The Apple Cup loss didn't help, and the range of places Washington State could play is all over the map.
We still need to wait about a week to figure out where Washington State is going for the holidays, but there are plenty of guesses to hold you over. The Cougars have been assured of a bowl game for weeks, and the only question has been whether they'll play in an upper-tier Pac-12 Bowl or slide down in the selection process. The Pac-12 is an absolute logjam behind Stanford, and the bowl selection committees have some decisions on their hands.