After impressive win, Washington still might not make the College Football Playoff ·

03 Jan 2025, 00:00

No. 4 Washington stomped out Colorado, 41-10, in the Pac-12 championship Friday night. During a television spot Saturday morning during ESPN's GameDay, the College Football Playoff selection committee chair Kirby Hocutt made it clear that Washington (12-1, lone loss to USC) and No. 5 Michigan (10-2, losses to Iowa and No. 2 Ohio State) were separated by a very slim margin last week.

A team lacking quality wins, Washington got just that with a dominant victory over Colorado. As the committee has said before, margin of victory doesn't matter, so it really just comes down to holding a conference championship over a team that doesn't have one.

So is Washington guaranteed into the playoff? Some believe so.

CFP chair Kirby Hocutt on ESPN: "Washington was impressive." How safe is UW? "I can't speculate." Don't worry, Huskies. You're in.

— Jon Solomon (@JonSolomonCBS) December 3, 2016

But others aren't quite as convinced, leaving the door open for chaos:

Just imagine if #GoBlue jumped them without playing assuming #Clemson wins? World would end on Twitter https://t.co/W7bQUundbA

— Mike Farrell (@rivalsmike) December 3, 2016

We'll have to wait to see what the always unpredictable College Football Playoff committee says after it gets together following championship weekend.

After impressive win, Washington still might not make the College Football Playoff

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