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Washington Football: 3 reasons Huskies were snubbed in CFB Playoff rankings

By Andrew Miller

SEATTLE, WA - OCTOBER 28: Tailback Lavon Coleman #22 of the Washington Huskies celebrates with members of the marching band after the game against the UCLA Bruins at Husky Stadium on October 28, 2017 in Seattle, Washington. The Huskies beat the Bruins 44-23. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)
SEATTLE, WA - OCTOBER 28: Tailback Lavon Coleman #22 of the Washington Huskies celebrates with members of the marching band after the game against the UCLA Bruins at Husky Stadium on October 28, 2017 in Seattle, Washington. The Huskies beat the Bruins 44-23. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images) /
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If Washington football wins out for the rest of the 2017 campaign, there’s a great chance for the Huskies to get into the thick of the Playoff picture.

No. 12 Washington football’s national image was damaged after the upset loss against the Arizona State Sun Devils in Week 7. Arizona State had the perfect gameplan to defeat the Huskies at Sun Devil Stadium and converted it seamlessly.

The first edition of the College Football Playoff rankings were released on Oct. 31. Those rankings had the Huskies as the highest-ranked PAC-12 team. The bottom-eight of the rankings were littered with teams from the PAC-12, though. That included the No. 17 USC Trojans, No. 21 Stanford Cardinal, No. 22 Arizona Wildcats, and No. 25 Washington State Cougars.

All of the PAC-12 is not getting much respect after the preseason favorite, USC, already has two losses. Combine that with the fact that Washington disappointed against the Sun Devils, you get some level of disrespect from the Selection Committee.

The last chance for the PAC-12 to get in the Playoff seems to be the Huskies. Head coach Chris Peterson still has a chance to get his team in the field for the second year in a row. There would need to be some chaos in the top 10 of the rankings.

Having two one-loss teams ranked in the top 4 shows that the Selection Committee is willing to give those squads the nod if the resume and eye test lines up. Altogether, there’s seven one-loss teams ranked ahead of the Huskies.

Part of the problem for any Power Five conference getting into the Playoff is the barrier created from the Georgia Bulldogs, Alabama Crimson Tide, and Notre Dame Fighting Irish. If those teams manage to lose one game or go undefeated, they’ll very likely be in the field guaranteed.

Now, let’s take a look at three reasons why the Washington Huskies should have been ranked higher in the first edition of the College Football Playoff Rankings.

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