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.
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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 (@JonSolomon35) 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 (@mfarrellsports) 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.
