Schedule & Results
Team Leaders
Caden PinnickPassing207 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT- Caden PinnickRushing90 yds · 1 TD · 3.3 avg
Daniel BloodReceiving7 rec · 71 yds · 0 TD
Keith BrownTackles12 tackles · 0 TFL · 0 sacks
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Roster · 105 players
| # | Player | Pos | Cl | Ht | Wt | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Julian Dugger | QB | SO | 6'3" | 207 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| 12 | Caden Pinnick | QB | SO | 6'0" | 192 | Loomis, CA |
| 16 | Gavin Gray | QB | FR | 6'3" | 193 | Agoura Hills, CA |
| 17 | Owen Eshelman | QB | FR | 6'3" | 204 | Norman, OK |
| 3 | Maxwell Woods | RB | SO | 5'10" | 201 | Carver, MN |
| 9 | Kirby Vorhees | RB | JR | 5'11" | 215 | Lutz, FL |
| 20 | Leo Pulalasi | RB | JR | 6'1" | 208 | Tacoma, WA |
| 21 | CJ Toney | RB | FR | 5'8" | 200 | Humble, TX |
| 22 | Tre Hill Jr. | RB | FR | 5'10" | 203 | Katy, TX |
| 24 | Ryan Salcedo | RB | FR | 5'9" | 193 | Los Angeles, CA |
| 25 | Marquez Wimberly | RB | FR | 5'9" | 186 | Nazareth, PA |
| 0 | Tony Freeman | WR | SR | 5'8" | 174 | Richmond, CA |
| 1 | Daniel Blood | WR | SR | 5'11" | 190 | Destrehan, LA |
| 4 | Darrius Clemons | WR | SR | 6'3" | 217 | Portland, OR |
| 6 | Jay Porter | WR | JR | 6'2" | 183 | Oceanside, CA |
| 8 | Branden Ganashamoorthy | WR | JR | 6'3" | 199 | Monroe, WA |
| 10 | Tank Hawkins | WR | SO | 5'10" | 180 | Fredericksburg, VA |
| 13 | Ryan McKendry | WR | SO | 6'2" | 198 | Brentwood, CA |
| 18 | Jevon Walker | WR | JR | 6'3" | 193 | Lancaster, CA |
| 80 | Noah Westbrook | WR | FR | 6'1" | 216 | Corona, CA |
| 82 | Oliver Bender | WR | FR | 6'3" | 203 | Nolensville, TN |
| 83 | Ethan Masteller | WR | FR | 6'5" | 218 | Gillette, WY |
| 84 | Caleb Northcroft | WR | JR | 6'2" | 199 | Pullman, WA |
| 88 | Jordan Dees | WR | SO | 6'4" | 196 | Mobile, AL |
| 89 | Isaiah Docken | WR | FR | 6'5" | 219 | Spokane, WA |
| 23 | Trey Leckner | TE | JR | 6'3" | 243 | Snohomish, WA |
| 27 | Hudson Cedarland | TE | SR | 6'4" | 239 | Gig Harbor, WA |
| 28 | Jack Pedersen | TE | SR | 6'5" | 248 | Murrieta, CA |
| 81 | Peyton Read | TE | FR | 6'6" | 237 | Portland, OR |
| 86 | Beau Baker | TE | SO | 6'6" | 251 | Springfield, KY |
| 87 | Cash Landau | TE | FR | 6'4" | 236 | Portland, OR |
| 50 | Sone Falealo | OL | SO | 6'6" | 287 | Anchorage, AK |
| 51 | Kalolo Ta'aga | OL | SO | 6'7" | 291 | East Palo Alto, CA |
| 54 | Xavier Thorpe | OL | SO | 6'5" | 313 | Livermore, CA |
| 55 | Arion Williams | OL | FR | 6'2" | 283 | Fontana, CA |
| 64 | Jaylin Caldwell | OL | SR | 6'7" | 332 | Chicago, IL |
| 67 | Jonny Lester | OL | SR | 6'5" | 318 | Spokane, WA |
| 68 | Chris Lino | OL | SO | 6'8" | 316 | Seattle, WA |
| 69 | Kyle Martin | OL | JR | 6'3" | 310 | Sumner, WA |
| 70 | Dylan Hildebrand | OL | FR | 6'4" | 301 | Verona, WI |
| 71 | Ashton Tripp | OL | JR | 6'7" | 307 | Kennewick, WA |
| 72 | Gabe Miller | OL | SO | 6'4" | 302 | Palo Cedro, CA |
| 73 | AJ Olerich | OL | FR | 6'6" | 278 | Asotin, WA |
| 74 | Maximus McCree | OL | SR | 6'6" | 291 | Kansas City, MO |
| 75 | Noah Dunham | OL | JR | 6'5" | 292 | Yuba City, CA |
| 76 | Grayson Campbell | OL | FR | 6'5" | 291 | Lynnwood, WA |
| 77 | Nick Bakken | OL | SO | 6'5" | 305 | Whitefish Bay, WI |
| 78 | Jorden Cunningham | OL | FR | 6'5" | 298 | Phoenix, AZ |
| 79 | Turner Bertrand | OL | FR | 6'7" | 308 | Kearney, NE |
| 5 | Michael Hughes | DE | JR | 6'4" | 241 | Santa Ana, CA |
| 6 | Linus Zunk | DE | SR | 6'6" | 264 | Berlin |
| 9 | Matyus McLain | DE | JR | 6'4" | 263 | Priest River, ID |
| 18 | Barry Morrissette | DE | FR | 6'7" | 261 | Bellevue, WA |
| 44 | Luke Webb | DE | FR | 6'2" | 242 | Huntington Beach, CA |
| 51 | Ben Beatty | DE | SO | 6'2" | 265 | Park City, UT |
| 56 | Fernando Lecuona | DE | SO | 6'2" | 252 | Omaha, NE |
| 84 | Malachi Wrice | DE | SO | 6'4" | 248 | Mcalester, OK |
| 94 | Eduwa Okundaye | DE | SO | 6'2" | 234 | Katy, TX |
| 96 | Jack Procter | DE | SR | 6'2" | 243 | Point Roberts, WA |
| 97 | Josh Wedel | DE | FR | 6'5" | 272 | Chaska, MN |
| 93 | JaVon Joseph | DL | FR | 6'3" | 255 | Sacramento, CA |
| 34 | Damarjhe Lewis | DT | SR | 6'3" | 332 | Griffin, GA |
| 52 | Kaden Beatty | DT | JR | 6'0" | 287 | Chesapeake, VA |
| 55 | Sione Pasi | DT | SO | 5'11" | 288 | Hauula, HI |
| 58 | Malijah Tucker | DT | FR | 5'11" | 273 | Tumwater, WA |
| 90 | Akio Martinson | DT | JR | 6'2" | 304 | Loomis, CA |
| 92 | Ike Okafor | DT | FR | 6'3" | 279 | Lagos |
| 95 | Balaam Miller | DT | JR | 6'4" | 289 | Buffalo, NY |
| 98 | Jirah Leaupepetele | DT | JR | 6'3" | 349 | Apple Valley, CA |
| 99 | Paul Hutson III | DT | SR | 6'1" | 258 | Norfolk, VA |
| 8 | Nylan Brown | LB | JR | 6'0" | 246 | Indianapolis, IN |
| 10 | Lance McGee | LB | FR | 6'0" | 218 | Yakima, WA |
| 12 | Carsten Reynolds | LB | SO | 6'3" | 228 | Burlington, WA |
| 15 | DJ Warner | LB | JR | 6'4" | 233 | Phoenix, AZ |
| 16 | Isaiah Hung | LB | FR | 6'2" | 229 | Liberty, MO |
| 21 | Keith Brown | LB | SR | 6'1" | 244 | Lebanon, OR |
| 29 | Erimus Wright | LB | FR | 6'0" | 215 | Hazel Crest, IL |
| 33 | Gage Jones | LB | SO | 6'1" | 227 | Eagle, ID |
| 42 | Jack Ellison | LB | SO | 6'3" | 230 | Olympia, WA |
| 59 | Gavin Fugate | LB | JR | 6'3" | 233 | Chehalis, WA |
| 0 | CJ Solis-Lumar | CB | SO | 6'1" | 197 | Los Angeles, CA |
| 2 | Jamarey Smith | CB | FR | 6'1" | 190 | Santa Clarita, CA |
| 4 | Kai Rapolla | CB | SR | 6'0" | 185 | Winchester, CA |
| 13 | Khamari Terrell | CB | SR | 6'1" | 187 | Killeen, TX |
| 22 | Jalil Tucker | CB | SR | 6'0" | 173 | San Diego, CA |
| 23 | Ishmael Gibbs | CB | FR | 5'11" | 165 | Los Angeles, CA |
| 24 | Elmo Wartson | CB | JR | 6'3" | 180 | Modesto, CA |
| 35 | Nick Norrah | CB | FR | 6'2" | 199 | Bellevue, WA |
| 26 | Chris Perry Jr. | DB | FR | 6'1" | 175 | Fresno, CA |
| 36 | Kenny Miller-Terry | DB | FR | 5'11" | 180 | Prescott, AZ |
| 1 | Jeremiah Bernard | S | JR | 6'0" | 196 | Modesto, CA |
| 3 | Jaylen Thomas | S | SO | 6'0" | 190 | Los Gatos, CA |
| 17 | Jshawn Frausto-Ramos | S | JR | 6'0" | 183 | East Los Angeles, CA |
| 19 | Kayo Patu | S | SO | 6'1" | 188 | Sacramento, CA |
| 20 | Gaylon McNeal | S | FR | 5'11" | 184 | Fort Worth, TX |
| 25 | Jack Bal | S | JR | 6'2" | 191 | Peoria, AZ |
| 28 | Kyle Peterson | S | SO | 6'0" | 198 | Pearland, TX |
| 30 | Bryson Flynn | S | FR | 6'2" | 204 | Pearland, TX |
| 31 | Trey Ridley | S | SO | 6'1" | 194 | Overland Park, KS |
| 38 | Jack Stevens | PK | SO | 6'0" | 164 | North Augusta, SC |
| 46 | Miguel Arenas | PK | SO | 6'2" | 206 | Flower Mound, TX |
| 32 | Max Dean | P | SO | 6'3" | 205 | Gisbourne, VIC |
| 48 | Josh Lijesen | P | SO | 6'0" | 231 | Dublin, CA |
| 41 | Sean Bures | LS | JR | 6'0" | 215 | Lacey, WA |
| 47 | Jeremy Sousa | LS | JR | 6'0" | 212 | Pleasanton, CA |
Team Statistics · per game, with national FBS rank
Rank is national among all FBS teams (#1 = best), oriented so higher rank = better even for defensive and discipline metrics. Bars show percentile.
Scouting Report · 2026 projection
Washington State is in year 1 under Kirby Moore. The strengths are on both sides of the ball, led by 15th at keeping everything in front of them. The way in is 120th at hitting chunk plays.
Washington State has played 1 game against an average slate, adjusted for here. That football carries about 0% of what is below; the rest is still the preseason projection.
Projected strengths
- Defensehitting chunk plays#15projected
- Defensesurviving second and twelve#22projected
- Offensestaying on schedule through the air#29projected
Projected soft spots
- Offensehitting chunk plays#120projected
Each bar is where this team sits in the country. Before the season has produced enough football these are PROJECTIONS — last season regressed to the mean, plus talent, returning production, recruiting and whether the staff is the same one — and the season replaces them as it is played. Head coaches only — there is no free feed for coordinators, so on a program where the head coach does not call the offense this describes the staff he hired. Play-calling identity is a style, not a grade: throwing more than the situations warrant is not better than throwing less than they warrant.
2026 Season Projection
model win prob · 8 to playHow the season could finish · 2026 · chance of each final win total · 8 games left
Every remaining game simulated from the model's win probability for it. Tallest bar is the single likeliest finish, not a prediction that it happens.
Player Value
EPA contribution by position group + estimated NIL market value (derived from position rates and on-field production — not actual deal figures).
Total EPA produced by each positional group this season. OL value is captured via the rush/pass efficiency of skill players; OL-specific EPA isn't separately reported.
Estimated from position-group market rates and on-field EPA contribution. Actual NIL valuations depend on social media following, brand fit, and market negotiations — these figures are directional only.
The Five Factors
ranked vs. FBS · bar = betterOpponent-adjusted efficiency
EPA/play vs. schedulePass vs. rush (PPA)
Trenches & disruption
- Line yards (off)
- 3.14#61
- 2nd-level / open-field
- 1.11 / 0.47
- Power / stuff (off)
- 0.0% / 21.3%
- Havoc — total (def)
- 10.0%#135
- Havoc — front 7 / DB
- 6.4% / 3.6%
Standard vs. passing downs
ProPPA on each down type (off vs. def).
Opponent-adjusted by down
Pro| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offense | 0.08#72 | -0.13#123 | -0.28#136 |
| Defense | 0.13#118 | 0.02#46 | 0.94#133 |
Elo Trajectory
Team Fingerprint · 2026 · 46 opponent-adjusted metrics · percentile vs 138 FBS teams
Plot these →Efficiency
- Offense EPA/play-0.081st
- Defense EPA/play allowed0.1334th
- Offense success rate28%1st
- Defense success rate allowed46%11th
Downs
- Offense success — standard downs36%5th
- Offense success — passing downs13%1st
- Defense success allowed — standard downs52%11th
- Defense success allowed — passing downs30%36th
Explosiveness
- Offense explosiveness1.118th
- Defense explosiveness allowed1.255th
- Offense explosiveness — standard downs0.8915th
- Offense explosiveness — passing downs1.35th
Trenches
- Offense line yards2.825th
- Defense line yards allowed3.121st
- Offense highlight yards0.5418th
- Defense highlight yards allowed2.09th
- Offense power success0.001st
- Defense power success allowed0.5866th
- Offense stuff rate0.2317th
- Defense stuff rate0.1936th
Third down
- Third down conversion13%1st
- Third down distance faced8.75th
- Third down conversion allowed48%12th
- Third down distance forced7.661st
Halves
- Net success rate — first half-0.136th
- Net success rate — second half-0.213rd
Drives
- Points per drive0.467th
- Points per drive allowed2.738th
- Average starting field position2524th
- Opponent starting field position3422nd
- Available yards gained28%12th
- Available yards allowed57%36th
- Scoring opportunities per drive64%14th
- Scoring opportunities allowed84%39th
- Points per scoring opportunity0.716th
- Points allowed per opportunity3.236th
- Three-and-out rate36%26th
- Three-and-outs forced21%44th
CORE
- CORE offense-7.09th
- CORE defense-2.563rd
- CORE overall-4.527th
Roster
- Returning usage98%99th
- Returning EPA22884th
- Team talent composite63042nd
- Recruiting class rank1287th
- Recruiting class points1597th
Every metric is opponent-adjusted and ranked so that higher is always better — a defensive rate that is good when low is ranked accordingly. Sack and tackle-for-loss composition are deliberately absent: their relationship to team quality is a measured null, so they carry a style rather than a rank, and they appear in the pressure signature instead.
Intelligence Report
Offensive DNA
Rush efficiency edge: 0.116 EPA/play
Defensive Identity
Disruption comes evenly from front and secondary.
Season Signature
0-2 record through 2 games.
Team Shape · percentile vs. FBS · dashed = 50th
Each axis = national percentile rank. 100th = best in FBS, 0th = worst. Defense and Havoc are oriented so higher = better.
CORE efficiency · situation and opponent removed
Points per 100 plays above average, after the game state is regressed out of every snap and the schedule is solved out across the whole league. The version of this team’s efficiency that can be compared to a team it never played.
What a possession is worth · 22 drives
Play-calling identity
Against what the league calls from the same down, distance, field position, score and clock — so this is the staff, not the game script.
- Pass rate
- 51.7%
- Expected, given the spots
- 57.9%
- Over expected
- -6.2
- Fourth down vs peers
- -20
- Fourth down vs the model
- -43
National Landscape · 2026 FBS · offense vs. defense EPA/play
Each dot = one FBS team. Washington State is highlighted. Tap or hover a dot for details.
Similar Programs
Teams with the closest offense + defense efficiency profile to Washington State in 2026
Similarity = normalized Euclidean distance on season offensive and defensive EPA/play. Teams within ±0.02 EPA/play on both units score >90%.
Program Trajectory · CORE rating · 2015–2026 · points per game vs an average FBS team
Program History
recent seasons| Year | Overall | Conf | Win % | xW | Luck |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0% | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| 2025 | 7-6 | 1-1 | 54% | 7.9 | -0.9 |
| 2024 | 8-5 | 0-1 | 62% | 8.9 | -0.9 |
| 2023 | 5-7 | 2-7 | 42% | 5.7 | -0.7 |
| 2022 | 7-6 | 4-5 | 54% | 5.5 | +1.5 |
| 2021 | 7-6 | 6-3 | 54% | 5.6 | +1.4 |
| 2020 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 25% | 0.7 | +0.3 |
| 2019 | 6-7 | 3-6 | 46% | 8.0 | -2.0 |
| 2018 | 11-2 | 7-2 | 85% | 9.9 | +1.1 |
| 2017 | 9-4 | 6-3 | 69% | 8.0 | +1.0 |
xW = expected wins from per-game dominance. Luck = actual − expected (positive = won close games).
0-2 so far, projected to finish 4.2-6.9. Wins the Pac-12 in 4.4%.
If they finish with…
Their chance of making it at each final loss count.
Win out and it is 24%. One bid goes to the best champion outside the four power leagues, so running the table only enters them into that argument.
down 0.8 points since preseason — lost 10-24 to Washington against an expected margin of −23, so +8.5 against the number.
- At 3 losses they are 1.9% where the average Pac-12 team is 0.7%.
- The Pac-12 takes 0.25 bids in an average season.
- One bid goes to the best champion outside the P4. They take it in 0.1% of seasons, having won their league in 100% of those.
Washington State’s own turning points
Points of playoff probability between winning and losing.
- wk8vs Boise State0.3
- wk4vs Arizona0.3
- wk9at San Diego State0.2
- wk7at Oregon State0.2
- wk6at Utah State0.2
- wk12at Texas State0.2
Who to root for
Games Washington State is not in that move its odds most. Same units, much smaller scale.
- wk3Oklahoma over New Mexico0.1
- wk5Vanderbilt over Georgia0.1
- wk12Michigan State over Oregon0.1
- wk11Massachusetts over Toledo0.1
- wk13Coastal Carolina over James Madison0.1
- wk4Eastern Michigan over Lindenwood0.1
Pac-12
0-0 in league play, projected 3.0-4.06 of 8 by title oddsThe Pac-12 sends its top two by conference winning percentage, head-to-head breaking a tie. The last berth is level on percentage in 38% of simulated seasons, so a tiebreaker decides it about that often.
- wk8Boise State at Washington State11.7
- wk9Washington State at San Diego State8.1
- wk7Washington State at Oregon State7.4
- wk6Washington State at Utah State6.9
Points of title probability riding on each result. The whole Pac-12 race →
If not the playoff, then
Washington State is 0-2 and needs 6 more wins from 9 games to reach the six that make a team eligible — at most one of which may come against an FCS opponent.
- Sun Bowl7.3%
- Holiday Bowl6.0%
- Las Vegas Bowl4.9%
- Alamo Bowl3.1%
- Independence Bowl1.4%
Recruiting Pipelines
since 2010Of the 170 high-school programs with a pipeline page here, 4 have sent Washington State a player since 2010 — 11 signees between them. Where they signed, not where they were offered, and not a complete list of Washington State's feeder schools: only these 170 have the outcome history to measure.