2014–2026 performance history

Washington State over time

Season-by-season offense and defense game grades, with head-coaching changes placed on the timeline.

Pac-12Head coach: Kirby MooreView Washington State games →
Offense · 2026 estimate40.4/100

23.6 average through 2 games

45.1 prior · 8 equivalent games
Defense · 2026 estimate59.5/100

32.1 average through 2 games

66.2 prior · 8 equivalent games

The trajectory

Game and Season Unit Ratings

Each small dot is one offensive or defensive game rating, arranged in the order played. For completed seasons, the short bar is that season’s average game rating. Both dot and bar values are labeled on a percentile scale. For 2026, the bar is the Bayesian estimate, while the outlined circle is the empirical games-only mean. Labeled background bands show each head coach’s era.

Washington State individual offense and defense game grades by seasonEach small point is one game. Horizontal bars show completed-season means and the Bayesian estimate for 2026. The outlined 2026 circle is the empirical games-only mean. Alternating labeled bands identify head-coaching eras.Leach · ’14–’19Mike Leach, 2014–2019Rolovich · ’20–’21Nick Rolovich, 2020–2021Dickert · ’22–’24Jake Dickert, 2022–2024RogersJimmy Rogers, 2025MooreKirby Moore, 2026offenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Washington State vs. Rutgers · L 38–41; offense 59.4 percentile2014 Week 2: Washington State at Nevada · L 13–24; offense 21.7 percentile2014 Week 3: Washington State vs. Portland State · W 59–21; offense 74.4 percentile2014 Week 4: Washington State vs. Oregon · L 31–38; offense 72.2 percentile2014 Week 5: Washington State at Utah · W 28–27; offense 55.3 percentile2014 Week 6: Washington State vs. California · L 59–60; offense 65.1 percentile2014 Week 7: Washington State at Stanford · L 17–34; offense 33.2 percentile2014 Week 9: Washington State vs. Arizona · L 37–59; offense 40.8 percentile2014 Week 10: Washington State vs. USC · L 17–44; offense 15.3 percentile2014 Week 11: Washington State at Oregon State · W 39–32; offense 67.7 percentile2014 Week 13: Washington State at Arizona State · L 31–52; offense 58.9 percentile2014 Week 14: Washington State vs. Washington · L 13–31; offense 21.2 percentile2015 Week 1: Washington State vs. Portland State · L 17–24; offense 32.4 percentile2015 Week 2: Washington State at Rutgers · W 37–34; offense 67.1 percentile2015 Week 3: Washington State vs. Wyoming · W 31–14; offense 23.2 percentile2015 Week 5: Washington State at California · L 28–34; offense 39.1 percentile2015 Week 6: Washington State at Oregon · W 45–38; offense 64.5 percentile2015 Week 7: Washington State vs. Oregon State · W 52–31; offense 92.5 percentile2015 Week 8: Washington State at Arizona · W 45–42; offense 71.2 percentile2015 Week 9: Washington State vs. Stanford · L 28–30; offense 50.9 percentile2015 Week 10: Washington State vs. Arizona State · W 38–24; offense 76.4 percentile2015 Week 11: Washington State at UCLA · W 31–27; offense 66.4 percentile2015 Week 12: Washington State vs. Colorado · W 27–3; offense 71.9 percentile2015 Week 13: Washington State at Washington · L 10–45; offense 56.1 percentile2015 Week 1: Washington State vs. Miami · W 20–14; offense 8.1 percentile2016 Week 1: Washington State vs. Eastern Washington · L 42–45; offense 57.9 percentile2016 Week 2: Washington State at Boise State · L 28–31; offense 65.2 percentile2016 Week 3: Washington State vs. Idaho · W 56–6; offense 86.8 percentile2016 Week 5: Washington State vs. Oregon · W 51–33; offense 91.2 percentile2016 Week 6: Washington State at Stanford · W 42–16; offense 95.8 percentile2016 Week 7: Washington State vs. UCLA · W 27–21; offense 37.7 percentile2016 Week 8: Washington State at Arizona State · W 37–32; offense 21.0 percentile2016 Week 9: Washington State at Oregon State · W 35–31; offense 74.4 percentile2016 Week 10: Washington State vs. Arizona · W 69–7; offense 81.8 percentile2016 Week 11: Washington State vs. California · W 56–21; offense 93.7 percentile2016 Week 12: Washington State at Colorado · L 24–38; offense 79.6 percentile2016 Week 13: Washington State vs. Washington · L 17–45; offense 53.8 percentile2016 Week 1: Washington State vs. Minnesota · L 12–17; offense 25.4 percentile2017 Week 1: Washington State vs. Montana State · W 31–0; offense 65.3 percentile2017 Week 2: Washington State vs. Boise State · W 47–44; offense 47.1 percentile2017 Week 3: Washington State vs. Oregon State · W 52–23; offense 75.0 percentile2017 Week 4: Washington State vs. Nevada · W 45–7; offense 69.0 percentile2017 Week 5: Washington State vs. USC · W 30–27; offense 61.5 percentile2017 Week 6: Washington State at Oregon · W 33–10; offense 61.6 percentile2017 Week 7: Washington State at California · L 3–37; offense 19.6 percentile2017 Week 8: Washington State vs. Colorado · W 28–0; offense 44.7 percentile2017 Week 9: Washington State at Arizona · L 37–58; offense 40.4 percentile2017 Week 10: Washington State vs. Stanford · W 24–21; offense 45.0 percentile2017 Week 11: Washington State at Utah · W 33–25; offense 35.5 percentile2017 Week 13: Washington State at Washington · L 14–41; offense 33.5 percentile2017 Week 1: Washington State vs. Michigan State · L 17–42; offense 65.8 percentile2018 Week 1: Washington State at Wyoming · W 41–19; offense 82.1 percentile2018 Week 2: Washington State vs. San José State · W 31–0; offense 47.3 percentile2018 Week 3: Washington State vs. Eastern Washington · W 59–24; offense 45.2 percentile2018 Week 4: Washington State at USC · L 36–39; offense 87.9 percentile2018 Week 5: Washington State vs. Utah · W 28–24; offense 62.3 percentile2018 Week 6: Washington State at Oregon State · W 56–37; offense 81.6 percentile2018 Week 8: Washington State vs. Oregon · W 34–20; offense 64.1 percentile2018 Week 9: Washington State at Stanford · W 41–38; offense 85.5 percentile2018 Week 10: Washington State vs. California · W 19–13; offense 84.9 percentile2018 Week 11: Washington State at Colorado · W 31–7; offense 65.3 percentile2018 Week 12: Washington State vs. Arizona · W 69–28; offense 96.1 percentile2018 Week 13: Washington State vs. Washington · L 15–28; offense 38.2 percentile2018 Week 1: Washington State vs. Iowa State · W 28–26; offense 40.0 percentile2019 Week 1: Washington State vs. New Mexico State · W 58–7; offense 72.3 percentile2019 Week 3: Washington State vs. Houston · W 31–24; offense 47.5 percentile2019 Week 4: Washington State vs. UCLA · L 63–67; offense 95.4 percentile2019 Week 5: Washington State at Utah · L 13–38; offense 73.3 percentile2019 Week 7: Washington State at Arizona State · L 34–38; offense 62.1 percentile2019 Week 8: Washington State vs. Colorado · W 41–10; offense 77.5 percentile2019 Week 9: Washington State at Oregon · L 35–37; offense 68.5 percentile2019 Week 11: Washington State at California · L 20–33; offense 32.2 percentile2019 Week 12: Washington State vs. Stanford · W 49–22; offense 95.1 percentile2019 Week 13: Washington State vs. Oregon State · W 54–53; offense 78.1 percentile2019 Week 14: Washington State at Washington · L 13–31; offense 60.5 percentile2019 Week 1: Washington State vs. Air Force · L 21–31; offense 66.3 percentile2020 Week 10: Washington State at Oregon State · W 38–28; offense 74.9 percentile2020 Week 11: Washington State vs. Oregon · L 29–43; offense 55.7 percentile2020 Week 14: Washington State at USC · L 13–38; offense 35.8 percentile2020 Week 16: Washington State at Utah · L 28–45; offense 34.2 percentile2021 Week 1: Washington State vs. Utah State · L 23–26; offense 45.7 percentile2021 Week 2: Washington State vs. Portland State · W 44–24; offense 41.8 percentile2021 Week 3: Washington State vs. USC · L 14–45; offense 9.2 percentile2021 Week 4: Washington State at Utah · L 13–24; offense 24.4 percentile2021 Week 5: Washington State at California · W 21–6; offense 20.6 percentile2021 Week 6: Washington State vs. Oregon State · W 31–24; offense 82.3 percentile2021 Week 7: Washington State vs. Stanford · W 34–31; offense 44.3 percentile2021 Week 8: Washington State vs. BYU · L 19–21; offense 53.0 percentile2021 Week 9: Washington State at Arizona State · W 34–21; offense 84.9 percentile2021 Week 11: Washington State at Oregon · L 24–38; offense 45.2 percentile2021 Week 12: Washington State vs. Arizona · W 44–18; offense 69.5 percentile2021 Week 13: Washington State at Washington · W 40–13; offense 95.8 percentile2021 Week 1: Washington State vs. Central Michigan · L 21–24; offense 1.6 percentile2022 Week 1: Washington State vs. Idaho · W 24–17; offense 29.4 percentile2022 Week 3: Washington State vs. Colorado State · W 38–7; offense 74.9 percentile2022 Week 4: Washington State vs. Oregon · L 41–44; offense 43.6 percentile2022 Week 5: Washington State vs. California · W 28–9; offense 59.6 percentile2022 Week 6: Washington State at USC · L 14–30; offense 8.7 percentile2022 Week 7: Washington State at Oregon State · L 10–24; offense 40.3 percentile2022 Week 9: Washington State vs. Utah · L 17–21; offense 40.7 percentile2022 Week 10: Washington State at Stanford · W 52–14; offense 71.5 percentile2022 Week 11: Washington State vs. Arizona State · W 28–18; offense 11.1 percentile2022 Week 12: Washington State at Arizona · W 31–20; offense 10.4 percentile2022 Week 13: Washington State vs. Washington · L 33–51; offense 29.3 percentile2022 Week 1: Washington State vs. Fresno State · L 6–29; offense 9.6 percentile2023 Week 1: Washington State at Colorado State · W 50–24; offense 66.1 percentile2023 Week 2: Washington State vs. Wisconsin · W 31–22; offense 55.0 percentile2023 Week 3: Washington State vs. Northern Colorado · W 64–21; offense 92.5 percentile2023 Week 4: Washington State vs. Oregon State · W 38–35; offense 85.4 percentile2023 Week 6: Washington State at UCLA · L 17–25; offense 4.6 percentile2023 Week 7: Washington State vs. Arizona · L 6–44; offense 3.9 percentile2023 Week 8: Washington State at Oregon · L 24–38; offense 69.5 percentile2023 Week 9: Washington State at Arizona State · L 27–38; offense 72.2 percentile2023 Week 10: Washington State vs. Stanford · L 7–10; offense 0.2 percentile2023 Week 11: Washington State at California · L 39–42; offense 73.9 percentile2023 Week 12: Washington State vs. Colorado · W 56–14; offense 72.9 percentile2023 Week 13: Washington State at Washington · L 21–24; offense 38.3 percentile2024 Week 1: Washington State vs. Portland State · W 70–30; offense 84.0 percentile2024 Week 2: Washington State vs. Texas Tech · W 37–16; offense 51.7 percentile2024 Week 3: Washington State vs. Washington · W 24–19; offense 43.4 percentile2024 Week 4: Washington State vs. San José State · W 54–52; offense 90.2 percentile2024 Week 5: Washington State at Boise State · L 24–45; offense 34.9 percentile2024 Week 8: Washington State vs. Hawai'i · W 42–10; offense 82.8 percentile2024 Week 9: Washington State at San Diego State · W 29–26; offense 35.8 percentile2024 Week 11: Washington State vs. Utah State · W 49–28; offense 75.2 percentile2024 Week 12: Washington State at New Mexico · L 35–38; offense 73.3 percentile2024 Week 13: Washington State at Oregon State · L 38–41; offense 65.4 percentile2024 Week 14: Washington State vs. Wyoming · L 14–15; offense 8.2 percentile2024 Week 1: Washington State vs. Syracuse · L 35–52; offense 55.6 percentile2025 Week 1: Washington State vs. Idaho · W 13–10; offense 0.1 percentile2025 Week 2: Washington State vs. San Diego State · W 36–13; offense 52.2 percentile2025 Week 3: Washington State at North Texas · L 10–59; offense 26.0 percentile2025 Week 4: Washington State vs. Washington · L 24–59; offense 60.4 percentile2025 Week 5: Washington State at Colorado State · W 20–3; offense 35.3 percentile2025 Week 7: Washington State at Ole Miss · L 21–24; offense 45.4 percentile2025 Week 8: Washington State at Virginia · L 20–22; offense 49.0 percentile2025 Week 9: Washington State vs. Toledo · W 28–7; offense 90.8 percentile2025 Week 10: Washington State at Oregon State · L 7–10; offense 15.5 percentile2025 Week 12: Washington State vs. Louisiana Tech · W 28–3; offense 55.0 percentile2025 Week 13: Washington State at James Madison · L 20–24; offense 72.9 percentile2025 Week 14: Washington State vs. Oregon State · W 32–8; offense 66.3 percentile2025 Week 1: Washington State vs. Utah State · W 34–21; offense 84.0 percentile2026 Week 1: Washington State at Washington · L 10–24; offense 24.5 percentile2026 Week 2: Washington State at Kansas State · L 7–34; offense 22.7 percentile2014 offense season mean: 48.0 percentile2015 offense season mean: 55.6 percentile2016 offense season mean: 70.5 percentile2017 offense season mean: 51.0 percentile2018 offense season mean: 71.0 percentile2019 offense season mean: 72.1 percentile2020 offense season mean: 50.4 percentile2021 offense season mean: 46.1 percentile2022 offense season mean: 32.6 percentile2023 offense season mean: 45.8 percentile2024 offense season mean: 59.3 percentile2025 offense season mean: 45.1 percentile2026 offense Bayesian estimate: 40.4 percentile2026 offense empirical mean: 23.6 percentiledefenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Washington State vs. Rutgers · L 38–41; defense 2.6 percentile2014 Week 2: Washington State at Nevada · L 13–24; defense 79.0 percentile2014 Week 3: Washington State vs. Portland State · W 59–21; defense 23.0 percentile2014 Week 4: Washington State vs. Oregon · L 31–38; defense 33.7 percentile2014 Week 5: Washington State at Utah · W 28–27; defense 87.6 percentile2014 Week 6: Washington State vs. California · L 59–60; defense 18.8 percentile2014 Week 7: Washington State at Stanford · L 17–34; defense 27.5 percentile2014 Week 9: Washington State vs. Arizona · L 37–59; defense 16.1 percentile2014 Week 10: Washington State vs. USC · L 17–44; defense 46.7 percentile2014 Week 11: Washington State at Oregon State · W 39–32; defense 40.6 percentile2014 Week 13: Washington State at Arizona State · L 31–52; defense 45.2 percentile2014 Week 14: Washington State vs. Washington · L 13–31; defense 40.1 percentile2015 Week 1: Washington State vs. Portland State · L 17–24; defense 12.2 percentile2015 Week 2: Washington State at Rutgers · W 37–34; defense 33.0 percentile2015 Week 3: Washington State vs. Wyoming · W 31–14; defense 69.9 percentile2015 Week 5: Washington State at California · L 28–34; defense 75.0 percentile2015 Week 6: Washington State at Oregon · W 45–38; defense 59.9 percentile2015 Week 7: Washington State vs. Oregon State · W 52–31; defense 43.2 percentile2015 Week 8: Washington State at Arizona · W 45–42; defense 27.3 percentile2015 Week 9: Washington State vs. Stanford · L 28–30; defense 89.2 percentile2015 Week 10: Washington State vs. Arizona State · W 38–24; defense 37.1 percentile2015 Week 11: Washington State at UCLA · W 31–27; defense 43.8 percentile2015 Week 12: Washington State vs. Colorado · W 27–3; defense 91.8 percentile2015 Week 13: Washington State at Washington · L 10–45; defense 33.6 percentile2015 Week 1: Washington State vs. Miami · W 20–14; defense 57.2 percentile2016 Week 1: Washington State vs. Eastern Washington · L 42–45; defense 1.6 percentile2016 Week 2: Washington State at Boise State · L 28–31; defense 78.1 percentile2016 Week 3: Washington State vs. Idaho · W 56–6; defense 98.6 percentile2016 Week 5: Washington State vs. Oregon · W 51–33; defense 44.7 percentile2016 Week 6: Washington State at Stanford · W 42–16; defense 87.3 percentile2016 Week 7: Washington State vs. UCLA · W 27–21; defense 71.5 percentile2016 Week 8: Washington State at Arizona State · W 37–32; defense 55.8 percentile2016 Week 9: Washington State at Oregon State · W 35–31; defense 57.6 percentile2016 Week 10: Washington State vs. Arizona · W 69–7; defense 90.4 percentile2016 Week 11: Washington State vs. California · W 56–21; defense 72.0 percentile2016 Week 12: Washington State at Colorado · L 24–38; defense 11.4 percentile2016 Week 13: Washington State vs. Washington · L 17–45; defense 19.9 percentile2016 Week 1: Washington State vs. Minnesota · L 12–17; defense 65.4 percentile2017 Week 1: Washington State vs. Montana State · W 31–0; defense 67.7 percentile2017 Week 2: Washington State vs. Boise State · W 47–44; defense 33.4 percentile2017 Week 3: Washington State vs. Oregon State · W 52–23; defense 49.8 percentile2017 Week 4: Washington State vs. Nevada · W 45–7; defense 97.5 percentile2017 Week 5: Washington State vs. USC · W 30–27; defense 76.1 percentile2017 Week 6: Washington State at Oregon · W 33–10; defense 99.1 percentile2017 Week 7: Washington State at California · L 3–37; defense 66.7 percentile2017 Week 8: Washington State vs. Colorado · W 28–0; defense 99.8 percentile2017 Week 9: Washington State at Arizona · L 37–58; defense 52.2 percentile2017 Week 10: Washington State vs. Stanford · W 24–21; defense 98.4 percentile2017 Week 11: Washington State at Utah · W 33–25; defense 84.4 percentile2017 Week 13: Washington State at Washington · L 14–41; defense 27.7 percentile2017 Week 1: Washington State vs. Michigan State · L 17–42; defense 5.3 percentile2018 Week 1: Washington State at Wyoming · W 41–19; defense 70.9 percentile2018 Week 2: Washington State vs. San José State · W 31–0; defense 97.2 percentile2018 Week 3: Washington State vs. Eastern Washington · W 59–24; defense 12.9 percentile2018 Week 4: Washington State at USC · L 36–39; defense 46.8 percentile2018 Week 5: Washington State vs. Utah · W 28–24; defense 65.5 percentile2018 Week 6: Washington State at Oregon State · W 56–37; defense 11.9 percentile2018 Week 8: Washington State vs. Oregon · W 34–20; defense 75.4 percentile2018 Week 9: Washington State at Stanford · W 41–38; defense 12.2 percentile2018 Week 10: Washington State vs. California · W 19–13; defense 65.0 percentile2018 Week 11: Washington State at Colorado · W 31–7; defense 89.1 percentile2018 Week 12: Washington State vs. Arizona · W 69–28; defense 41.2 percentile2018 Week 13: Washington State vs. Washington · L 15–28; defense 2.9 percentile2018 Week 1: Washington State vs. Iowa State · W 28–26; defense 23.3 percentile2019 Week 1: Washington State vs. New Mexico State · W 58–7; defense 66.1 percentile2019 Week 3: Washington State vs. Houston · W 31–24; defense 35.8 percentile2019 Week 4: Washington State vs. UCLA · L 63–67; defense 21.3 percentile2019 Week 5: Washington State at Utah · L 13–38; defense 11.6 percentile2019 Week 7: Washington State at Arizona State · L 34–38; defense 4.9 percentile2019 Week 8: Washington State vs. Colorado · W 41–10; defense 59.9 percentile2019 Week 9: Washington State at Oregon · L 35–37; defense 29.6 percentile2019 Week 11: Washington State at California · L 20–33; defense 9.3 percentile2019 Week 12: Washington State vs. Stanford · W 49–22; defense 31.3 percentile2019 Week 13: Washington State vs. Oregon State · W 54–53; defense 21.7 percentile2019 Week 14: Washington State at Washington · L 13–31; defense 51.9 percentile2019 Week 1: Washington State vs. Air Force · L 21–31; defense 39.3 percentile2020 Week 10: Washington State at Oregon State · W 38–28; defense 43.2 percentile2020 Week 11: Washington State vs. Oregon · L 29–43; defense 2.4 percentile2020 Week 14: Washington State at USC · L 13–38; defense 40.1 percentile2020 Week 16: Washington State at Utah · L 28–45; defense 18.7 percentile2021 Week 1: Washington State vs. Utah State · L 23–26; defense 48.1 percentile2021 Week 2: Washington State vs. Portland State · W 44–24; defense 26.9 percentile2021 Week 3: Washington State vs. USC · L 14–45; defense 42.5 percentile2021 Week 4: Washington State at Utah · L 13–24; defense 77.7 percentile2021 Week 5: Washington State at California · W 21–6; defense 62.6 percentile2021 Week 6: Washington State vs. Oregon State · W 31–24; defense 37.7 percentile2021 Week 7: Washington State vs. Stanford · W 34–31; defense 54.9 percentile2021 Week 8: Washington State vs. BYU · L 19–21; defense 45.0 percentile2021 Week 9: Washington State at Arizona State · W 34–21; defense 67.7 percentile2021 Week 11: Washington State at Oregon · L 24–38; defense 15.5 percentile2021 Week 12: Washington State vs. Arizona · W 44–18; defense 59.1 percentile2021 Week 13: Washington State at Washington · W 40–13; defense 38.9 percentile2021 Week 1: Washington State vs. Central Michigan · L 21–24; defense 97.5 percentile2022 Week 1: Washington State vs. Idaho · W 24–17; defense 52.7 percentile2022 Week 3: Washington State vs. Colorado State · W 38–7; defense 92.1 percentile2022 Week 4: Washington State vs. Oregon · L 41–44; defense 31.7 percentile2022 Week 5: Washington State vs. California · W 28–9; defense 87.8 percentile2022 Week 6: Washington State at USC · L 14–30; defense 94.3 percentile2022 Week 7: Washington State at Oregon State · L 10–24; defense 70.7 percentile2022 Week 9: Washington State vs. Utah · L 17–21; defense 88.7 percentile2022 Week 10: Washington State at Stanford · W 52–14; defense 76.2 percentile2022 Week 11: Washington State vs. Arizona State · W 28–18; defense 85.1 percentile2022 Week 12: Washington State at Arizona · W 31–20; defense 89.3 percentile2022 Week 13: Washington State vs. Washington · L 33–51; defense 0.7 percentile2022 Week 1: Washington State vs. Fresno State · L 6–29; defense 13.2 percentile2023 Week 1: Washington State at Colorado State · W 50–24; defense 84.0 percentile2023 Week 2: Washington State vs. Wisconsin · W 31–22; defense 51.1 percentile2023 Week 3: Washington State vs. Northern Colorado · W 64–21; defense 23.5 percentile2023 Week 4: Washington State vs. Oregon State · W 38–35; defense 42.0 percentile2023 Week 6: Washington State at UCLA · L 17–25; defense 59.6 percentile2023 Week 7: Washington State vs. Arizona · L 6–44; defense 39.4 percentile2023 Week 8: Washington State at Oregon · L 24–38; defense 31.6 percentile2023 Week 9: Washington State at Arizona State · L 27–38; defense 1.2 percentile2023 Week 10: Washington State vs. Stanford · L 7–10; defense 86.4 percentile2023 Week 11: Washington State at California · L 39–42; defense 36.3 percentile2023 Week 12: Washington State vs. Colorado · W 56–14; defense 86.2 percentile2023 Week 13: Washington State at Washington · L 21–24; defense 78.1 percentile2024 Week 1: Washington State vs. Portland State · W 70–30; defense 21.9 percentile2024 Week 2: Washington State vs. Texas Tech · W 37–16; defense 66.4 percentile2024 Week 3: Washington State vs. Washington · W 24–19; defense 64.1 percentile2024 Week 4: Washington State vs. San José State · W 54–52; defense 40.0 percentile2024 Week 5: Washington State at Boise State · L 24–45; defense 23.6 percentile2024 Week 8: Washington State vs. Hawai'i · W 42–10; defense 54.4 percentile2024 Week 9: Washington State at San Diego State · W 29–26; defense 23.9 percentile2024 Week 11: Washington State vs. Utah State · W 49–28; defense 65.7 percentile2024 Week 12: Washington State at New Mexico · L 35–38; defense 22.8 percentile2024 Week 13: Washington State at Oregon State · L 38–41; defense 22.3 percentile2024 Week 14: Washington State vs. Wyoming · L 14–15; defense 49.2 percentile2024 Week 1: Washington State vs. Syracuse · L 35–52; defense 6.4 percentile2025 Week 1: Washington State vs. Idaho · W 13–10; defense 37.6 percentile2025 Week 2: Washington State vs. San Diego State · W 36–13; defense 85.9 percentile2025 Week 3: Washington State at North Texas · L 10–59; defense 28.1 percentile2025 Week 4: Washington State vs. Washington · L 24–59; defense 6.6 percentile2025 Week 5: Washington State at Colorado State · W 20–3; defense 73.3 percentile2025 Week 7: Washington State at Ole Miss · L 21–24; defense 60.1 percentile2025 Week 8: Washington State at Virginia · L 20–22; defense 76.5 percentile2025 Week 9: Washington State vs. Toledo · W 28–7; defense 93.2 percentile2025 Week 10: Washington State at Oregon State · L 7–10; defense 70.2 percentile2025 Week 12: Washington State vs. Louisiana Tech · W 28–3; defense 92.2 percentile2025 Week 13: Washington State at James Madison · L 20–24; defense 69.6 percentile2025 Week 14: Washington State vs. Oregon State · W 32–8; defense 55.7 percentile2025 Week 1: Washington State vs. Utah State · W 34–21; defense 85.7 percentile2026 Week 1: Washington State at Washington · L 10–24; defense 66.8 percentile2026 Week 2: Washington State at Kansas State · L 7–34; defense 8.6 percentile2014 defense season mean: 36.0 percentile2015 defense season mean: 53.0 percentile2016 defense season mean: 59.0 percentile2017 defense season mean: 76.6 percentile2018 defense season mean: 46.2 percentile2019 defense season mean: 28.8 percentile2020 defense season mean: 20.6 percentile2021 defense season mean: 53.9 percentile2022 defense season mean: 66.0 percentile2023 defense season mean: 49.9 percentile2024 defense season mean: 36.3 percentile2025 defense season mean: 66.2 percentile2026 defense Bayesian estimate: 59.5 percentile2026 defense empirical mean: 32.1 percentile2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Individual gameSeason bar · 2026 is the estimate2026 empirical meanCoaching-era band
2020Nick Rolovich
2021Nick Rolovich / Jake Dickert
2022Jake Dickert
2024Jake Dickert / Pete Kaligis
2025Jimmy Rogers / Jesse Bobbit
2026Kirby Moore

How to read 2026

The current-season estimate intelligently blends last season with new data.

The 2026 estimate is a Bayesian weighted average of normal-score Z-values. The 2025 season mean counts like 8 games of prior evidence; each completed 2026 game counts once. The result is then translated back to the 0–100 percentile scale.

2026 Z = (8 × 2025 mean Z + games played × 2026 mean Z) ÷ (8 + games played)

Season record

Every annual grade and coach

Retrospective rows average the available single-game grades in normal-score space. The result is shown as a percentile. Roughly speaking, a 95th-percentile season corresponds to about the eighth-best team in a 160-team field.

SeasonHead coachGamesOffenseDefense
2026Live estimateKirby MooreCoaching change2
40.4 estimate23.6 games-only average
59.5 estimate32.1 games-only average
2025Jimmy Rogers / Jesse BobbitCoaching change1345.166.2
2024Jake Dickert / Pete KaligisCoaching change1259.336.3
2023Jake Dickert1245.849.9
2022Jake DickertCoaching change1232.666.0
2021Nick Rolovich / Jake DickertCoaching change1346.153.9
2020Nick RolovichCoaching change450.420.6
2019Mike Leach1272.128.8
2018Mike Leach1371.046.2
2017Mike Leach1351.076.6
2016Mike Leach1370.559.0
2015Mike Leach1355.653.0
2014Mike Leach1248.036.0