UW Football

The Huskies hope to carry over their performance from last week’s win over nationally ranked Michigan in a rematch of the College Football Playoff championship game.

Despite the Pac-12 falling apart last year, Washington and Washington State and Oregon and Oregon State are playing Saturday. Both rivalry games will played in September for the first time.

Washington begins a new era when the Huskies play their first game as a member of the Big Ten and first game under new coach Jedd Fisch on Saturday against Weber State.

Washington, one of 10 schools leaving the conference this coming summer, earned a spot in College Football Playoff national title game against Michigan on Monday in Houston.

The Pac-12 will send a total of eight teams to bowl games in the last year with its current membership. The Huskies will face Texas in the Sugar Bowl.

The final season of Pac-12 football is coming down to a thrilling conclusion. Washington and Oregon still have hopes of getting the Pac-12 its first College Football Playoff berth since 2016.

Washington and Washington State have agreed in principle to a five-year extension of the Apple Cup, ensuring the in-state football rivalry will continue through at least 2028. The schools announced the agreement six days before playing for the final time with both members of the Pac-12 Conference.

The best college football games this week involve Pac-12 teams. No. 8 Oregon visits No. 7 Washington for their first meeting when both are in the top 10.

The 12th-ranked Huskies make the trek across the Cascades to face Washington State on Saturday night, still holding the slightest chance of something bigger than trying to reclaim the Apple Cup.

Washington is hoping that dipping back into the Mountain West pool with the hiring of Kalen DeBoer as its new head football coach will help the school replicate the success it had when Chris Petersen made the move from Boise State to the Huskies in 2013. DeBoer has agreed to a five-year, $16.5 million deal with Washington after two seasons as the coach at Fresno State.