Washington football has two opponents ranked in US LBM Coaches Poll
Washington football has two opponents ranked in US LBM Coaches Poll
Roman Tomashoff, Huskies WireSun, October 11, 2026 at 7:21 PM UTC
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Following a 41-24 loss to the Iowa Hawkeyes, the Washington Huskies won't come anywhere close to the top 25 of the US LBM Coaches Poll for a long time.
Jedd Fisch's team didn't receive a vote in the latest installment of the poll after its third straight defeat, which dropped the Huskies to 3-3 on the season and 0-3 in Big Ten play, while coach Kirk Ferentz's team rose two spots to No. 16, and Washington's last opponent, the USC Trojans, also rose two spots to No. 15 after a 31-23 victory on the road at Penn State.
Looking to the future, Washington will have two more ranked opponents on its schedule.
No. 4 Indiana will round out Washington's home slate on November 21, and coach Curt Cignetti's team has an opportunity to make a major statement on Saturday against the No. 5 Ohio State Buckeyes at home on Saturday, while the Huskies wrap up the regular season at No. 25 Oregon, who fell 12 spots after a 17-15 loss at home to now-No. 12 UCLA.
The Huskies also have a road trip to Nebraska on the docket on Halloween, and following a 20-17 loss to the Hoosiers at home, coach Matt Rhule's team sits as the de facto No. 28 team in the country with the third-most points in the "others receiving votes" category.
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Here's how the rest of the top 25 shaped up at the halfway mark of the season.
Rank
Team
Record
1st
Prev
Chg
Hi/Lo
1
Georgia Bulldogs
6-0
1832
60
2
1
1/3
2
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
6-0
1713
3
3
1
2/5
3
Miami (FL) Hurricanes
5-0
1688
1
4
1
3/7
4
Indiana Hoosiers
6-0
1633
9
5
1
4/6
5
Ohio State Buckeyes
5-1
1565
1
6
1
1/7
6
Texas Longhorns
4-1
1369
0
1
5
1/6
7
Alabama Crimson Tide
5-1
1358
0
7
7/12
8
BYU Cougars
5-0
1355
0
8
8/15
9
Texas Tech Red Raiders
5-0
1240
0
9
9/13
10
Ole Miss Rebels
4-1
1180
0
11
1
6/12
11
Utah Utes
5-0
1109
0
12
1
11/21
12
UCLA Bruins
5-0
912
0
22
10
12/NR
13
Missouri Tigers
5-1
863
0
16
3
13/25
14
Tennessee Volunteers
5-1
837
0
14
13/18
15
USC Trojans
6-1
758
0
17
2
11/18
16
Iowa Hawkeyes
5-1
729
0
18
2
14/22
17
Kentucky Wildcats
5-1
667
0
25
8
17/NR
18
Houston Cougars
5-1
520
0
19
1
18/NR
19
Mississippi State Bulldogs
4-1
463
0
20
1
16/NR
20
Oklahoma State Cowboys
4-1
403
0
6
20/NR
21
LSU Tigers
4-2
361
0
10
11
7/21
22
SMU Mustangs
4-1
330
0
21
1
16/25
23
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
5-1
229
0
6
23/NR
24
Boise State Broncos
5-1
205
0
3
24/NR
25
Oregon Ducks
3-2
200
0
13
12
2/25
Schools Dropped Out
No. 15 Florida; No. 23 Duke; No. 24 Pittsburgh;
Others Receiving Votes
Northwestern 107; Arizona 92; Nebraska 74; Oklahoma 50; Wisconsin 39; Duke 35; James Madison 33; Florida 32; Pittsburgh 25; New Mexico 16; UTSA 10; Baylor 9; Memphis 6; Oregon State 2; North Carolina 1;
The US LBM Board of Coaches for the 2026 season: Tim Albin, Charlotte; Blake Anderson, Southern Mississippi; Dave Aranda, Baylor; David Braun, Northwestern; Jeff Brohm, Louisville; Fran Brown, Syracuse; Neal Brown, North Texas; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Jamey Chadwell, Liberty; Curt Cignetti, Indiana; Sonny Cumbie, Louisiana Tech; Spencer Danielson, Boise State; Ryan Day, Ohio State; Kalen DeBoer, Alabama; Manny Diaz, Duke; Jake Dickert, Wake Forest; Matt Drinkall, Central Michigan; Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri; Sonny Dykes, TCU; Jason Eck, New Mexico; Mike Elko, Texas A&M; Tony Elliott, Virginia; Matt Entz, Fresno State; Jedd Fisch, Washington; James Franklin, Virginia Tech; Willie Fritz, Houston; Scott Frost, Central Florida; Tony Gibson, Marshall; Alex Golesh, Auburn; Will Hall, Tulane; Blake Harrell, East Carolina; John Hauser, Ohio; Clay Helton, Georgia Southern; Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky; Charles Huff, Memphis; Butch Jones, Arkansas State; KC Keeler, Temple; Charles Kelly, Jacksonville State; Brent Key, Georgia Tech; Zach Kittley, Florida Atlantic; Collin Klein, Kansas State; Tre Lamb, Tulsa; Rhett Lashlee, SMU; Clark Lea, Vanderbilt; Lance Leipold, Kansas; Pete Lembo, Buffalo; Sean Lewis, San Diego State; Dowell Loggains, Appalachian State; Joey McGuire, Texas Tech; Jeff Monken, Army; Kirby Moore, Washington State; Eric Morris, Oklahoma State; Dan Mullen, UNLV; Billy Napier, James Madison; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Brian Newberry, Navy; Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose State; Barry Odom, Purdue; Tim Polasek, North Dakota State; Tavita Pritchard, Stanford; Ricky Rahne, Old Dominion; Matt Rhule, Nebraska; Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia; Jay Sawvel, Wyoming; Morgan Scalley, Utah; JaMarcus Shephard, Oregon State; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Will Stein, Kentucky; Jon Sumrall, Florida; Lance Taylor, Western Michigan; Jeff Traylor, Texas-San Antonio; Scotty Walden, Texas-El Paso; Kyle Whittingham, Michigan; Casey Woods, Missouri State.
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