Ranking 133 college football teams after Week 12: Washington deserves more respect

It’s time to put some respect Back on Washington’s name.

The Huskies are undefeated and have the best win in the country, based on these rankings, but they have continually sat outside the top four of the College Football Playoff selection committee’s in-season rankings. It’s time to make a change. After winning 22-20 against Oregon State in Corvallis on a wet night Washington Has the most impressive résumé in the nation. The Huskies are now ranked No. 2 in this week’s Athletic 133.

Washington Oregon, Arizona Utah Oregon State and USC. This is a record that no one can beat. The Huskies did need a pick-six and a questionable penality to escape Arizona State, and they played Stanford closely, but no one can match that many good victories.

Michael Penix Jr. completed 13 of his 28 passes against the Beaver defense. He was responsible for three touchdowns, and made a crucial third-down completion, to Rome Odunze. This sealed a win that had been close. Washington As a betting underdog, you entered the game.

Georgia is the best team and it gets better each week. But everyone else, including the other teams, looks beatable. Washington. Perhaps Oregon will be favored if the Ducks and Huskies meet again in the Pac-12 championship game, but that’s for another time. Right now. Washington deserves Not only being in the top 4, but also higher than fourth.

Here is this week’s Athletic 133.

1-10

Other than Washington Missouri has moved up to the 10th position. after Beat Florida and move to 9-2.

We’ve never seen a season in the CFP era with five 11-0 Power 5 teams. Theoretically, Georgia could easily resolve the issue. WashingtonFlorida State, Michigan and Ohio State are in the top four. The devastating leg injury suffered by Florida State quarterback Jordan Travis may change that and cause some uncomfortable CFP discussions about the team. ‘Noles. They’ll play Louisville at the ACC championship, which is a potential top-10 matchup.

11-25

Penn State’s wins over Iowa and West Virginia have looked better as the season has played out, and the Nittany Lions move up to No. 12, behind Ole Miss because of the Rebels’ wins against LSU and Tulane. Oklahoma falls to No. 14 after escaping BYU. Oregon State drops from No. 16 after Its loss places it just behind Arizona who beat Beavers and Utah 42-18 in October. James Madison’s undefeated run is over, but the Dukes don’t fall out of the top 25 because it was an overtime loss and JMU still has a good win against Troy. JMU’s full bowl eligibility waiver was denied, so No. 20 Tulane is in the leading position for the New Year’s Six spot, but the Green Wave play UTSA this week before a potential AAC championship game where they could see No. SMU is 26th, having just won in Memphis.

Toledo is also 10-1 in this NY6 mix after The Rockets are also ranked 25th after a win over Bowling Green. Iowa landing at No. 16 in last week’s CFP rankings was surprising, especially because it was unranked in the AP Poll. They’re No. They’re 24 this week. The Hawkeyes don’t have a victory over a team with more Penn State blew out the team with more than six victories. Iowa’s defense is excellent, but they have escaped from several.500 Big Ten West teams. teams Recent weeks. They’re ahead of Toledo because the Rockets lost to Illinois in Week Iowa defeated the Illini.

26-50

Clemson is now ranked No. 30 after North Carolina is beaten. UNLV beats No. 32 after Coming back to beat Air Force. UCLA’s comfortable win over USC moves the Bruins up to No. USC drops to No. 34 after UCLA’s win. 35. I still don’t understand why Tennessee is ranked No. The polls rank 33.

Miami’s one-score loss to Louisville sees the Hurricanes only slide to No. 38 and stay ahead of Texas A&M due to their head-to-head result. Duke has continued to fall, and is now down at No. 40 after Virginia lost to Wyoming. Wyoming climbs to No. The 43rd spot is a result of its early season win over Texas Tech. Texas Tech beat UCF in order to qualify for bowl eligibility.

New Mexico State’s 31-10 win at Auburn to move to 9-3 sees the Aggies jump up to No. 37. The Fightin’ Jerry Kills have won seven consecutive games, overcoming early losses to UMass and Hawaii that make them a bizarre team to place.

51-75

Kentucky and Florida drop out of top 50 after Losses to South Carolina and Missouri respectively. Georgia Tech has risen to No. 54 after To be eligible for the bowl, you must beat Syracuse. Maryland drops two places to No. 55 after Playing Michigan close. Appalachian State’s overtime win at James Madison sees the Mountaineers move up to No. 62.

Wisconsin moved up to No. 1 with an overtime victory over Nebraska. 66. Twelve teams In this group of 25, a win is needed this weekend to make it to a Bowl game.

76-100

It is a good idea to get a hold of a local expert. Week Colorado was ranked No. 14 in the 3rd edition. Arkansas State was ranked 14th and finished dead last. 133. Now, they’re next to each other. Colorado has now lost six out of seven games, including an embarrassing 56-14 loss to the defending champions. Washington State, on Friday night to fall No. 77. Arkansas State scored 77 against Texas State and became bowl-eligible, moving up to No. 78.

No. No. 84 Michigan State won’t be going to a bowl game, but they picked up conference wins over the weekend. Georgia Southern’s loss to Old Dominion and Georgia State’s loss to LSU see the Sun Belt rivals drop to No. 85 and 86 respectively. It’s been an odd season for No. No. 89 Army has won against UTSA and Air Force but lost to UMass and Louisiana-Monroe. Only Navy remains and the Black Knights are by far the hardest team to rate.

101-133

Navy’s bounceback season continues, now 5-5 and up to No. 107 after East Carolina beat New Mexico. New Mexico defeated Fresno State to move up the rankings. 111. Sam Houston, who was leading Western Kentucky by a point in the fourth-quarter before losing, continues to fight. The Bearkats jump up to No. As a result, 127. Kent State is still No. 127 despite losing 34-3 to Ball State. 133 As the only team to have won a single game in FBS.

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