The No. 23 Illinois Fighting Illini face the Washington Huskies on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025 at Husky Stadium in Seattle, Wash.

Elsewhere in Big Ten play, Washington upended No. 23 Illinois 42-25 in Seattle, improving the Huskies to 6-2 on the season and 3-2 in conference play. Sticking in the Pacific Northwest, No. 6 Oregon — playing much of the second half without quarterback Dante Moore — ground out a 21-7 win over visiting Wisconsin.

Check out the best moments between the No. 23 Illinois Fighting Illini and the Washington Huskies in Week 9!

The Illinois Fighting Illini (5-2) jumped back into the rankings at No. 23 this week despite a loss and heads west to visit the Washington Huskies (5-2) in a matchup of teams at 2-2 in the Big Ten Conference.

College football Week 8 odds, picks, predictions, TV channel, streaming for Washington Huskies vs Michigan Wolverines Big Ten game Saturday, Oct. 18.

We will be picking Northern Illinois unders until morale improves. I left it out of the column last week and it smashed, and I won't make that mistake again. The Huskies would like to play every game 17-13 if they can, win or lose, and I expect another slog when they take a trip to face the Bobcats. Pick: Under 41.5

Week 9 may have lacked the major upsets of previous weeks, but plenty of games played a key role in conference races and the CFP picture.

The Cowboys will once again try to climb above .500, but will have to overcome 3 decades of futility against their Week 8 opponent.