The Washington Huskies and Washington State Cougars have finalized their 2011 schedules and unveiled them to the world this morning. With the details of the Pac-12 hammered out, the conference leadership put together a scheduling model that fit the criteria agreed upon by the conference presidents. All four California schools are guaranteed games against each other every year, creating a rotational schedule for inter-divisional matchups between the other eight schools.
You can find the full rotational schedule for the next eight years here.
The Washington Huskies face a tough stretch of games in 2011, traveling to Southern California to take on the USC Trojans and visiting Salt Lake City to take on Pac-12 newcomer Utah. The Huskies also travel to Nebraska for the second leg of the home-and-home series that began this year in Montlake.
Here's the full Washington schedule for 2011.
Sept. 3 --- Eastern Washington
Sept. 10 --- Hawaii
Sept. 17 --- at Nebraska
Sept. 24 --- Cal
Oct. 1 --- at Utah
Oct. 8 --- BYE
Oct. 15 --- Colorado
Oct. 22 --- at Stanford
Oct. 29 --- Arizona
Nov. 5 --- Oregon
Nov. 12 --- at USC
Nov. 19 --- at Oregon State
Nov. 26 --- Washington State
Dec. 3 --- Pac-12 championship game
The schedule-makers took it easy on Washington State, giving them a bye before the last week of the season in 2011. The rotation also keeps USC and Arizona off the Cougs schedule until the 2013 season.
The Cougs start the season with Idaho State at home, UNLV at Qwest Field and San Diego State at Qualcomm Stadium in 2011 before opening the Pac-12 schedule with a trip to Colorado on Oct. 1. Washington State makes it a Pac-12 newcomer double when Utah comes to Pullman Nov. 19.
Sept. 3: Idaho State
Sept. 10: UNLV (at Qwest Field)
Sept. 17: at San Diego State
Sept. 24: Bye
Oct. 1: at Colorado
Oct. 8: at UCLA
Oct. 15: Stanford
Oct. 22: Oregon State
Oct. 29: at Oregon*
Nov. 5: at Cal (AT&T Park)
Nov. 12: Arizona State
Nov. 19: Utah
Nov. 26: at Washington* (Qwest Field)