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Division I · Big Ten Conference

University of Washington Football

Seattle, WA · the Huskies · University of Washington overview
114
Roster
9 over the D-I cap of 105
$69M
Team budget
95th percentile in Division I
$604,576
Per roster spot
median $79,762
11
Coaches
1 head · 10 assistant
999
APR
99% of players retained
43%
Admitted
top quarter for selectivity

University of Washington fields a football team in the Big Ten Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 114 players, about the median of 119, with 1 head coach and 10 assistants. Team expenses were $68,921,774, well above the median of $9.1M — $604,576 per roster spot, top 10% of Division I football programs. Under the Division I roster cap of 105 in force from 2025-26, that is 9 over — cuts or attrition are likely, though players already on the roster may stay (230 of 261 Division I programs carried more than the cap). The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 999, about the median of 964, with 99% of players retained year to year. The school gave $10,619,493 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $29,746 per roster spot.

Among Division I football programs

Where this program sits against its 261 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$69M
Spend per player$604,576
Roster size114
Coaching staff11
APR999

Team budgets across the division

$1.4M$93M
this programevery Division I football program

Roster sizes (cap 105)

89167
this programevery Division I roster

The program

  • Roster114 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap105 9 over last season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 10 assistant
  • Team expenses$68,921,774 for the year
  • Operating expenses$20,546,056 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$604,576 division median $79,762
  • Academic Progress Rate999 multi-year; 1000 latest
  • Players retained99% year to year
  • Eligible100% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, men's teams$10,619,493 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$29,746 across men's teams
  • Recruiting spend, men's$2,632,449 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Jedd Fisch head coachHead Coachnot on file
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Recruiting timing

  • Coaches may first contact youSeptember 1 of junior year
  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school football players1,029,588 2024-25
  • Division I roster spots31,184 261 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 33 3.0% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot

General NCAA rule for Division I; the football recruiting guide has the date for each grad year, the eligibility checklist and what to put in a first email.

About the school

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
39,515undergraduates · 55,620 students in all
Women 49% Men 51%
Setting
City
Type
Public · Research university
Affiliation
None
43%admitted · of 62,428 applicants
Test scores
Scores not considered
Graduate in 6 yrs
84%
114on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 105114
9 over — players already on the roster may stay
Academic Progress Rate999
99% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$68,921,774 $604,577 per roster spot · top 10% of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 10 assistant
Athletic aid, men's teams
$10,619,493
Recruiting spend, men's
$2,632,449
$11,023net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$34,552
Sticker, out-of-state$63,906
Average net price$11,023
Net price by family income
$0–30k$6,398
$30–48k$6,601
$48–75k$7,817
$75–110k$17,234
$110k and up$28,383
Tuition & fees
$12,643 in-state · $41,997 out

Campus safety

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0.66violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.66
Property3.78
In residence halls
18 burglaries · 18 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
23 over 2022–2024
13%of bachelor's degrees in computer & information sciences · 28 fields · Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Computer & information sciences1,061 · 13%
Biological sciences965 · 11%
Social sciences883 · 10%
Engineering879 · 10%
Business688 · 8%

Research University of Washington

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Football programs within 150 miles

University of WashingtonUniversity of Puget Sound · 28 miPacific Lutheran University · 36 miCentral Washington University · 94 miWillamette University · 148 miPortland State University · 149 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
University of Puget Sound Division III · Northwest Conference2893$513k—76%
Pacific Lutheran University Division III · Northwest Conference36103$950k—81%
Central Washington University Division II · Lone Star Conference94116$2.2M—90%
Willamette University Division III · Northwest Conference148———69%
Portland State University Division I · Big Sky Conference149118$5.4M95491%

Other football programs in the Big Ten Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
The Ohio State University 17 over cap122$92M$757,043985vs
Pennsylvania State University 25 over cap130$77M$595,277982vs
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick 32 over cap137$76M$554,182979vs
University of Southern California 11 over cap116$74M$638,060970vs
University of Nebraska-Lincoln 50 over cap155$71M$455,320974vs
University of Washington 9 over cap114$69M$604,576999vs
University of Michigan 34 over cap139$62M$443,620980vs
University of Oregon 21 over cap126$61M$482,916968vs
University of California, Los Angeles 16 over cap121$55M$456,240944vs
University of Iowa 26 over cap131$51M$388,506971vs
Indiana University, Bloomington 9 over cap114$50M$440,417969vs
Michigan State University 14 over cap119$48M$405,275952vs
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 14 over cap119$48M$403,373970vs
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 12 over cap117$45M$388,484980vs
University of Wisconsin-Madison 17 over cap122$41M$335,274986vs
Northwestern University 4 over cap109$38M$347,722995vs
Purdue University 21 over cap126$37M$295,184954vs
University of Maryland, College Park 15 over cap120$36M$295,855956vs

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