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After a blowout loss to Cal on Friday night, Washington State dropped to No. 15 in the AP Poll; while in state rival Washington dropped to No. 12 after a disappointing 7-13 loss in Tempe, Ariz.

Despite the blowout loss, the Cougs are still in the top-15. WSU’s drop in the rankings was probably blunted by the fact that its two signature wins — USC and Boise State — won this weekend.  The good news is that Washington State is still in position to claw its way back into the playoff discussion if it wins out, including the Pac-12 title.

As for Washington, they dropped to No. 12 after the loss in the desert. The Huskies’ drop was probably made worse by the fact that they haven’t played a ranked team yet and their signature win (so far) is over the Cal team that just smoked WSU. UW is in a better position than the Cougs as they’re strength of schedule will get better during the second half of the season..

USC, because of its win, vaulted past both Washington schools to become the No. 11 team in the country and the highest rated Pac-12 team in the poll. As for Stanford, the Cardinal moved up one spot to No. 22 after demolishing Oregon.

The full top-25 is below, courtesy of the AP.

1		Alabama (61) SEC Record: 7-0	PV Rank 1 Points 1,525
2		Penn State Big Ten Record: 6-0	3 1,432
3		Georgia SEC Record: 7-0	4 1,417
4		TCU Big 12 Record: 6-0	6 1,322
5		Wisconsin Big Ten Record: 6-0	7 1,241
6		Ohio State Big Ten Record: 6-1	9 1,184
7		Clemson ACC Record: 6-1	2 1,117
8		Miami (FL) ACC Record: 5-0	11 1,109
9		Oklahoma Big 12 Record: 5-1	12 1,066
10		Oklahoma State Big 12 Record: 5-1	14 900
11		USC Pac-12 Record: 6-1	13 886
12		Washington Pac-12 Record: 6-1	5 811
13		Notre Dame Division I FBS Independents Record: 5-1	16 798
14		Virginia Tech ACC Record: 5-1	15 727
15		Washington State Pac-12 Record: 6-1	8 578
16		South Florida The American Record: 6-0	18 573
16		North Carolina State ACC Record: 6-1	20 573
18		Michigan State Big Ten Record: 5-1	21 563
19		Michigan Big Ten Record: 5-1	17 558
20		UCF The American Record: 5-0	22 387
21		Auburn SEC Record: 5-2	10 303
22		Stanford Pac-12 Record: 5-2	23 274
23		West Virginia Big 12 Record: 4-2	– 157
24		LSU SEC Record: 5-2	– 108
25		Memphis The American Record: 5-1	– 62

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