USC and Oregon have, unsurprisingly, made it known across the Pac-12 that both teams have conference championship aspirations this year and may very well have teams capable of achieving those goals.

Both are double-digit favorites this week—also unsurprisingly—but that does NOT mean those teams can overlook their respective matchups with Washington State and Arizona.

The Ducks have a history of struggling in the desert, where they have not won in quite some time.

On today’s episode of Locked On Pac-12, Spencer McLaughlin is joined by the host of ‘Locked On Sun Devils’ Richie Bradshaw.

Bradshaw provides intimate knowledge of Arizona State to look at their impending matchup with a Top 25 team in the Washington Huskies, who are two-touchdown favorites in Tempe this Saturday.

We also talk about how, despite an unknown availability with their QB Chance Nolan, Oregon State is in a great spot to win comfortably on the road against Stanford.

After Kalen DeBoer’s squad suffered their first defeat of the season on Saturday at UCLA in a game they trailed 40-16 going into the fourth quarter, Washington appears primed for a bounce back on the road against a fledgling ASU team.

Do the Sun Devils have a chance in this game? What might they need to do to at least hang around with a potent Huskies offense featuring an array of weapons?

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Spencer McLaughlin contributes videos to SuperWest Sports and is the host of "Locked on Pac-12."

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