The Rule of Tree staff shares their predictions for Washington at Stanford
Matt Vassar: Stanford 31, Washington 21. Facing the best defense in the Pac-12 and one of the best defenses in the entire country, Stanford won't be able to put up the same 56 points that it put up against UCLA last week. Thankfully, Washington's offense is nothing to phone home about, though, so Stanford should have the upper-hand in this game. While McCaffrey may have trouble against this Washington defense in putting up the same rushing numbers he had in recent games, I expect Kevin Hogan and the passing game to develop nicely, and just as Washington struggled against Cal's passing game, I expect the same to happen with Stanford's passing game and for Stanford to win the game by two scores.