Oregon Football: Game-by-game predictions for 2020 season

Oregon will head to Pullman and will be looking to avoid any upsets as they will be closing in on another Pac-12 North title.

After a great run of success under now-Mississippi State head coach Mike Leach, Washington State will hope for a seamless transition to new head coach Nick Rolovich, who is coming over from Hawaii and is bringing the run and shoot offense to Pullman and hoping that he can keep the offensive success that the Cougars have had over the last several years.

Washington State will be having to break in a new quarterback and that could cause some growing pains in year one under Rolovich.

The defense is also not likely to be very good and the offense will have to figure it out quickly or this season could go south quickly.

Oregon wins comfortably here, but Rolovich will have a successful program in Pullman not too far in the future.

Final Score: Oregon 45, Washington State 20 (10-1, 8-0)

In a rivalry that has not looked much like a rivalry in a long time, Oregon will just be looking to avoid any slip ups as they hope to be closing in on a potential playoff berth.

Oregon has won three straight in this series and 11 of the last 12 and most of the games are being decided by multiple scores. Oregon State made strides under head coach Jonathan Smith last season, finishing 5-7, which was the most wins they have had in a season since they also went 5-7 in 2014. The Beavers have not been to a bowl game since 2013 and it will be an uphill battle to reach that goal.

Oregon State had a potent offense last season, but they are losing the two main catalysts for that offense in quarterback Jake Luton and wide receiver Isaiah Hodgins.

The Beavers return experience on both sides of the ball, but it will be way too much to expect them to pull an upset against a team like Oregon.

Final Score: Oregon 48, Oregon State 17 (11-1, 9-0)