2018 The Top-10 Year

Washington finished 2018 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.

Record 10-4
Final Result 10-win season
AP Final #9 post-bowls
SP+ +9.4 last-week
Era The Petersen Era
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
L @ Auburn 16-21 W vs Nort Dak 45-3 W @ Utah 21-7 W vs Ariz Sta 27-20 W vs BYU 35-7 W @ UCLA 31-24 L @ Oregon 27-30 W vs Colorado 27-13 L @ Califo 10-12 W vs Stanford 27-23 W vs Oreg Sta 42-23 W @ Wash St 28-15 W vs Utah 10-3 L @ Ohio St 23-28 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2018.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2018 season's largest margin: Washington 45, North Dakota 3. A 42-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Washington 16, Auburn 21. A 5-point margin the season is remembered by.

The Postseason

The season's last act: Washington fell to Ohio State 23-28 in the postseason.

"Go Dawgs. Purple reigns."
— Washington fanbase voice · 2018· synthesized
What It Meant

2018 is a middle chapter for Washington — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.