AI prediction for UW 2026 season

BleachedAnusDawg

BleachedAnusDawg

Well-known poster
Standard Supporter

Most likely regular-season record: 8 - 4​

That’s essentially:
  • 5–0 in the “should win / slight edge” bucket (WSU, Utah State, Eastern Washington, Minnesota, Purdue)
  • 3–2 across the five toss-ups (USC/Iowa/Nebraska/Penn State/MSU)
  • 0–2 vs the toughest pair (Indiana, Oregon)
Reasonable range (because portal & QB health swing everything):
  • 10–2 happens if UW goes something like 4–1 in toss-ups and steals one of the big two at home (Indiana) or in Eugene.
  • 7–5 happens if the run game/OL reload is bumpier than expected after the departures noted by ESPN, and UW loses 3–4 toss-ups.
 
Michigan state, even with the new coach, is last year's Wisconsin. Timing sucks because of potential weather issues. Lose this one and Jedd needs to be tarmaced.

Saying that is a toss up shows a definite lack of actual intelligence.
 
EwaDwag said:
Michigan state, even with the new coach, is last year's Wisconsin. Timing sucks because of potential weather issues. Lose this one and Jedd needs to be tarmaced.

Saying that is a toss up shows a definite lack of actual intelligence.
Click to expand...
It's a road game in (likely) bad weather against a team with a coach that's better than our? coach.
 
Schedule is pretty soft until November IIRC. There are four straight home games to start.

Some disagree, but I can't see this Indiana thing lasting over the years. Yes, they'll be good, but they aren't the new Ohio State or Bammer.
 
Fire_Marshall_Bill said:
Schedule is pretty soft until November IIRC. There are four straight home games to start.

Some disagree, but I can't see this Indiana thing lasting over the years. Yes, they'll be good, but they aren't the new Ohio State or Bammer.
Click to expand...
I think they will be very good. I thought they would end up losing 2 or 3 last year, but they didn’t. I still question them being a perennial power, but they did get some good guys in the portal for replacements and I’m sure Cig can develop too. He’s proven to be a great coach so far.
 
This is essentially the same fucking activity as putting into a search engine "UW's predicted 2026 season" and getting a doog article at the top predicting 10-2 and then the next top hit is a quote from HB/Race on this site claiming 7-5.
 
I asked Copilot what kind of record would Fisch have to get in 2026 before he gets fired:

"it would take a very bad season — likely something like 4–8 or worse, with clear signs the program is regressing — for Washington to seriously consider firing its head coach in 2026. Even then, it would depend heavily on how those losses happened."

Apparently, Copilot is a doog.
 
I think Vegas will set the over/under #s at about 8.5 wins, just because UW is ranked coming in. I see 8-4 right now.

The kicking and punting portals may be the biggest difference makers from last years stats. If those are decent players, then maybe they beat at Nebraska and USC. 10-2 is the ceiling. Maiava at USC has problems scoring against decent defenses. (You blitz Maiava when he's 30-40 yards away from the goal line...he always takes the sack, which moves USC out of field goal range.)

The biggest question is: Will Demond play 4 games or 12 games in his pursuit of maximizing his college money?
(Sit out the rest of the season to redshirt, then moving on to Miami or Texas Tech in 2027 for 2 years.)

UW and the B1G need to stop players from potentially doing this intentional, red-shirting in their future contracts. Bear Alexander DT did this at USC in 2024.
(They should only get their full amount with at least 5 games played.)
 
Last edited:
priapism said:
I think Vegas will set the over/under #s at about 8.5 wins, just because UW is ranked coming in. I see 8-4 right now.

The kicking and punting portals may be the biggest difference makers from last years stats. If those are decent players, then maybe they beat at Nebraska and USC. 10-2 is the ceiling. Maiava at USC has problems scoring against decent defenses. (You blitz Maiava when he's 30-40 yards away from the goal line...he always takes the sack, which moves USC out of field goal range.)

The biggest question is: Will Demond play 4 games or 12 games in his pursuit of maximizing his college money?
(Sit out the rest of the season to redshirt, then moving on to Miami or Texas Tech in 2027 for 2 years.)

UW and the B1G need to stop players from potentially doing this intentional, red-shirting in their future contracts. Bear Alexander DT did this at USC in 2024.
(They should only get their full amount with at least 5 games played.)
Click to expand...
9 games now.
 
priapism said:
I think Vegas will set the over/under #s at about 8.5 wins, just because UW is ranked coming in. I see 8-4 right now.

The kicking and punting portals may be the biggest difference makers from last years stats. If those are decent players, then maybe they beat at Nebraska and USC. 10-2 is the ceiling. Maiava at USC has problems scoring against decent defenses. (You blitz Maiava when he's 30-40 yards away from the goal line...he always takes the sack, which moves USC out of field goal range.)

The biggest question is: Will Demond play 4 games or 12 games in his pursuit of maximizing his college money?
(Sit out the rest of the season to redshirt, then moving on to Miami or Texas Tech in 2027 for 2 years.)

UW and the B1G need to stop players from potentially doing this intentional, red-shirting in their future contracts. Bear Alexander DT did this at USC in 2024.
(They should only get their full amount with at least 5 games played.)
Click to expand...
I hadn't even thought about him playing 4 and sitting out. There should have been something in his contrat that demands play for pay. He's never making more than rookie minimum in the NFL if anyone is dumb enough to draft him so go get the only real money you'll ever make. How much does his dipshit dad get?
 
haie said:
This is essentially the same fucking activity as putting into a search engine "UW's predicted 2026 season" and getting a doog article at the top predicting 10-2 and then the next top hit is a quote from HB/Race on this site claiming 7-5.
Click to expand...
I am constantly amazed at how the Google finds our conversations in its search and passes it off as authoritative.

That said, I can see 5-0, 4-1 in toss ups with a close loss to USC because we're? allergic to LA, or something. I would have swapped Iowa for SC but we have them here and we're winning that game. The USC respect will get to us on the road, as they score the winning field goal while we're all making plans to get over to Heritage Hall or whatever. Then it's what happens with Indiana and Oregon. Can honestly see splitting those two. Will Indiana be the same without Mendoza, Sarratt, Cooper and Williams? I'm guessing they won't. Will Oregon again be tuff during the season and fade in the playoffs? Who knows but I'll go out on a limb and say we shock Hosier and lose to Duck.

All but one of the tough games are at home and no Buck. This will not be a "but but the schedule!" season and Fisch knows it.
 
Last edited:
It seems like State Penn is a toss up. It's in Seattle. IDK who they hired to replace Ben Franklin nor do I really care.

I think 9-3 is doable. We all know it's good enough for Doogs and the university, even though our OOC is Charmin soft and three almost certain wins. I'm done worrying about whether x sports ball coach gets axed or not. It's not worth my tim. For some reason I got really mad when the Mariners lost. I guess that's 35 plus years of frustration built up.
 
The Oregon game is very winnable unless we? are soft again.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top