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Evan's avatar

you are just looking at numbers. Utah will be the conference runner up -- i.e. #2 -- and they are not going to be penalized for their 4th loss coming in the added championship game (in which UW would get SMOKED by USC) against a CFP team. The Rose Bowl is supposed to be the Pac 12 champion vs. the Big 12 champion....no way in hell they are going to water down the game by letting a third place team sneak in. They are already going to be pissed off enough if OSU and Michigan both go to the playoff (although that would almost guarantee the Pac 12 champion going to the Rose Bowl).

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Dimitri Dorlis's avatar

Washington is technically tied for second place, Utah just gets the placement in the conference championship game due to tiebreaker rules.

And the Rose Bowl would absolutely take Washington for that slot. No repeat from the year prior and Washington is a more traditional power compared to Utah. Them versus Ohio State or Penn State is a big money match for the Rose Bowl and ABC.

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Clio 98's avatar

Not to mention, Washington is currently #9 making it a "Top 10 Matchup" as opposed to Utah who is currently #12 and would likely drop at least a bit lower if they lost to $outhern Cal in that scenario...

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Lisa Horne's avatar

But that's how the RB Committee selects their teams. The highest-ranked team. A bowl committee member told me that. The only time they consider other factors is if there is a cluster of teams together w/ same record etc. Then they would consider who played most recently in their bowl, who already had head-to-head, etc.

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