[DC 86]

[quote author=winflop link=topic=16019.msg177934#msg177934 date=1477994160]
To answer the question in the thread - Holiday is a remote possibility, but more likely the Amazing Chicken Bowl on semi-home turf.

To get to the Holiday Bowl, Stanford and Washington need to run the table.  That puts UW in the CFP and leaves the Rose Bowl to pick another team. The Rose Bowl has an inherent bias toward picking Pac-12 and BigTen teams with open slots, but that second Pac-12 team would need to finish in the Top 14.  My guess here is Utah.  That puts the Cougs in the Alamo Bowl and the Holiday Bowl would then choose between Stanford & Colorado.  Buffs travel better, and they beat Stanford.

After my last non-NY6 bowl experience at Levi's I'll be passing on any bowl game Stanford goes to this year unless it's in a warmer, sunnier place than the Bay Area.

I'm pretty sure I looked this up and there is no top-14 requirement for the Rose Bowl. If UW is in the CFP, Rose takes the next Pac-12 team.

BC
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I believe BC is correct, the top-14 ranking (and 9 win) requirement for at-large teams existed under the BCS system but not under the new playoff model.

[DC 86]

[quote author=winflop link=topic=16019.msg177934#msg177934 date=1477994160]
To answer the question in the thread - Holiday is a remote possibility, but more likely the Amazing Chicken Bowl on semi-home turf.

To get to the Holiday Bowl, Stanford and Washington need to run the table.  That puts UW in the CFP and leaves the Rose Bowl to pick another team. The Rose Bowl has an inherent bias toward picking Pac-12 and BigTen teams with open slots, but that second Pac-12 team would need to finish in the Top 14.  My guess here is Utah.  That puts the Cougs in the Alamo Bowl and the Holiday Bowl would then choose between Stanford & Colorado.  Buffs travel better, and they beat Stanford.

After my last non-NY6 bowl experience at Levi's I'll be passing on any bowl game Stanford goes to this year unless it's in a warmer, sunnier place than the Bay Area.

I'm pretty sure I looked this up and there is no top-14 requirement for the Rose Bowl. If UW is in the CFP, Rose takes the next Pac-12 team.

BC
[/quote]

I believe BC is correct, the top-14 ranking (and 9 win) requirement for at-large teams existed under the BCS system but not under the new playoff model.