Washington State wraps its home slate against an opponent nobody can even name yet — welcome to Pac-12 flex scheduling in year one of the Kirby Moore era.
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Moore inherited a program that's starting over at basically every position of consequence. UC Davis transfer Caden Pinnick takes over at quarterback, Matt Miller runs a first-year offense built around a rushing scheme that finished 8th nationally at Moore's old stop, and by late November the whole operation has had a full season to find its footing. Whoever shows up in Pullman for this one is walking into a team that's no longer the same roster that got run off the field by Washington last fall.
The bigger name on this staff might be on defense. Trent Bray, who spent the last two years as Oregon State's head coach, dropped down to run Washington State's defense and is installing a 4-2-5 look from scratch. That kind of scheme change takes reps, and a Week 13 flex game gives the clearest read yet on whether it's sticking. Kirby Voorhees returns as the team's leading rusher behind a line anchored by veteran tackle Ashton Tripp, so the offense at least has one proven piece to lean on if the passing game is still finding its rhythm this late in the year.
The mystery opponent is by design. The Pac-12 built a flex model for its final week specifically so matchups can shift based on how the standings shake out, and league sources have Oregon State projected into this slot for now — though nothing's locked until six days out. That uncertainty is exactly why nobody's pricing a real line on this one yet; until a name goes next to "away," oddsmakers and bettors alike are working blind.
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Whatever the standings say by the time Week 13 rolls around, this is still a season built around 2026's opener — the earliest Apple Cup in program history, a game WSU lost 59-24 the previous fall and has spent the whole year trying to answer for. A home finale under a first-year staff, with a defensive coordinator who used to run a rival sideline and a quarterback still building chemistry, is as good a gut-check as any for where the rebuild actually stands heading into year two.
