For just the second time in UW history, a top-10 Huskies team will play a top-10 opponent in the season opener.
It will indeed be a showdown of top-10 teams when the Washington Huskies and Auburn Tigers meet in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in Atlanta on Sept. 1.
In the preseason coaches poll released Thursday morning, the Huskies are ranked No. 6 and Auburn is No. 10.
The only other time a top-10 Washington team has opened a season against a top-10 opponent was in 1962, when the No. 10 Huskies hosted No. 7 Purdue at Husky Stadium; the game ended in a 7-7 tie.