The last set of rankings of the College Football Playoff selection committee were released Tuesday evening. The Washington State Cougars moved up three spots from 21st to 18th this week.

Jake Dickert’s Cougars are 8-1 to start the season with three games remaining. Their most recent victory was a 49-28 result against Utah State last weekend.

Given the current state of the Pac-12 with only two members this season, WSU would not be eligible to receive first-round byes to the five highest-ranked conference champions at the end of the regular season. Their most likely scenario for making the playoffs would be finishing in the top 11, given that the No. 12 seed would go to the highest-ranked G5 Conference champion, should that team finish outside the top 12.

The next set of CFP rankings will be released on Tuesday, November 19 at 7 p.m. ET, 4 p.m. PT.

Washington State returns to play this Saturday, November 16 in New Mexico on FS1. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. PT.

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