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2007 Washington

4–⁠9 (2–⁠7 Pac-10), coached by Tyrone Willingham.

Schedule and results

Washington in 2007, game by game: won at Syracuse 42–12; won vs. No. 22 Boise State 24–10; lost vs. No. 10 Ohio State 14–33; lost at UCLA 31–44; lost vs. No. 1 USC 24–27; lost at No. 14 Arizona State 20–44; lost vs. No. 7 Oregon 34–55; lost vs. Arizona 41–48; won at Stanford 27–9; lost at Oregon State 23–29; won vs. California 37–23; lost vs. Washington State 35–42; lost at No. 11 Hawai’i 28–35+30−24Won 42–12 at Syracuse+30SyracuseWon 24–10 vs. No. 22 Boise State+14No. 22 Boise StateLost 14–33 vs. No. 10 Ohio State-19No. 10 Ohio StateLost 31–44 at UCLA-13UCLALost 24–27 vs. No. 1 USC-3No. 1 USCLost 20–44 at No. 14 Arizona State-24No. 14 Arizona StateLost 34–55 vs. No. 7 Oregon-21No. 7 OregonLost 41–48 vs. Arizona-7ArizonaWon 27–9 at Stanford+18StanfordLost 23–29 at Oregon State-6Oregon StateWon 37–23 vs. California+14CaliforniaLost 35–42 vs. Washington State-7Washington StateLost 28–35 at No. 11 Hawai’i-7No. 11 Hawai’i
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31atSyracuseW 42–⁠1243%
Sep 8vs22Boise StateW 24–⁠1030%
Sep 15vs10Ohio StateL 14–⁠3331%
Sep 22atUCLAL 31–⁠4434%
Sep 29vs1USCL 24–⁠2722%
Oct 13at14Arizona StateL 20–⁠4423%
Oct 20vs7OregonL 34–⁠5533%
Oct 27vsArizonaL 41–⁠4854%
Nov 3atStanfordW 27–⁠948%
Nov 10atOregon StateL 23–⁠2929%
Nov 17vsCaliforniaW 37–⁠2332%
Nov 24vsWashington StateL 35–⁠4260%
Dec 1at11Hawai’iL 28–⁠3515%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Hawai’i 35–⁠28; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 97th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

Record
4–⁠9
Conference
2–⁠7 10th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
380–⁠411
Coach
Tyrone Willingham
Elo
1455 +12 this season
SP+ rating
5.2 No. 55 of 120; offense No. 34, defense No. 62, special teams No. 56
SRS
4.9 No. 50 of 119 in FBS
Recruiting class
No. 38
Offensive coordinator
Tim Lappano
Defensive coordinator
Kent Baer
Captains
Juan Garcia, Greyson Gunheim, Roy Lewis/Louis Rankin and Jordan Reffett/Anthony Russo
Most valuable player
Louis Rankin and Daniel Te’o-Nesheim
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠3

How good, play by play

  • Offense84th of 119
  • Defense95th of 119
EPA per playSuccessExplosivenessFBS rank
Offense0.0039%0.9484th of 119
Defense0.0942%0.9995th of 119
How these are measured

Play-weighted averages over games against FBS opponents; raw numbers, not adjusted for the strength of the opponent. EPA (expected points added) measures how much each play changed the expected score; success rate counts plays that kept the offense on schedule; explosiveness is the average EPA on successful plays. Lower is better on defense. Ranked by EPA per play among teams that were FBS that season.

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense-0.1own 352% allowed
Defense0.0own 322% caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Top recruits in the 2007 class

Chris Izbicki TE★★★★No. 169
Curtis Shaw RB★★★No. 400
Devin Aguilar WR★★★No. 483
Alvin Logan WR★★★No. 768
Willie Griffin RB★★★No. 768

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2007 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Running backs33.00.843
Receivers33.30.877
Offensive line32.00.759
Linebackers32.70.800
Defensive backs32.70.795
Whole class152.70.815

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

All-Pac-10

2 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 2007 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2007 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC7–⁠211–⁠23
Arizona State7–⁠210–⁠316
Oregon State6–⁠39–⁠425
Oregon5–⁠49–⁠423
UCLA5–⁠46–⁠7
Arizona4–⁠55–⁠7
California3–⁠67–⁠6
Washington State3–⁠65–⁠7
Stanford3–⁠64–⁠8
Washington2–⁠74–⁠9

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