Now comes the point in the college football season when more attention is given to a hotel convention room in North Texas instead of an actual playing field.
Tuesday marks the release of the first College Football Playoff ranking on the season. It’s when a 13-member panel meets in the Dallas suburb of Grapevine to issue the weekly poll determining which teams are in the driver’s seats to reach the CFP semifinal. No. 11 Washington (7-1, 4-1 Pac-12) isn’t behind the steering wheel but they are at the very least a passenger.
Huskies coach Chris Petersen, who guided the team to last year’s semifinal, has never been one to obsess over polls.