 After a bye week, they found themselves ranked #22 with the anticipation of games against the Washington schools.Alas, the good times would not last, and the Beavers fell 38–17 to the Huskies in Corvallis, followed by a 36–30 defeat in Pullman to the #6 ranked Cougars.OSU returned home to reach bowl eligibility with a 52–23 win over Arizona, and to improve to 7–3 (4–2 Pac-10) with a 43–3 shellacking of Stanford.