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College football world reacts to Washington bumping Florida State out of Top 4 in latest CFP rankings
By Sydney Hunte
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The latest College Football Playoff rankings offered no surprises at the top on Tuesday: Georgia, Ohio State, and Michigan remained at slots 1, 2, and 3, respectively.
But what about spot No. 4? The Washington Huskies, entering the night at No. 5, slipped past then No. 11 Oregon State 22-20. Meanwhile, the Florida State Seminoles, the committee’s No. 4 team after Week 11, was no match for FCS North Alabama, but lost Jordan Travis in the process.
Ultimately, the committee swapped the Huskies and Seminoles: Washington is No. 4, while Florida State is now No. 5. Looking ahead, the Huskies host Washington State on Saturday while the Noles wrap their regular season slate against Florida in Gainesville.
The committee’s decision to place Washington at No. 4 and Florida State at No. 5 was sure to get plenty of reaction from social media across the college football world. Here’s a sampling of what that looked like shortly after the latest CFP Top 25 was unveiled live on ESPN:
Washington in the 4 spot is comical. I hope Georgia beats them by 50 #cfp
— Ricky Williams (@rickywilliams47) November 22, 2023
I don’t get how Washington is over FSU.
— Chase Cervantes (@cha53r10) November 22, 2023
Washington jumps FSU. Loooool
— CT4 (@Colt_Tort04) November 22, 2023
FSU dropped out of the top 4 & got jumped by Washington?
— Melissa ?️ (@MelBear26) November 22, 2023
Ugly business putting Washington over FSU
— Golden Child Dre ?? (@dreday2006) November 22, 2023
FSU – 0 points with Travis down 13-0
FSU – 58 points with the new guy
Yet they fall
It’s a tough world. I want the larger playoff with not the committee deciding https://t.co/k8gaGdigQI— Robby Nienaber (@BIG_scrob) November 22, 2023
The committee doesn’t respect fsu. Go out and prove them wrong
— why pack why (@orieboyy) November 22, 2023
https://twitter.com/GPack17/status/1727120779245199517
The college playoff committee doesn’t know the definition of what TEAM means. Teams win games. #FSU #NOLES
— Baker (@Baker__58) November 22, 2023
Who at FSU hurt Herbstreit?
— Ira Schoffel (@IraSchoffel) November 22, 2023
How fsu not 4 ???
— Strizzy™ (@Stizz___) November 22, 2023
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
