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The Washington State Cougars, coming off a comfortable 52-23 win at home over the Oregon State Beavers, saw their ranking rise as they moved up Sunday morning in the USA Today Coaches Poll and AP Poll, where they checked in at 18th in each.
Unlike last week, there was some carnage in front of them, and the Cougs were able to take advantage. LSU, Louisville, Kansas State and Stanford all lost on Saturday. Only Louisville lost to a ranked opponent — No. 3 Clemson.
The ranking represents the highest of Mike Leach’s tenure at WSU; the previous high was No. 20, achieved after week two of this season and also accomplished each of the previous two seasons. It’s also the highest ranking for the Cougars since 2003.
A number of other Pac-12 teams are ranked as well, led by USC at No. 5 and Washington at No. 6 in the Coaches Poll (Washington is 7th in the AP). Utah and Oregon round out the top-25 at No. 21 and No. 25 (23rd and 24th in the AP), respectively.
Full rankings for both polls are below.
USA Today Coaches Poll
- Alabama
- Clemson
- Oklahoma
- Penn State
- USC
- Washington
- Oklahoma State
- Michigan
- Ohio State
- Wisconsin
- Florida State
- Georgia
- Virginia Tech
- Miami
- TCU
- Auburn
- USF
- Washington State
- Mississippi State
- Louisville
- Utah
- Florida
- LSU
- Oregon
- San Diego State
AP Poll
- Alabama
- Clemson
- Oklahoma
- Penn State
- USC
- Oklahoma State
- Washington
- Michigan
- Wisconsin
- Ohio State
- Georgia
- FSU
- Virginia Tech
- Miami
- Auburn
- TCU
- Mississippi State
- Washington State
- Louisville
- Florida
- USF
- San Diego State
- Utah
- Oregon
- LSU