Can Huskies’ winning ways turn around declining ticket sales?

1 of 3 Washington fans watch their team take on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights during the second quarter of the season-opening game last month at Husky Stadium. The stadium’s lavish $282 million renovation was supposed to... (Johnny Andrews/The Seattle Times) MoreThe University of Washington football team had high expectations entering this season, its third under coach Chris Petersen, and expects to contend for its first Pac-12 Conference championship since 2000.

And the Huskies have been on track thus far, winning their first five games and ranking fifth in the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll. Washington stayed undefeated with a rousing 44-6 victory over Stanford last Friday before a…