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1994 Washington State

8–⁠4 (5–⁠3 Pac-10), coached by Mike Price, finished No. 21 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1994, game by game: won vs. No. 22 Illinois 10–9; won vs. Fresno State 24–3; won at No. 18 UCLA 21–0; lost at Tennessee 9–10; won vs. Oregon 21–7; lost vs. No. 14 Arizona 7–10; won at Arizona State 28–21; won at California 26–23; lost vs. No. 22 USC 10–23; lost at Oregon State 3–21; won vs. No. 18 Washington 23–6; won vs. Baylor 10–3+21−18Won 10–9 vs. No. 22 Illinois+1No. 22 IllinoisWon 24–3 vs. Fresno State+21Fresno StateWon 21–0 at No. 18 UCLA+21No. 18 UCLALost 9–10 at Tennessee-1TennesseeWon 21–7 vs. Oregon+14OregonLost 7–10 vs. No. 14 Arizona-3No. 14 ArizonaWon 28–21 at Arizona State+7Arizona StateWon 26–23 at California+3CaliforniaLost 10–23 vs. No. 22 USC-13No. 22 USCLost 3–21 at Oregon State-18Oregon StateWon 23–6 vs. No. 18 Washington+17No. 18 WashingtonWon 10–3 vs. Baylor+7Baylor
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vs22IllinoisW 10–⁠951%
Sep 10vsFresno StateW 24–⁠349%
Sep 24at18UCLAW 21–⁠034%
Oct 1atTennesseeL 9–⁠1039%
Oct 8vsOregonW 21–⁠766%
Oct 15vs14ArizonaL 7–⁠1049%
Oct 22atArizona StateW 28–⁠2157%
Oct 29atCaliforniaW 26–⁠2354%
Nov 5vs22USCL 10–⁠2357%
Nov 12atOregon StateL 3–⁠2162%
Nov 19vs18WashingtonW 23–⁠647%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsBaylorAlamo BowlW 10–⁠360%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Baylor 10–⁠3 in the Alamo Bowl; No. 21 in the final AP poll; 4th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 14th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 24
  2. Wk 5: 22
  3. Wk 6: 17
  4. Wk 7: 22
  5. Wk 8: 20
  6. Wk 9: 23
  7. Wk 10: 22
  8. Wk 11: 16
  9. Wk 12: 24
  10. Wk 14: 24
  11. Wk 15: 24
  12. Wk 16: 24
  13. Final: 21
Record
8–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠3 4th in Pac-10
AP final
No. 21 peak No. 16
Points
192–⁠136
Coach
Mike Price
Elo
1597 +88 this season
SP+ rating
14.9 No. 20 of 106; offense No. 88, defense No. 1
SRS
12.3 No. 20 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jim McDonell
Defensive coordinator
Bill Doba
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1995

The 1995 draft
Rd 1Mark Fields LBNew Orleans Saints
Rd 3Don Sasa DTSan Diego Chargers
Rd 3Torey Hunter DBHouston Oilers
Rd 7Chad Eaton DTArizona Cardinals

All-Pac-10

4 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Ron ChildsLBCoaches-2
  • Torey HunterDBCoaches-2
  • Singor MobleyDBCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1994 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1994 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon7–⁠19–⁠411
USC6–⁠28–⁠3–⁠113
Arizona6–⁠28–⁠420
Washington State5–⁠38–⁠421
Washington4–⁠47–⁠4
UCLA3–⁠55–⁠6
California3–⁠54–⁠7
Oregon State2–⁠64–⁠7
Stanford2–⁠63–⁠7–⁠1
Arizona State2–⁠63–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.