The Pac-12 dissolved in 2024, but one vestige of the former conference remains relevant to the college football season unfolding this fall: the bowl lineup. The legacy teams are locked into the postseason arrangement that existed prior to collapse.

Each week, the Hotline will project and assess the postseason status for all 12 teams. Last week’s projections can be found here.

The postseason floor is clear in Pullman. If Washington State loses more of the five remaining games than it wins, the Cougars will be home for the holidays — a disappointing conclusion to the first season of the Jimmy Rogers era and the final year of the Pac-12’s transition phase.

Our focus here is the ceiling. How high can the Cougars climb in the Pac-12 bowl pecking order?

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