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Washington State Cougars at Oregon State Beavers

·Oct 17, 2026·5:00 PM CT·USA Net·Corvallis, OR

By JR·2 min read

Washington State(1-5)

Oregon State(4-2)

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TLDR: Oregon State has scored 50 or more in 3 of its last 4 games. Washington State has scored 6 and 16 in its last 2. They meet at Reser Stadium on Saturday, October 17, and the Cougars need something to change fast.

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Washington State

(1-5)

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Oregon State

(4-2)

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Oregon State is 4-2, has won 4 straight in lopsided fashion and has a quarterback in Braden Atkinson who just threw for 409 yards and 5 touchdowns. Washington State is 1-5 and has lost 3 straight, and its offense has fallen apart after halftime while 2 pass catchers sit with leg injuries. The game comes down to whether the Cougars can control the clock and avoid turnovers well enough to keep it close in Corvallis.

Washington State Cougars

Defense held Utah State to 17 on the road
Pulalasi's 54-yard TD run shows big-play ability
Led Utah State 16-3 at halftime
2 second-half fumbles turned into 14 Utah State points
Pinnick managed only 156 yards on 36 attempts
WR Freeman (ACL) and TE Cedarland both out

Oregon State Beavers

Atkinson: 409 yards, 5 TDs vs San Diego State
651 yards gained, 147 allowed, 1 punt
Run game has kept producing without Glass

Start with the quarterbacks, because that's the gap. Braden Atkinson threw for 409 yards and tied his career high with 5 touchdown passes as Oregon State took apart San Diego State 66-14. On the other side, Caden Pinnick went 23-of-36 for 156 yards and lost a fumble at Utah State. One passing game is stretching defenses all over the field. The other is throwing short and not getting much for it.

Some of that is personnel. Washington State lost WR T. Freeman to a torn ACL for the season, and TE H. Cedarland is out for an extended stretch with a leg injury. That's 2 pass catchers gone from an offense that was already struggling to move the ball. Oregon State has its own absence, with RB K. Glass out with an undisclosed injury since before the Colorado State game. He hasn't been missed much: Cornell Hatcher and Jesse Legree both found the end zone against the Aztecs, and Legree scored 3 times.

The Utah State loss is the one that should worry Cougars fans. Washington State scored all 16 of its points before halftime, including Leo Pulalasi's 54-yard touchdown run. Then it fumbled twice in the second half, and Utah State turned both into touchdowns to win 17-16. Even when this team builds a lead, the offense stalls after the break.

The full form picture backs up what the last 2 weeks showed. Oregon State has won 4 straight, and the 4 wins were all lopsided: 52-17 over Montana, 33-7 at UTEP, 56-26 at Colorado State, then 66-14. The Beavers put up 651 total yards against San Diego State, held the Aztecs to 147 and punted once. The schedule has been soft, but they've handled it the way a good team should, and they're 2-0 in Pac-12 play. Their only loss in this stretch was 35-24 to Texas Tech at home.

Washington State is 1-5 and 0-2 in the conference, and the only win in its last 5 was 48-7 over FCS Duquesne. The Cougars lost 34-7 at Kansas State, 34-24 to Arizona and 26-6 to Fresno State, the last 2 at home. The defense has looked fine at times: holding Utah State to 17 on the road is respectable. The problem is the offense, which hasn't scored more than 24 against an FBS opponent in this run.

For Washington State to stay in this, it has to make Oregon State's offense play slower and keep its own offense on the field. It also has to stop fumbling, since that's what cost it the Utah State game. Oregon State gets an extra week at home, and its passing game has given every defense it has faced this month problems. The Cougars have a week to find answers, and right now they don't have many.

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