Washington 12th in College Football Playoff Rankings

The Washington Huskies are ranked twelfth within the School Soccer Playoff rankings that simply got here out this afternoon. That’s up just one spot from final week regardless of an 18-point highway victory over Washington State within the Apple Cup. In the meantime the Utah Utes moved up 3 spots after beating 1-11 Colorado by nearly the very same margin that the Huskies did the earlier week. It additionally places the Dawgs 4 spots behind the place they’re ranked in each the AP Ballot and the Coaches Ballot.

All through the remainder of the Pac-12: UCLA is seventeenth, Oregon is sixteenth, Oregon State is fifteenth, and USC is 4th. That places 6 of the top-17 groups in America from the Pac-12 convention however just one within the top-ten.

The rankings make a distinction for the needs of deciding Washington’s bowl destiny. If USC makes the School Soccer Playoff then the Rose Bowl has their decide of Pac-12 groups to take because the consultant for the convention. Washington being the best ranked of these groups can be the best way for them to nearly assure that they’re chosen. It appears possible {that a} loss to USC in Friday’s Pac-12 title recreation would transfer Utah down no less than 1 spot nevertheless it’s not a assure if the sport is as shut as their first contest was.

It additionally makes a distinction for the needs of an at-large spot within the Cotton Bowl. The very best ranked staff within the CFP left after the remainder of the NY6 spots are determined will get that spot in opposition to the winner of the AAC title recreation between Tulane and Central Florida. Given the present positioning it appears not possible that the Huskies would be capable of get into that spot.

Penn State seems to be the bubble staff for that spot given the convention alignments inside the remainder of the NY6 bowls and they’re 4 spots forward of Washington (regardless of having 0 wins over top-25 groups). There’s no single lead to any of the convention championship video games that seems to knock one contender from that spot out of UW’s means with out additionally elevating the winner of that recreation.

Given these outcomes it appears possible there are 3 remaining situations:

USC beats Utah in Pac-12 title recreation and makes CFP title recreation, UW leapfrogs Utah and goes to Rose Bowl.

USC beats Utah in Pac-12 title recreation and makes CFP title recreation, however Utah stays narrowly forward of UW and goes to Rose Bowl (much less possible).

Utah beats USC in Pac-12 title recreation and goes to Rose Bowl, USC goes to Cotton Bowl, Washington goes to Alamo Bowl.