Washington competed as a member of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference and played their home games on campus at Husky Stadium in Seattle.

Most notable was defeating Stanford and Oregon, two of the toughest annual opponents for the team in recent years, by a combined 114–28.

The Huskies earned a berth in the Pac-12 Championship Game where they defeated Colorado to win their first conference title since 2000.

Prior to this game, Oregon had beaten Washington twelve straight times, ten of which were by a margin of 20 points or more.

The Huskies took the lead on a Jake Browning touchdown run with 13:23 left in the first quarter and never relinquished it.