Washington Wins Allstate Big Ten Women’s Championship
July 08, 2026 | Cross Country, General, Softball, Women's Basketball, Women's Golf, Gymnastics, Women's Rowing, Women's Soccer, Women's Tennis, Volleyball, Track & Field
SEATTLE – Mighty are the Women, indeed. Washington's women's sports programs have teamed up to capture the inaugural Allstate Big Ten Women's Championship Series, which measured conference finishes across all Big Ten women's sports for the 2025-26 academic year. The Huskies had the highest level of across-the-board excellence to win the first of its kind competition, led by Big Ten Championships for Women's Soccer and Women's Rowing.
Washington edged out UCLA for the title, with Michigan finishing third, USC fourth, and Ohio State in fifth. The University of Washington will receive a scholarship donation from Allstate for the victory, along with the Allstate Big Ten Women's Championship Series Trophy.
Through the Allstate Big Ten Women's Championship program, Allstate proudly champions female student-athletes and elevates the visibility of women's sports across all eighteen Big Ten campuses. Schools earn points based on team performance throughout regular-season and postseason play. Complete rules and the points system are available here.
"Winning is in the DNA of Washington," said Director of Athletics Pat Chun in an interview with the Big Ten Network. "Having success across the board is something that's critically important to us."
Women's soccer set the tone in the fall when it became the first Big Ten team since 2016 to sweep both the regular season and tournament championships. And then women's rowing brought it home with its second consecutive B1G team title in May, claiming six of the seven grand finals.
Washington also had top-five Big Ten women's team finishes from cross country (4th), tennis (tie-4th), outdoor track & field (4th), indoor track & field (5th), and softball (tie-5th).
"We take an extraordinary amount of pride in winning this Allstate Women's Championship award, and being the inaugural winners, especially because the Big Ten conference is so difficult across the board in all sports. This is a league that historically has prioritized women's sports, and is at the current peak of women's college sports, and for us to be able to win this, it's really hard to articulate but we take an immense amount of pride in winning this. All of our teams will celebrate this, the way our department is wired this is really a statement about everybody at UW."
At the national level, eight Husky women's programs had top-25 NCAA finishes, led by the tie for fifth-place from women's soccer, the sixth-place women's rowing finish, and the seventh-place finish by women's outdoor track & field.
About Washington Athletics
Washington athletic teams have claimed 58 team national championships across 12 different sports, beginning with its first titles in 1923 in men's rowing and women's rifle, and counting its most recent national championships in men's soccer (2025) and men's rowing (2026). Traditions of Washington Athletics include 322 Olympians and Paralympians, originating The Wave during the third quarter of a 1981 football game, the familiar Huskies nickname in 1922, and its iconic Sailgating activities and encompassing view at what is known as The Greatest Setting in college football.
Washington edged out UCLA for the title, with Michigan finishing third, USC fourth, and Ohio State in fifth. The University of Washington will receive a scholarship donation from Allstate for the victory, along with the Allstate Big Ten Women's Championship Series Trophy.
Through the Allstate Big Ten Women's Championship program, Allstate proudly champions female student-athletes and elevates the visibility of women's sports across all eighteen Big Ten campuses. Schools earn points based on team performance throughout regular-season and postseason play. Complete rules and the points system are available here.
"Winning is in the DNA of Washington," said Director of Athletics Pat Chun in an interview with the Big Ten Network. "Having success across the board is something that's critically important to us."
Women's soccer set the tone in the fall when it became the first Big Ten team since 2016 to sweep both the regular season and tournament championships. And then women's rowing brought it home with its second consecutive B1G team title in May, claiming six of the seven grand finals.
Washington also had top-five Big Ten women's team finishes from cross country (4th), tennis (tie-4th), outdoor track & field (4th), indoor track & field (5th), and softball (tie-5th).
"We take an extraordinary amount of pride in winning this Allstate Women's Championship award, and being the inaugural winners, especially because the Big Ten conference is so difficult across the board in all sports. This is a league that historically has prioritized women's sports, and is at the current peak of women's college sports, and for us to be able to win this, it's really hard to articulate but we take an immense amount of pride in winning this. All of our teams will celebrate this, the way our department is wired this is really a statement about everybody at UW."
At the national level, eight Husky women's programs had top-25 NCAA finishes, led by the tie for fifth-place from women's soccer, the sixth-place women's rowing finish, and the seventh-place finish by women's outdoor track & field.
About Washington Athletics
Washington athletic teams have claimed 58 team national championships across 12 different sports, beginning with its first titles in 1923 in men's rowing and women's rifle, and counting its most recent national championships in men's soccer (2025) and men's rowing (2026). Traditions of Washington Athletics include 322 Olympians and Paralympians, originating The Wave during the third quarter of a 1981 football game, the familiar Huskies nickname in 1922, and its iconic Sailgating activities and encompassing view at what is known as The Greatest Setting in college football.
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