Game between No. 10 Washington State, Cal to kick off at 7:45 p.m., air on ESPN

After Cal beat Washington in Berkely and Washington State topped Stanford an hour or so later on the opposite side of the San Francisco Bay, it was assumed ESPN would opt to televise an upcoming game between the 10th-ranked Cougars and Golden Bears, rather than the one between the unranked Huskies and Cardinal.

Using the seven-day selection window, ESPN chose the WSU-Cal game, which will kick off at 7:45 p.m. this Saturday in Pullman. The Cougars (7-1, 4-1) are coming off a 41-38 win over the Cardinal, while the Golden Bears (5-3, 2-3) are on the heels of a 12-10 upset of the Huskies and will come into the game seeking their first bowl bid under second-year coach Justin Wilcox.

UW (6-3, 4-2) and Stanford (5-3, 3-2) will kick off at 6 p.m. on Saturday at Husky Stadium. The Pac-12 Networks will carry the live broadcast.

Both games carry big ramifications in the race for the Pac-12 North. WSU and UW each control their own destiny and can claim the division by winning out. Stanford would need to beat UW and get two losses from WSU in order to finish on top of the North.