Washington Huskies

The Huskies finished 16-17 in 2025-26 and covered 20 of 33 spreads; 34 Division I teams covered more often. Taking the points worked, taking them on the moneyline did not: 2-12 outright as underdogs.

16-17 and 20 covers

Washington covered 20 times in 33, 60.6%, a rate 34 programs topped and three matched. It was a winning number home and away: 9 of 16 in Seattle, 8 of 13 on the road. Straight up the Huskies were 10-6 at home, 4-9 away and 2-2 at neutral sites.

Points yes, outright no

As underdogs they covered 9 of 14 and won only two. One unit on the moneyline in those 14 games lost 9.18, nearly the whole of the season’s 9.32-unit loss over 30 priced games. As favorites it was close to even: 14-5, 11 covers in 19, 0.14 units down over 16 priced.

The underdog wins were 84-76 at USC at +180 and 76-62 at Northwestern at +102.

January

Three wins and six losses, with seven covers in nine. The moneyline gave back 3.93 units that month.

USC, three times

Three meetings with USC: three wins, three covers, 2.78 units, the last 83-79 in the Big Ten second round. UCLA won both meetings and Washington covered both. The tournament ended in the next round, 82-85 to Wisconsin, covered at +260.

Short prices

The worst failure was a 60-63 home loss to Penn State at -1050 on 11 February; Seattle U also won 70-66 at home against Washington at -325.

The total and the neutral games

Eighteen unders and 15 overs. At the Acrisure Holiday Classic Washington beat Nevada 83-66 at -185 and lost the final 68-81 to Colorado, a game with no moneyline.

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