pac-12) are both coming off road wins and both sit idle this upcoming weekend. In what will be the 115th all-time meeting between the two programs, this season’s game will mark the first time ever that both teams are ranked inside the AP Top 10 at the time of the matchup.
The Huskies had ripped through the first four opponents they faced until an Arizona defense intent on keeping everything in front of it this weekend slowed the passing attack. Washington still won, 31-24, but the game marked a season-low for points and yards, and quarterback Michael Penix Jr. was sacked twice after being hit just once in the previous four games.
Oregon improved to 5-0 for the first time since 2013 with a 42-6 win at Stanford last Saturday. The Ducks are currently one of only two teams in the country (Oklahoma the other) to field top-10 scoring offenses (51.6 points a game, second) and defenses (11.8, eighth).
That Duck defense will be put to the test against Washington, which also ranks fourth nationally in scoring.
With both teams looking to contend for a spot in the College Football Playoff — and, obviously, a spot in the Pac-12 title game — the Oct. 14 meeting promises to be one of the most influential outcomes on the college football calendar this season.