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Washington wins Allstate Big Ten women's championship

MIKE MAYNARD | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 weeks, 6 days AGO
by MIKE MAYNARD
| July 22, 2026 3:00 AM

SEATTLE — The University of Washington women's sports programs combined efforts have led to them being recognized as the inaugural Allstate Big Ten Women's Championship Series. This award measured conference finishes across all Big Ten women's sports for the 2025-26 academic year, according to UW Athletics.  

"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." 

In October the Big Ten Conference, Big Ten Network and Allstate announced the creation of the Allstate Big Ten Women’s Championship Series, a new competition designed to spotlight and celebrate excellence in women’s athletics across the conference, according to a statement by the Big Ten Conference.  

According to UW Athletics, 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. From there, women's rowing brought it home with its second consecutive conference 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). 

Washington edged out UCLA for the title, with Michigan finishing third, USC fourth, and Ohio State 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, according to UW Athletics. Schools earn points based on team performance throughout regular-season and postseason play. 

"We take an extraordinary amount of pride in winning this Allstate Women's Championship award,” Chun said. “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 and field. 

The complete rules and points system can be found here: https://bit.ly/AllStateWCS 

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