Last seasons double-digit win total market the culmination of what Chris Petersen and his staff had worked to build at Washington.
However the Huskies 12-win season, carried on the shoulder of sophomore quarterback Jake Browning and supported by the Huskies top-ranked defense, came one year too early in the eyes of some pundits.
The year many expected UW to contend for a national championship was 2017, Petersen's fourth season in charge. Three full seasons of high-level football for the once-young leaders on the team, now juniors and seniors, to pair with the brilliance of the two-time Bear Bryant Coach of the Year award winner.
UW went 8-6 and 7-6 in year one and two respectively under Petersen. The Huskies spontaneous 12-2 record in year three leaves much to be desired for the year Washington was, and now is, expected to return as a dominant force in college football.
