Washington State — Pac-12
PPA off / def
0.13 / 0.09
2025
Class rank
#128
class of 2026
Returning PPA
91%
returning production
| 2002 |
OSU W 25–7 | Columbus |
| 1991 |
OSU W 33–19 | Columbus |
| 1985 |
OSU W 48–32 | Columbus |
| 1984 |
OSU W 44–0 | Columbus |
| 1979 |
OSU W 45–29 | Columbus |
| 1974 |
OSU W 42–7 | away |
| 1973 |
OSU W 27–3 | Columbus |
| 1952 |
OSU W 35–7 | Columbus |
2026 schedule
2025 results (7–6)
Statistical comps — 2025 Washington State's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (28 in / 41 out)
Origins
The 1997 Rose Bowl team behind Ryan Leaf ended a 67-year drought. Leach arrived in 2012 and made the most remote campus in the sport into appointment television; the flag on College GameDay has travelled everywhere since 2003.
Founded 1890 · Land-grant college in the wheat country of the Palouse · first football 1894 · defined by Mike Leach
All-time record
All-time
516–563–38
1907–2025
Win %
47.9%
110 seasons played
Winning seasons
47
43% of seasons
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2018 | 11 | 2 | Pac-12 |
| 2001 | 10 | 2 | Pac-10 |
| 1997 | 10 | 2 | Pac-10 |
| 1929 | 10 | 2 | Pacific |
| 2003 | 10 | 3 | Pac-10 |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1907 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 347 | 54% |
43% | 87 of 136 | 5.8 | 14% |
| 2nd down | 256 | 51% |
42% | 67 of 136 | 5.2 | 10% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 44 | 75% |
61% | — | 4.2 | 7% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 39 | 18% |
46% | — | 6.2 | 10% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 73 | 15% |
21% | — | 5.5 | 11% |
| 4th down | 21 | 43% |
67% | — | 5.0 | 14% |
154 drives · 31% ended in points · 7.2 plays and 35.6 yards per drive · 0.72 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| CFP | Utah State |
(07:14) Shotgun #4 Z.Eckhaus pass complete deep left to #88 M.Alleyne caught at USU13, for… |
41 | 5.16 |
| 13 | James Madison |
(07:33) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 Z.Eckhaus pass complete deep middle to #0 T.Freeman caught at… |
48 | 4.47 |
| 14 | Oregon State |
(05:38) Shotgun #1 A.Johnson rush right for 50 yards gain to the OSU02 (#1 M.White), out o… |
50 | 3.91 |
| 7 | Ole Miss |
Kirby Vorhees run for 46 yds for a TD (Jack Stevens KICK) |
46 | 3.82 |
| CFP | Utah State |
Julian Dugger 34 Yd Run (Jack Stevens Kick) |
34 | 3.77 |
| 12 | Louisiana Tech |
(08:56) Shotgun #4 Z.Eckhaus pass complete short middle to #18 J.Meredith caught at LAT10,… |
23 | 3.63 |
| CFP | Utah State |
(14:53) Shotgun #3 M.Woods rush left for 48 yards gain to the USU37 (#4 B.Hamblin), out of… |
48 | 3.57 |
| 7 | Ole Miss |
Zevi Eckhaus pass complete to Tony Freeman for 19 yds for a TD (Jack Stevens KICK) |
19 | 3.55 |