RAINY WIN SENDS HUSKIES TO TITLE GAME

Michael Penix Jr. threw for two touchdowns and ran for another Saturday, and No. 5 Washington remained undefeated and clinched a spot in the Pac-12 championship game with a 22-20 victory over No. 11 Oregon State.

Played in a nearly constant rain, it was the final Pac-12 game at Reser Stadium as the conference currently stands. The Pac-12 collapsed over the summer, leaving Oregon State and Washington State as the lone remaining teams.

Rome Odunze caught seven passes for 106 yards and two touchdowns for the Huskies (11-0, 8-0), who have won 18 straight games. Washington is departing for the Big Ten next season, along with Oregon, USC and UCLA.

The win kept the

Washington 22, Oregon State 20

Huskies alone atop the league standings in front of No. 6 Oregon, which also has national championship aspirations and defeated Arizona State 49-13 earlier Saturday. The Ducks have only one loss — to Washington.

The two teams will play again for the conference championship on Dec. 1 in Las Vegas if Oregon beats Oregon State on Friday in Eugene, or if No. 17 Arizona loses to Arizona State on Saturday in Tempe. If the Beavers and Wildcats win, then Arizona will play Washington.

Damien Martinez ran for 123 yards and two touchdowns for the No. 11 Beavers (8-3, 5-3), who were eliminated from a shot at the conference championship. The loss snapped a ninegame

Washington’s Michael Penix Jr. (9) dodges Oregon State’s Easton Mascarenas-arnold during first half.

winning streak for Oregon State at Reser.

The Beavers closed to within 22-20 on Atticus Sappington’s 35-yard field goal with 10:40 left in the game. Washington was forced to punt on the next series, and Oregon State fell short

when DJ Uiagalelei’s fourth-and-5 pass to Jack Velling at midfield was incomplete.

On Washington’s first series of the game, Penix hit Odunze with a 12-yard touchdown pass. The Beavers answered with Martinez’s

3-yard TD scamper.

The Huskies went up 9-2 on a safety when Oregon State misplayed a bad snap that went over the head of the punter.

The wet and slippery conditions caused problems for both teams. Washington’s Dillon Johnson gained 42 yards to get to the Oregon State 9-yard line, but fumbled and the Beavers recovered. Then Anthony Gould fumbled a pass from Uiagalelei and Washington recovered on the Oregon State 19. The Huskies, aided by a pass interference call, went on to score on Penix’s 5-yard keeper.

Oregon State closed the gap with a Sappington’s 38yard field goal, but Washington capped the first half with Penix’s 38-yard scoring pass to Odunze to lead 2210. It was the quarterback’s 30th touchdown pass of the season.

Martinez scored on a 5yard dash with 1:29 left in the third quarter to close the gap to 22-17. The 16-play drive took 9:56 off the clock.

Uiagalelei gained 26 yards on a fourth-and-1 keeper to keep an Oregon State drive alive early in the final quarter. Martinez extended the drive, taking a short pass from Uiagalelei and stretching it for 19 yards, but the Beavers ultimately settled for Sappington’s 35-yarder.

Notable

Penix completed just 13 of 28 passes for 162 yards. He now has a rushing touchdown in three straight games.

Oregon State’s Martinez has three straight games with at least 100 yards rushing.

Washington now leads the series 69-35-4.

MARK YLEN AP