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SEATTLE -- Looking back, Washingtons collapse in the desert last November is where it all changed.The Huskies melted down in the second half against Arizona State, watching a 14-point lead disappear into a 27-17 loss that put them on the verge of missing the postseason.It proved to be the game that led to the rise of No. 7 Washington this year. The Huskies have won 12 of 13 games since that loss and will close out their home slate on Saturday hosting Arizona State with far more at stake than that game in Tempe, Arizona, a year ago.The Huskies 12-game win streak was snapped last week by USC, putting into peril Washingtons hopes of a spot in the College Football Playoff. The Huskies (9-1, 6-1 Pac-12, No. 6 CFP) know they must win out to have a chance of being in the top four.Thats not as simple as it sounds. Arizona State has won 10 straight meetings with the Huskies and Saturdays game will be followed by the Apple Cup in Pullman and a possible Pac-12 title game.If youre just so disappointed because of this loss with all this football left to be played then youre in the wrong locker room and you havent been hearing a word that weve been talking about, Washington coach Chris Petersen said. Theres a lot of football left and awesome things to play for and all that stuff.Last weeks loss exposed issues that have otherwise been masked for most of the season. Washingtons pass rush was non-existent against USC, giving Sam Darnold plenty of time to find gaps in the secondary. The Huskies offensive line struggled to establish the running game. The Huskies were held to 17 yards rushing as a team, their fewest since having just 13 yards in a 2006 loss at Oregon.Jake Browning threw two interceptions and the Huskies were held to their lowest point total since the 2015 season opener.I dont think our protection was as good as it has been overall, Petersen said. Toward the end you kind of get into that trying to make some stuff happen and that kind of never really goes great.Arizona State (4-6, 2-5) may be just the opponent to allow Washington to get back on track. The Sun Devils are last in the Pac-12 in pass defense, giving up nearly 400 yards per game through the air, and have allowed at least 37 points in four straight games. Washington wide receiver John Ross has at least 100 yards receiving in three of the past four games.(John) Ross is probably the most dynamic player in our league, Arizona State coach Todd Graham said.Other things to watch as the Huskies and Sun Devils meet for the 34th time:TAKE ADVANTAGE: Washington can gain ground in the CFP rankings. The Huskies have already gotten help with Houston knocking off Louisville -- No. 5 in the CFP rankings -- meaning a win over the Sun Devils should move the Huskies to the cusp of the top four.Last week, Clemson had lost before the Huskies even took the field against USC yet Washington was unable to capitalize on the opportunity.SACK ATTACK: Arizona State allowed 11 sacks and 22 tackles for loss last week against Utah as the Sun Devils offensive line was unable to protect quarterback Manny Wilkins. Thats good news for Washington, which has just four sacks in four games since losing sack leader Joe Mathis to a foot injury in mid-October.EXPLOSIVE PLAYS: The big play has been a key for Washington all season and a vulnerability for Arizona State. The Huskies were held to just three plays of 20 yards or more against USC, one of those from Ross on their first offensive play. Arizona State gave up big plays against Utah with the Utes scoring four touchdowns of 20 yards or more.STEPPING IN: D.J. Beavers is expected to start at middle linebacker for Washington after leading tackler Azeem Victor was lost for the remainder of the regular season with a broken bone in his lower right leg. Beavers took over last week after Victor was injured and had six tackles but the Trojans also exposed his inexperience at times.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 . Adidas Nmd Levně Panske . 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Esa Lindell and Rasmus Ristolainen replied for Finland (1-1-0) Lindell opened the scoring for Finland just 41 seconds into the game, but the hosts quickly regained their composure and tied the score less than four minutes later on Wennbergs first of the game. Every NFL team begins the season with hope. We never know when a 4-12 team will suddenly turn things around the next year by discovering a magical rookie quarterback. Of course, we also dont know when an 11-5 team will suddenly encounter a cascade of injuries that drops them to the bottom of the league.Two?games into the season, however, and the picture has already become much clearer. Fans often overreact to how well or how badly teams play early in the season, but we absolutely dont overreact to how important those initial wins and losses are in the standings. Those games have the biggest impact on changing our expectations for which teams will make the postseason. Sixty-one?percent of teams that start 2-0 will make the playoffs, compared with 41 percent of 1-1 teams and just 10 percent of 0-2 teams.So we know that 2-0 teams have helped themselves immensely with early-season wins. But which teams have helped or hurt themselves most? To answer that question, we turned to the 50,000 season simulations we do each week for the Football Outsiders playoff odds report, and we compareed this weeks simulations with those we did two weeks ago before the 2016 regular season began.dddddddddddd You can find the full playoff odds report on?FootballOutsiders.com, and a full explanation of the simulation at the end of this article.Heres a look at the five teams that have seen their playoff odds improve the most and the five teams that have seen their odds drop the most?in the first two weeks of the season.Better odds1. Philadelphia EaglesOdds before season: 26.2 percent Odds now: 49.0 percentNo team has improved its playoff odds more than Philadelphia, in part because, according to Football Outsiders numbers, no team has played better than Philadelphia in the first two weeks. Of course, thats before opponent adjustments, which we dont apply to our metrics until after Week 4. Cleveland and Chicago arent the toughest?teams to play. But even after we account for the quality of those teams, these Philadelphia wins will still look impressive. ' ' '