The Washington Huskies are coming off a scary game in Husky Stadium. Arizona State with into Seattle and imposed their will on a Washington offense that looked shaky all night.

But good teams find a way to win, and the biggest moments the Husky defensive backs came up huge, securing a 15-7 win.

The Huskies remain one of few undefeated teams in that nation. And a trip to Stanford is not an easy win. Here’s what to watch for as the Huskies look to bounce back from last week.

Bouncing Back: Last week was a struggle.  Losing the turnover battle 4-1 is a recipe for disaster, and being out-gained, and not scoring an offensive touchdown is a page 1 in “Recipes for Disaster” cookbook.

The Huskies have their opportunity to bounce back against a pretty poor Stanford defense. After his performance last week Michael Penix lost his spot as the Heisman trophy favorite. If he wants to get it back it’s going to take a little extra now.

Last week shouldn’t be an expectation for the rest of the season, but rather an annomoly in an otherwise incredible Heisman campaign.

Penix will be looking to return to form today with a week of practice under his belt, and his weapons ready to roll. Jalen McMillan is expected to play in this game after missing the ASU game. Penix needs to reload if the Huskies want to get back on track.

Defensive Impact: We need to see something soon. The Huskies have too much talent on the defensive front to stay in this current pace. Both Bralen Trice and Zion Tupuola-Fetui started slowly last weekend but were picking things up late in the game.

Hopefully they can keep that energy going and come out fighting against Stanford. If this D-Line can’t generate pressure against a Stanford team that gives up a lot of them then.

They have all the talent in the world to force QBs into bad spots. While they haven’t put QBs onto their backsides,  the pressure is altering offenses with the result being intercepted balls.

They are in good standing after the end of last week. But they need to keep that pace.

Staying Afloat: There’s a lot the Huskies leaned last weekend. Most importantly that nobody is to be overlooked.

Stanford is a game that on paper should be all Huskies. But Stanford is another team that just has that scary vibe around it. Especially in Palo Alto.

The Cardinal are never easy to beat so the Huskies need to come out strong. There has to be a different mentality for Washington today.

They should come out and play like the team that they are. If the Huskies get out early this could be a long night for the home team, but if they let Stanford stay in it, things could get ugly fast.

Staying Strong: Praise God for Mishael Powell. Without his pick-6, and without Elijah Jackson’s blocking a field goal, conversations would sound very different conversation today. The secondary and linebacker corps was incredible last week.

Everytime the Huskies needed a play one of them was there to make it. If any resemblance of that performance carriers over and the Huskies offense plays like they should this is the most complete team in the nation.

Stanford has not been a great team offensively which means the Husky defense needs to capitalize on their opportunities. Winning the turnover battle had been a key to the Huskies dominance and they got away from that last week.

The Husky defense is looking to stay hot.  They held ASU to 7 points on a short field, and holding Oregon scoreless in the final 13 minutes the week before.

Attacking: something was just off last week. Rome Odunze just didn’t look like the player that we all know. The offensive line went from one of the best groups in the country to getting pushed off the line everytime.

With a few major injuries expecting to be patched up for today the Huskies don’t have any excuses. The O-Line should be back, giving Penix all the time in the world.

The recievers are nearly fully healthy again.

Dillon Johnson absolutely needs to have a bounce back game for the confidence of the UW rushing attack. This offense has all the tools to be the best in the nation.

The Husky offense just needs to attack.