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Sports Illustrated’s Preseason Top 25
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https://www.si.com/college-football/2018/08/07/rankings-preseason-top-25-polls-clemson-alabama
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4. Washington Huskies
Last year: 10–3 (7–2 Pac-12); Lost to Penn State in Fiesta Bowl
SI Top 100 players: Six: OL Trey Adams (No. 20), CB Byron Murphy (No. 23), DT Greg Gaines (No. 27), S Taylor Rapp (No. 55), RB Myles Gaskin (No. 58), QB Jake Browning (No. 92)
X-Factor: For three straight seasons, Washington has led the Pac-12 in allowing the fewest total yards and points. The key to the D will once again be the secondary, which allowed only 10 TDs and has all five starters back. As hard as it is to imagine, it’s possible that the unit will be even better. Cornerback Byron Murphy missed seven games with a broken foot last year, but in the six games he played he had three picks. He is at 100%, as is safety Taylor Rapp, who finished third on the team with 59 tackles, despite being slowed by injuries. Rapp and safety JoJo McIntosh give the Huskies the most intimidating safety duo in the conference—if not the country. —
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4. Washington Huskies
Last year: 10–3 (7–2 Pac-12); Lost to Penn State in Fiesta Bowl
SI Top 100 players: Six: OL Trey Adams (No. 20), CB Byron Murphy (No. 23), DT Greg Gaines (No. 27), S Taylor Rapp (No. 55), RB Myles Gaskin (No. 58), QB Jake Browning (No. 92)
X-Factor: For three straight seasons, Washington has led the Pac-12 in allowing the fewest total yards and points. The key to the D will once again be the secondary, which allowed only 10 TDs and has all five starters back. As hard as it is to imagine, it’s possible that the unit will be even better. Cornerback Byron Murphy missed seven games with a broken foot last year, but in the six games he played he had three picks. He is at 100%, as is safety Taylor Rapp, who finished third on the team with 59 tackles, despite being slowed by injuries. Rapp and safety JoJo McIntosh give the Huskies the most intimidating safety duo in the conference—if not the country. —
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While I also give SI credit for realizing there are 5 players on this team better than Browning, SI should realize that there are at least 85 players on the team better than Browning.
Miss St hype and we beat them 49-10 last year) So with a win against Wash and a win against UGA .... we could perhaps lose to Bama
with 1 loss and still make the playoffs (a la Bama last year). A loss against UW and we aren't going to sniff the playoffs because we'd have this gauntlet:
@UGA, at home vs cupcake, @Bama and vs @UGA in SECCG ... not going to happen. I think our worst case scenario is 9-3 with Ls to UW, UGA and UA.
but best case is 12-0 or 11-1 for this team.
Huge Week 1 .... You can afford to drop one when you play 3 top 6 teams on your schedule. Hell, Bama got in last year with a cake schedule aside from playing @ Auburn (only loss)
I feel confident that Bama, UGA and maybe you fags will remain in the Top 10 (by the end of the year) despite losing to us Week 1 ... because who else in the Pac12 is any good .... good enough to beat y'all?
No one plays a schedule like ours. Our three toughest opponents are away from our stadium (where we haven' t lost in two years (soon to be three).
That'll be big for the committee. Hell, we could lose to #6 UW maybe lose to then #2 UGA, but beat Bama, get a rematch with UGA and get in with two losses.