Bowl prognosticators still expect Washington State to end up in El Paso the day after Christmas.
The No. 20 Washington State Cougars are 8-3 heading into the Apple Cup. Raise your hand if you saw all of that coming seven weeks ago. Put your hand down, liar.
Stanford will take a jump up in the CFP rankings this week with their win over Cal last night so a win over Notre Dame next week plus a Pac-12 championship combined with a couple of other teams above them stumbling puts Stanford right back into the conversation for the playoff.