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    Cougars at No. 8 in first CFP rankings

    SPNW StaffBy SPNW StaffOctober 30, 20181 Comment2 Mins Read
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    The season’s first College Football Playoff rankings are out and, to the astonishment of the known sports world, the Washington State Cougars are eighth. WSU at 7-1 has its highest ranking ever in the five-year history of the format, produced by a selection committee.

    The Cougars a year ago were ranked as high as 14h before losing the Apple Cup. The weekly Associated Press poll had the Cougars 10th and the coaches poll 11th after WSU’s dramatic 41-38 win over Stanford Saturday  — the third consecutive triumph over the Cardinal.

    The Cougars are the Pac-12 Conference’s only single-loss team. The only other Pac-12 team in the CFP rankings is 6-2 Utah at 15th.

    The Cougars host Cal (5-3) at 7:45 p.m. Saturday (ESPN), then go on the road to Colorado (5-3), back home against Arizona (4-5) and finish in Pullman with the Apple Cup against Washington. The 6-3 Huskies fell out of the polls with their 12-10 loss Saturday in Berkeley against Cal.

    Should the Cougars win out, their chances at selection for the four-team playoff will be hurt by the three non-conference wins over lightweights Wyoming, San Jose State and Eastern Washington.

    The first CFB playoff top 25:

    1. Alabama
    2. Clemson
    3. LSU
    4. Notre Dame
    5. Michigan
    6. Georgia
    7. Oklahoma
    8. Washington State
    9. Kentucky
    10. Ohio State
    11. Florida
    12. UCF
    13. West Virginia
    14. Penn State
    15. Utah
    16. Iowa
    17. Texas
    18. Mississippi State
    19. Syracuse
    20. Texas A&M
    21. NC State
    22. Boston College
    23. Fresno State
    24. Iowa State
    25. Virginia
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    1. coug73 on October 31, 2018 9:09 am

      Go Cougs!

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