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2025 Early Signing Day rankings: Where do Washington Huskies stand in Big Ten?

By Ethan Lee

Oct 5, 2024; Seattle, Washington, USA; Washington Huskies fans rush the field to congratulate players following a victory against the Michigan Wolverines at Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images
Oct 5, 2024; Seattle, Washington, USA; Washington Huskies fans rush the field to congratulate players following a victory against the Michigan Wolverines at Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images / Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images
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Jedd Fisch and the Washington Huskies didn’t have much time to put a roster together after Kalen DeBoer left Seattle for the Alabama Crimson Tide. That happened at the start of the year. It’s now December, and Fisch has functionally been on Montlake for the full recruiting cycle. 

And as the Huskies continue to adjust to life in the Big Ten, Fisch’s recruiting efforts have to be centered around getting this roster ready to more readily compete in this conference. 

In year one of the Big Ten era of Washington Husky football, Fisch and the Huskies managed to go 6-6 overall, but just 4-5 against Big Ten opponents. It’d be fair to say that a fairly significant portion of why those struggles took place is because of the way the roster just probably wasn’t ready to contend in this conference.

Also, you know, it was haphazardly put together and probably didn’t truly fit the identity of what Fisch wants this team to be. So now, as Fisch gets his first full recruiting cycle on Montlake wrapped up, where do the Huskies stand against the rest of the Big Ten in recruiting class rankings?

2025 Big Ten recruiting class rankings: Where are the Washington Huskies on Early Signing Day?

At the moment, Washington is in the top one-third of the Big Ten conference in terms of recruiting class rankings. That could certainly change (the early signing period is happening now, the transfer portal will change things, and there will be the traditional national signing day happening in February). 

Of course, as significant updates happen, we'll discuss them. But here’s where the Huskies stand right now:

That’s not a bad place to be. 

It could be better, but it really isn’t all that bad for the first season in the Big Ten and under Jedd Fisch’s leadership. The Huskies have some work to do and competing at a higher level will certainly help sell the program to recruits (also, you know, NIL kinda helps with that as well). But there’s just not a ton of proof of concept for this program just yet.

Fisch has a solid reputation as a team builder, he’s spent time in both college athletics and in the NFL, and he’s proven to be a fairly innovative coach. He was able to very quickly build the Arizona Wildcats from being one of the worst teams in the country into a 10-win program. 

It’ll be fascinating to see how this first recruiting class helps Fisch continue to build the Washington Husky football program moving forward.

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