Washington takes over fourth spot in College Football Playoff rankings

Washington moved into fourth in the College Football Playoff rankings, putting the four remaining unbeaten teams from the Power Five conferences at the top of the selection committee’s second top 25.

Alabama, Clemson and Michigan still hold the top three spots.

The committee’s first ranking of the season caused a bit of a stir because the unbeaten Huskies were behind Texas A&M last week. The Aggies then went out and lost at Mississippi State to clear up the mini-controversy.

Ohio State is behind Washington at fifth.

“It was a small margin between No. 4 and No. 5,” committee chairman Kirby Hocutt said.

Hocutt, who is the athletic director at Texas Tech, said last week that A&M was ahead of Washington because of the