Oregon State (1-2 overall, 0-1 Pacific-10 Conference) at Washington State (4-0, 2-0)
This game pits two teams that are presently sitting on opposite sides of the Pac-10 scale. Washington State is riding high after convincing wins over Idaho, Boise State, California and Arizona, and they have an offense that seems unstoppable. On the other hand, Oregon State comes into Saturday’s game with some of the worst numbers in the conference, averaging 321 yards per game offensively while giving up 440 total yards per contest.
Cougar’s quarterback Jason Gesser has thrown for a Pac-10-high 12 touchdowns while allowing only two interceptions. Mike Bush (also a starter on the Cougars basketball team) and Nakoa McElrath, who is fourth in the nation in receiving yards per game, are the main targets for Gesser. Running back Dave Minnich is second in the Pac-10 only to UCLA’s DeShaun Foster in rushing yards.
Oregon State will also have a tough time dealing with the Cougar defense as it has only allowed 68.8 yards rushing per game and tallied 15 sacks in four games.
Beaver’s tailback Ken Simonton, who is having a sub-par season for his standards, needs just one more point to become the leading non-kicker on the Pac-10 career scoring list.

Louisiana-Lafayette

(2-1 overall, 0-1 Pac-10)
This is the first meeting ever between the Ragin’ Cajuns and the Sun Devils, and it promises to be a good one. That is, if you like a good old-fashion blowout. The spread on the game is 33.5 in favor of Arizona State and that gives a good indication of how the game should go.
As expected, the Sun Devils are trying to approach the game with a focused mindset.
“Competition is competition,” head coach Dirk Koetter said. “We don’t get to compete enough, and we don’t care who it’s against.”
The Ragin’ Cajuns have lost games to Minnesota, Southern Mississippi and Middle Tennessee State. Their lone win came against Nicholls State on Sept. 1.
Offensively they are led by quarterback Jon Van Cleave, running back Jerome Coleman and receivers Nick Dugas and Marcus Wilridge.
“These guys are a spread-you-out type of team,” Koetter said. “This will be a totally different type of game plan for us.”