Washington’s path to bowl eligibility narrowed again Saturday.

The Huskies, sitting on five wins entering the weekend, had a chance to secure bowl eligibility and set themselves up to play with no pressure entering their final three games of the season. Now, after losing a winnable game against Penn State , Washington faces even more pressure to win away against Michigan State next Saturday to get one extra game.

“Our guys are excited to go play,” coach Jedd Fisch said. “We talked about it as a group. We’ll go compete. We’ll go get on the road and we’ll try to go become bowl-eligible.”

But before moving on completely, here are three takeaways from Washington’s 28-25 defeat against Penn State.

1. Third-down woes

For the second-consecutive week, Washington faced one of the top third-down defenses in the country. Penn State entered Saturday as the No. 4 third-down defense nationally, allowing just 27 opponent conversions on 98 attempts — or 27.6%.…