Washington State Cougars

The Washington State Cougars were 8-4 in 2016. They fell to the Minnesota Golden Gophers, 17 to 12, in the Holiday Bowl on December 27, 2016.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule

DATE		OPP	SCORE
Tue 12/27	vs	MINN	L 12-17
Fri 11/25	vs	WASH	L 17-45
Sat 11/19	@	COLO	L 24-38
Sat 11/12	vs	CAL	W 56-21
Sat 11/5	vs	ARIZ	W 69-7

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

4,204

Falk

RUSH YDS

573

Williams

REC YDS

867

Marks

2016 Pac-12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
4	Colorado	8-2	10-4
5	Utah	5-4	9-4
6	Washington State	7-2	8-5
7	Arizona State	2-7	5-7
8	California	3-6	5-7

Latest Washington State Cougars News

Utah State scores 14 unanswered points after halftime to beat Washington State 17-16

Oct 10, 2026
Fresno State wins Pac-12 debut, beats Washington State 26-6

Oct 4, 2026

2016 Stats

See stats

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	SCK	SCKY	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	13	496	6,288	1,026	6.1	1,575	362	4.4	4,713	664	7.1	30	198	341	84	225	32	103	896
Team Rank		21st	17th	10th	40th	114th	124th	70th	5th	1st	69th	87th	44th	7th	118th	3rd	5th	125th	120th
Opponent	13	343	5,277	893	6.0	1,745	428	4.1	3,532	445	7.9	20	132	264	89	151	24	98	948
Opponent Rank		57th	72nd	35th	91st	27th	11th	45th	115th	97th	106th	99th	96th	61st	15th	110th	81st	8th	2nd
Net		+153	+1,011	+133	+0.1	-170	-66	+0.3	+1,181	+219	-0.8	+10	+66	+77	-5	+74	+8	+5	-52
Net Rank		22nd	30th	6th	68th	78th	94th	59th	11th	3rd	96th	97th	35th	14th	68th	2nd	13th	79th	40th

More CFB News

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Oct 10, 2026

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Oct 10, 2026

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Oct 10, 2026

Devin Roche, Maurki James help Old Dominion upset Appalachian State 10-3

Oct 10, 2026

Beau Brungard tallies 5 TDs as Youngstown State cruises by Indiana State 57-24

Oct 10, 2026

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Oct 10, 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,848

Atkinson

1,756

Fifita

1,744

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

828

Roberts

793

Cook

685

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

17

Hoover

16

Atkinson

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

202.0

Stockton

200.5

Hoover

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

297.3

295.5

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.0

357.0

346.5

341.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

20.0

19.0

18.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	2	.667
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	5	1	.833
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	3	3	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	UCF	3	3	.500
10	Arizona State	2	2	.500
11	Iowa State	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	3	.500
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
7	UMass	4	2	.667
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	1	.833
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Iowa	5	1	.833
9	USC	5	1	.833
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Illinois	2	3	.400
15	Maryland	2	3	.400
16	Michigan State	2	3	.400
17	Rutgers	1	4	.200
18	Washington	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Virginia	3	2	.600
8	NC State	3	3	.500
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Florida State	3	3	.500
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	3	2	.600
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	5	1	.833
2	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
3	Memphis	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	Temple	2	3	.400
8	South Florida	4	2	.667
9	East Carolina	3	2	.600
10	Tulane	2	3	.400
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	5	.167
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana	4	1	.800
5	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
6	Troy	3	2	.600
7	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
8	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
9	Marshall	3	2	.600
10	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
11	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Wyoming	3	3	.500
5	Air Force	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200