[JJJ]

Pat Forde says committee got it right, while making the case for a 6-team playoff with the top two getting byes.

And he argues a win over Stanford (and Colorado, obviously) helped UW's resume better Penn State's.

The committee also chose Washington over Penn State because the Huskies had a better record (12-1 to 11-2), and because their one loss (to red-hot USC) was certainly superior to the Nittany Lions’ two losses (to four-loss Pittsburgh and the aforementioned blowout against Michigan). Yes, the Huskies played a soft non-conference schedule consisting of Rutgers, Idaho and Portland State. But they also dominated Pac-12 South champion Colorado and a ranked Stanford team: combined margin of victory in those games was 85-16, against teams that finished a combined 19-6

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/colleg...42860.html

[JJJ]

Pat Forde says committee got it right, while making the case for a 6-team playoff with the top two getting byes.

And he argues a win over Stanford (and Colorado, obviously) helped UW's resume better Penn State's.

The committee also chose Washington over Penn State because the Huskies had a better record (12-1 to 11-2), and because their one loss (to red-hot USC) was certainly superior to the Nittany Lions’ two losses (to four-loss Pittsburgh and the aforementioned blowout against Michigan). Yes, the Huskies played a soft non-conference schedule consisting of Rutgers, Idaho and Portland State. But they also dominated Pac-12 South champion Colorado and a ranked Stanford team: combined margin of victory in those games was 85-16, against teams that finished a combined 19-6

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/colleg...42860.html