The winner of the noon kickoff between 4-5 teams in Tempe will have an advantage in helping secure a bowl bid.
Two teams clinging to postseason aspirations, and two teams reeling from perceived (in Washington’s case) and actual (in Arizona State’s case) officiating blunders, will play Saturday afternoon in Tempe, Ariz. One will take a step closer to a guaranteed bowl berth.
The Huskies and Sun Devils both carry a 4-5 overall record and a 2-4 Pac-12 record into the week. Six wins are required to become bowl eligible, though teams that are 5-7 can petition to become bowl eligible if there aren’t enough six-win teams to fill all the bowl games
UW had two touchdowns wiped out by penalty in Saturday’s 34-23 home loss to No.