Washington State’s 2016 season unfolded in a confounding picture of extremes.
At their peak, the Cougars reeled off a school-record seven-straight Pac-12 conference wins en route to an eight-game winning streak that included a solid victory over then-15th-ranked Stanford.
But Stanford also turned out to be the only Power Five team WSU beat that finished with a winning record. The other six Pac-12 opponents WSU defeated finished a combined 34-50 record.
The Cougars’ two Pac-12 losses at the end of the season came against the league’s division champions – No. 10 Colorado (10-3, with a bowl game still to go) and No.