Washington Huskies 2025 College Football Preview
Posted July 30, 2025
2024 Recap
Record – 6-7
ATS – 5-8
Year one of the Jedd Fisch experience got off to a good start as they hit the halfway point of the season with a record of 4-2 after defeating mighty Michigan (W 27-17) at Husky Stadium. The schedule got more challenging in the 2nd half of the year and they lost four games to tough opponents (Iowa, Indiana, Penn St, Oregon) on the road to a 6-6 regular season finish. They dropped a heartbreaker to LUA-VUH in the Sun Bowl (L 35-34) to end the year with a losing record, but overall it wasn’t a bad year considering the roster needed a complete rebuild after the 2023 National Championship Game appearance.
Washington Huskies 2025 Outlook
OFFENSE
The bottom dropped out of the Washington offense as expected LY after losing a boatload of players to the NFL (23 PPG, #104) but we’re excited about their potential heading into the 2025 season. QB Demond Williams absolutely FLASHED in limited action LY (78%, 8-1 TD to INT; 282 rush, 2 TD) and we believe he’ll be one of the most dynamic players in the Big Ten this year given his accuracy and lethal running ability. An effective ground attack is often a QBs best friend and the Huskies have one of the best RBs in the country in Jonah Coleman (1,053, 10 TD; 23 receptions) and some nice depth pieces behind him including #2 RB Adam Mohammed. Williams has a sneaky-good set of WR/TE weaponry to utilize in the THROW GAME with the return of WR Denzel Boston (834, 9 TD), the addition of WR Omari Evans from Penn St (415, 19.8, 5 TD), and the existence of sophomore TE Decker DeGraaf (233, 3 TD) who’s poised for a breakout season in year two. The offensive line has made yuuuuge strides in terms of overall depth and they added a stud LT from Kansas St in Carver Willis, but hopefully they can clean up the pass protection, yo (39 sacks, #121).
DEFENSE
The Huskies struggled in terms of stopping the run LY (162 YPG, #87) and they allowed 200+ yards on the ground in three of their last four games. The pass defense was excellent (#16 pass efficiency D, 5.7 YPA #1 FBS!) despite having a mediocre pass rush (20 sacks, #98). The DL looks much improved as they added a lot of BEEF and GIRTH across the board and they’ve got a pair of DEs with PENETRATION upside in Isaiah Ward (3 sacks, 6 TFL) and Zach Durfee who battled a turf toe injury LY. The LB corps is a major concern after losing all three (!) starters including GUIDED MISSILE Carson Bruener and they’ll need to hit on at least a few transfers such as Arizona transfer LB Jacob Manu who was a monster in 2023 (105 tackles, 6.5 sacks). The secondary should still COOK as they’re set at CB with Tacario Davis (Arizona) and Ephesians Prysock, and they’ve got a veteran safety combo (Christian, Esteen) to solidify the back end. This has the look of another good Huskies stop unit under new DC Ryan Walters but we’d love to see them do a better job of getting after the QB.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Washington was disgusting on special teams LY (#127 per Phil Steele) but we’re hoping for a rebound season from PK Grady Gross (18/26 FG LY, 18/22 in 2023) and it’s a MORTAL LOCK they’ll get improved production at punter given the addition of Luke Dunne (Oregon). They could definitely use some help in the return game.
Schedule Analysis
Overall – We love the chances of Washington starting 3-0 in non-conference play (Colorado St, UC Davis, at Wash St) and they play quite a few of the lower-end Big Ten schools in conference action. The bad news is that they’ve gotta tangle with Ohio St, Michigan, and Oregon, but at least they get the Ducks and Buckeyes at home. The November schedule is pretty favorable so if they need to bag some wins there are probably two or three out there for the taking.
Potential ATS Trouble Spot – at Maryland (Oct 4)
Washington will be coming off the yuuuge home battle with THE Ohio St Buckeyes and have to travel all the way to the communist den of College Park, Maryland. The Terps will be coming off a bye week and the intrepid Phil Steele reminds us that the Huskies were 0-4 SU and ATS on the road LY vs Rutgers, Iowa, Indiana, and Penn St.
Season Win Total
Market consensus July 30
Over 7.5 +105
Under 7.5 -125
MEGALOCKS says:
No leanage.
23 of our 28 models have the Huskies finishing with seven or eight wins.
MEGAmazing Tidbits
Washington is an incredible 20-0 (!!) at home since the start of the 2022 season. Ohio St and Oregon, BEWARE!
Win a BAR BET with this tasty trivia nugget. The only coach in college football history to coach 50+ games with a team and never lose was Washington’s own GIL DOBIE who had an impossible 58-0-3 (!) record with Washington from 1908-1916. Fun fact – Dobie was 8-0 with North Dakota Agricultural before he came to Washington, because of course he was.
Seattle’s City Council, more commonly referred to as the Communist Red Army, recently passed a law that makes it mandatory for you to burn down at least three businesses and run over at least one elderly person with your car every calendar year. Failure to do so may result in a 12-year prison term. Oh, wait. They don’t have jails, prisons, police, or laws of any kind in Seattle. Our bad.
MEGALOCKS Forecast:
The Huskies did pretty well in our estimation last year considering they had a mind-boggling amount of roster turnover and a new head coach. We should start to see some GREEN SHOOTS of growth out of Washington this year and QB Demond Williams promises to be must-watch TV. The roster doesn’t have any significant holes and there’s enough upside to give them a shot at making the College Football Playoff at juicy odds. Longshot players, take note.
GO!……….HUSKIES!