After soundly beating Oregon, and covering the spread,  the undefeated WSU has jumped three spots in the AP Poll to No. 8 and is now ahead of Ohio State. This is the Cougars first appearance in the AP Poll’s top ten since the end of the 2003 season.

As for the rest of the Pac-12, Utah fell out of the poll after losing to Stanford at home; while the Cardinal check in at No. 23. The Huskies remained at No. 5 after soundly thumping Cal and the Trojans rose one spot to No. 13 after methodically beating Oregon State. Below is the full poll, courtesy of the AP.

1		Alabama (43) SEC Record: 6-0	PV Rank 1 Points 1,507
2		Clemson (18) ACC Record: 6-0	2 1,481
3		Penn State Big Ten Record: 6-0	4 1,370
4		Georgia SEC Record: 6-0	5 1,327
5		Washington Pac-12 Record: 6-0	6 1,284
6		TCU Big 12 Record: 5-0	8 1,192
7		Wisconsin Big Ten Record: 5-0	9 1,127
8		Washington State Pac-12 Record: 6-0	11 1,094
9		Ohio State Big Ten Record: 5-1	10 1,051
10		Auburn SEC Record: 5-1	12 914
11		Miami (FL) ACC Record: 4-0	13 908
12		Oklahoma Big 12 Record: 4-1	3 851
13		USC Pac-12 Record: 5-1	14 795
14		Oklahoma State Big 12 Record: 4-1	15 712
15		Virginia Tech ACC Record: 5-1	16 617
16		Notre Dame Division I FBS Independents Record: 5-1	21 583
17		Michigan Big Ten Record: 4-1	7 524
18		South Florida The American Record: 5-0	18 482
19		San Diego State Mountain West Record: 6-0	19 465
20		North Carolina State ACC Record: 5-1	24 421
21		Michigan State Big Ten Record: 4-1	– 416
22		UCF The American Record: 4-0	25 274
23		Stanford Pac-12 Record: 4-2	– 109
24		Texas Tech Big 12 Record: 4-1	– 105
25		Navy The American Record: 5-0	– 74

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