Washington at Southern California

LOS ANGELES (Interstat) — The Washington Huskies will visit the Southern California Trojans on Saturday in an NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision game at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Washington enters with a 3-1 record, while Southern California is 4-1. Both teams are coming off losses. Washington fell 27-24 to Minnesota, and Southern California fell 41-27 to Oregon.

Demond Williams Jr. is a player to watch for Washington. In the Huskies’ most recent game, Williams completed 18 of 28 passes for 239 yards, ran 15 times for 15 yards and accounted for two touchdowns and one interception. Brian Bonner Jr. ran seven times for 23 yards, and Trey Cooley ran four times for 5 yards and caught one pass for 5 yards. Earlier this season, Williams completed 27 of 33 passes for 373 yards and ran for 33 yards with four touchdowns against Eastern Washington. He completed 26 of 41 passes for 249 yards and ran for 56 yards against Utah State. He completed 24 of 35 passes for 268 yards and ran for 61 yards with one touchdown and one interception against Washington State. Washington also has beaten Eastern Washington 48-16, Utah State 16-14 and Washington State 24-10. The Huskies won three straight games before the Minnesota loss.

Jayden Maiava is a player to watch for Southern California. In the Trojans’ most recent game, Maiava completed 23 of 42 passes for 326 yards, ran six times for 1 yard and accounted for two touchdowns and one interception. King Miller ran 13 times for 74 yards and caught one pass for 10 yards. Waymond Jordan ran nine times for 41 yards. Earlier this season, Maiava completed 20 of 32 passes for 277 yards and ran for 9 yards with two touchdowns against Rutgers. He completed 11 of 16 passes for 120 yards and two touchdowns against Louisiana. Southern California also has beaten Rutgers 42-35, Louisiana 49-30, Fresno State 39-0 and San Jose State 42-26. The Trojans opened the season with four straight wins before the Oregon loss.

Washington is next scheduled to host Iowa before visiting Purdue and Nebraska, then hosting Penn State, visiting Michigan State, hosting Indiana and visiting Oregon. Southern California is next scheduled to visit Penn State and Wisconsin before hosting Ohio State, then visiting Indiana, hosting Maryland and visiting UCLA.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Southern California 37, Washington 33. Washington has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of +8.5. The over/under for the game is 58.5.