The season may be lost for Jedd Fisch and the Washington Huskies after a 28-25 loss to the Penn State Nittany Lions, but there are still three weeks to play, two of which will come against teams ranked inside the US LBM Coaches Poll.
The first will be Curt Cignetti and the No. 5 Indiana Hoosiers, who dropped two spots despite being idle in Week 10, on November 21. By the time UW returns home for that game, it will have been over a year since Fisch's last win in Big Ten play at Husky Stadium.
Then, to end the season, the Huskies will travel south to face their arch rivals in the Oregon Ducks, who vaulted up 12 spots to No. 19 after a 41-28 win on the road over the Ohio State Buckeyes, who plummeted down to No. 20 with their third loss of the season.
Elsewhere, two of Fisch's other losses rose in the poll.
Also idle ahead of their matchup with the Hoosiers, the USC Trojans got bumped three spots to No. 14, while the Iowa Hawkeyes got a five-spot increase to No. 15 following a 24-10 win over the Northwestern Wildcats, which knocked them out of the rankings.
Here's how the rest of the top 25 shaped up.
Schools Dropped Out
No. 19 Missouri; No. 23 Northwestern;
Others Receiving Votes
Duke 172; Missouri 147; Oklahoma State 27; Northwestern 17; Illinois 13; North Texas 7; Louisville 6; Liberty 6; Wisconsin 5; Oklahoma 2; Minnesota 2; Air Force 1;
The US LBM Board of Coaches for the 2026 season: Tim Albin, Charlotte; Blake Anderson, Southern Mississippi; Dave Aranda, Baylor; David Braun, Northwestern; Jeff Brohm, Louisville; Fran Brown, Syracuse; Neal Brown, North Texas; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Jamey Chadwell, Liberty; Curt Cignetti, Indiana; Sonny Cumbie, Louisiana Tech; Spencer Danielson, Boise State; Ryan Day, Ohio State; Kalen DeBoer, Alabama; Manny Diaz, Duke; Jake Dickert, Wake Forest; Matt Drinkall, Central Michigan; Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri; Sonny Dykes, TCU; Jason Eck, New Mexico; Mike Elko, Texas A&M; Tony Elliott, Virginia; Matt Entz, Fresno State; Jedd Fisch, Washington; James Franklin, Virginia Tech; Willie Fritz, Houston; Scott Frost, Central Florida; Tony Gibson, Marshall; Alex Golesh, Auburn; Will Hall, Tulane; Blake Harrell, East Carolina; John Hauser, Ohio; Clay Helton, Georgia Southern; Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky; Charles Huff, Memphis; Butch Jones, Arkansas State; KC Keeler, Temple; Charles Kelly, Jacksonville State; Brent Key, Georgia Tech; Zach Kittley, Florida Atlantic; Collin Klein, Kansas State; Tre Lamb, Tulsa; Rhett Lashlee, SMU; Clark Lea, Vanderbilt; Lance Leipold, Kansas; Pete Lembo, Buffalo; Sean Lewis, San Diego State; Dowell Loggains, Appalachian State; Joey McGuire, Texas Tech; Jeff Monken, Army; Kirby Moore, Washington State; Eric Morris, Oklahoma State; Dan Mullen, UNLV; Billy Napier, James Madison; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Brian Newberry, Navy; Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose State; Barry Odom, Purdue; Tim Polasek, North Dakota State; Tavita Pritchard, Stanford; Ricky Rahne, Old Dominion; Matt Rhule, Nebraska; Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia; Jay Sawvel, Wyoming; Morgan Scalley, Utah; JaMarcus Shephard, Oregon State; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Will Stein, Kentucky; Jon Sumrall, Florida; Lance Taylor, Western Michigan; Jeff Traylor, Texas-San Antonio; Scotty Walden, Texas-El Paso; Kyle Whittingham, Michigan; Casey Woods, Missouri State.
This article originally appeared on Huskies Wire: Upcoming Washington football opponents rocket up US LBM Coaches Poll
