Grady Gross made a 42-yard field goal on the final play, Rome Odunze caught two touchdown passes from Michael Penix Jr. and No. 4 Washington beat Washington State 24-21 on Saturday in the Apple Cup for an undefeated regular season. Playing likely his final game at Husky Stadium, Odunze caught a 40-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter and hauled in a 21-yarder on the final play of the third quarter to give the Huskies a 21-14 lead. In the final year of the Pac-12 before most of its members scatter to other conferences, Washington (12-0, 9-0) became the first school in the 12-team era to go unbeaten in the regular season.
No. 22 Liberty completed the first undefeated regular season in the program's 50-year history, with Quinton Cooley rushing for three touchdowns in a 42-28 victory over UTEP on Saturday. Quarterback Kaidon Salter ran for a team-leading 94 yards and threw for a score as the Flames made their Conference USA debut by becoming the league's third team to go 12-0, joining Tulane (1998) and Houston (2011). “Making history like that is just something you didn’t start out to do,” first-year coach Jamey Chadwell said.