After watching Cal faceplant two weeks in a row, nearly everyone picks the Huskies to win.

• Faraudo picks the Huskies.

– Washington at Cal, 6 p.m. (ESPN2): The Bears (3-6, 2-4), banged up physically and emotionally, and now must deal with the loss of Keenan Allen. They virtually handed Utah 35 points last week with turnovers or special teams failures. The Huskies (4-4, 2-3) are flawed, but they own wins over Stanford and Oregon State, along with a realistic shot at a bowl bid. Washington 27, Cal 24.

• Uncle Ted picks Washington. This is a dark day, indeed.

Kevin Gemmell: I think the Huskies jump-started something last week with the win over Oregon State and this week we'll finally see them on the road against a team they match up well with. Cal is just reeling. Washington 28, California 14.

Ted Miller: The hits keep coming at Cal, where there was a report that WR Keenan Allen suffered an injury against Utah and might be out. That, as they say, wouldn't be good. A reeling team, as Kevin says, should help the Huskies overcome their road woes: Washington 24, California 17.

• John Breech picks the Huskies.

The game comes down to: When two unpredictable teams get together, you have to predict the unpredictable and throw logic out the window. Logic says Cal will have the revenge factor going for them: former Cal coaches Tosh Lupoi and Eric Kiesau ditched the Bears last January for Washington. Logic also says the Bears will be fighting for Tedford's job. Again, we're throwing logic out the window.

Prediction: Washington 24, Cal 21

• ESPN's three predictions machines select the Bears.

• Three out of four Athlon writers pick UW.

Washington, 20-17

Cal, 24-20

Washington, 31-24

Washington, 24-17

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Football

• Keenan's will miss tomorrow's game vs. Washington. He sustained a minor injury to his PCL during Saturday's game. Again, THIS IS WHY YOU DO NOT PLAY YOUR STARTERS DURING GARBAGE TIME.
• During the game tomorrow Cal and the National Football Foundation will honor Steve Bartkowski as a 2012 College Football Hall of Fame inductee.
• Jon Wilner has a handful of questions for Bay Area football heading into November. The most prominent question is "Will Coach Tedford keep his job?"
• Cal falls to 10th in Wilner's Pac-12 power rankings.

Basketball

• The women's team earned a no. 15 ranking in Tuesday's Coaches' Poll.
• Faraudo reports from the Halloween at Haas event.
• The men's team is picked to finish 3rd in the Media Day poll. The Bears received three first-place votes.

Rugby

• Pac-12.com previews this weekend's PAC Sevens Rugby Tournament.