Last season the Washington State Cougars nearly tripped up the Washington Huskies undefeated season, in a close 24-21 loss. This year both teams are different as the Huskies replaced Michael Penix with Will Rogers. In his first two games the Huskies faced Eastern Michigan and Weber State. A different caliber team in the Cougars who should be able to hang around similar to last season. Take the points.

Both teams are off to undefeated starts, but Washington State has looked to be far more impressive to my eyes. They're very live in this rivalry game.

So great to see the Apple Cup still going even with the dissolution of the Pac-12. Wazzu has played well so far but also hasn't left Pullman and this is in Seattle, technically at a neutral-site Lumen Field. The Huskies have dominated their first two overmatched opponents under new coach Jedd Fisch and QB Will Rogers. The one big difference so far between the rivals? UW is playing defense (allowing 6.0 PPG) and WSU isn't much (allowed nearly 500 yards to Texas Tech last week). I can't speak to covering 4.5 points but expect Washington to win ahead of its Big Ten debut.