Washington signs up with UGA, Ohio St

• Andrea Adelson, ESPN Elder WriterNov 21, 2023,
• 07:19 PM ET Close ACC press reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010.
• Graduate of the University of Florida.Washington leapfrogged Florida

State into the No. 4 spot in the most recent College Football Playoff rankings launched Tuesday night, after beating its 3rd straight ranked opponent this past weekend.While the top 3 stayed unchanged– Georgia is still No. 1, followed by Ohio State at No. 2 and Michigan at No. 3– Washington moved into the top 4 for the very first time this season, and Florida State fell to No. 5 after losing quarterback Jordan Travis for the season.The Huskies beat then-No. 11 Oregon State 22-20 on Saturday, after wins over then-No. 18 Utah and then-No.

20 USC. Although Utah and USC are no longer ranked, Washington is now No. 1 in the ESPN strength of record metric. Florida State is No. 4 because same metric.Editor’s Picks

1 Associated The Seminoles played FCS North Alabama this previous weekend, conquering an early 13-0 deficit to win 58-13. However the score and result hardly mattered after losing Travis to a lower-leg injury– and how the committee views that injury will provide intrigue in the weeks to come.

“It truly had to do with Washington and what Washington did this weekend,” CFP choice committee chair Boo Corrigan stated on ESPN, later on adding that the Travis injury did not have any influence on the committee’s decision today.

“That’s what the next number of weeks are going to be about,” he said. “The secret is not predicting what it will be the following week.”

Florida State dips into rival Florida on Saturday with Tate Rodemaker as its beginning quarterback and after that has the ACC championship game versus No. 10 Louisville on Dec. 2 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

“After the [conference] championship games, we can look at who’s going to be readily available and who’s not going to be readily available,” Corrigan said.On Monday, coach Mike Norvell told ESPN he was not stressed over what the committee would do this week with its ranking.

“I didn’t care three, four weeks ago what our ranking was, I sure do not care what our ranking’s going to be today,” Norvell said. “We have actually done things essential to reveal who we are, and we get a chance to show how we react to difficulty, to an unfortunate circumstance, but this is one heck of a football team. I can assure you our guys are going to work as difficult we perhaps can to improve.

“We get to go on the roadway, huge competition game, huge week for us, and the next week we get a possibility to play in a conference championship. I understand that if we go and reveal all that we are, the ranking in the end that really matters, we’ll put ourselves in position to achieve all the things that we ultimately desire.”

There makes certain to be more moving next week with a face-off between rivals Ohio State and Michigan looming Saturday. One of those groups will wind up with a loss and no possibility to bet a Huge Ten champion. The question for Florida State is whether an undefeated season– with Travis on the sideline– will still suffice to make a four-team playoff.The 3 one-loss teams behind Florida State in the leading 10 remain unchanged: Oregon at No. 6, Texas at No. 7 and Alabama at No. 8. All 3 have huge games looming too. The Ducks have Oregon State, which dropped to No. 16, while Texas has Texas Tech on Friday with a chance to clinch an area in the Big 12 title game. Alabama has rival Auburn and after that the SEC championship game against Georgia.Tulane stays the highest-ranked Group of 5 team at No. 23, although Liberty signed up with the rankings this week at No. 25. Also signing up with the rankings today are 2 schools familiar to Florida State: NC State at No. 22 and Clemson at No. 24. Info from The Associated Press was utilized in this report.