2016 Washington Huskies football team

2016 Washington Huskies football
Pac-12 champion
Pac-12 North Division champion
Peach Bowl (CFP Semifinal), L 7–24 vs. Alabama
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 4
Record12–2 (8–1 Pac-12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJonathan Smith (3rd season)
Offensive schemeSingle set back
Defensive coordinatorPete Kwiatkowski (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJimmy Lake (1st season)
Base defense3–4
MVPJohn Ross (O)
Budda Baker (D)
MVPLavon Coleman, Ezekiel Turner (ST)
CaptainDarrell Daniels
Kevin King
Home stadiumAlaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium
Seasons
← 2015
2017 →
2016 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
No. 4 Washington x$^   8 1     12 2  
Washington State   7 2     8 5  
No. 12 Stanford   6 3     10 3  
California   3 6     5 7  
Oregon State   3 6     4 8  
Oregon   2 7     4 8  
South Division
No. 17 Colorado x   8 1     10 4  
No. 3 USC   7 2     10 3  
No. 23 Utah   5 4     9 4  
Arizona State   2 7     5 7  
UCLA   2 7     4 8  
Arizona   1 8     3 9  
Championship: Washington 41, Colorado 10
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by Chris Petersen in his third season as head coach of the Huskies. Washington competed as a member of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference and played their home games on campus at Husky Stadium in Seattle.

Washington finished the season with a 12–2 overall record and went 8–1 in conference to win the Pac-12 North Division, the program's first division title since the Pac-12 expanded and split into divisions in 2011. Most notable was defeating Stanford and Oregon, two of the toughest annual opponents for the team in recent years, by a combined 114–28. The Stanford game took place in front of a sold out crowd on ESPN and the Oregon game snapped a 12-game losing streak to the Ducks. The Huskies earned a berth in the Pac-12 Championship Game where they defeated Colorado to win their first conference title since 2000. They were selected as the #4 seed in the College Football Playoff and played in the Peach Bowl, where they lost to #1 seed Alabama. Washington was ranked #4 in the final AP Poll of the 2016 season. The 2016 Huskies were the last Pac—12 team to represent the conference in the College Football Playoff until 2023.