AP Top 25: Oregon surges in Week 4 poll, Washington enters for first time this season
After a tremendous weekend for the league that featured a pair of top-15 wins, four teams from the Pac-12 are ranked in the latest AP Top 25 poll.
After taking BYU to task on Saturday, Oregon jumped 10 spots in the latest media poll. The Ducks (2-1) rose from No. 25 to No. 15 after dispatching BYU 41-20. The Cougars fell seven spots, from No. 12 to No. 19.
Washington downed Michigan State 39-28 at Husky Stadium in front of a national audience Saturday evening, and jumped into the poll for the first time this season as a result. The Huskies enter Week 4 ranked 18th nationally. Michigan State dropped from No. 11 out of the poll entirely.
The unbeaten Trojans held at No. 7 in the latest poll after a 45-17 win over Fresno State at the L.A. Coliseum. USC remains the highest-ranked team from the Pac-12 in the media poll, seated just behind Oklahoma.
The Utes picked up a 35-7 win over San Diego State at home late Saturday night — a game in which the defense dominated from start to finish — and moved up one spot in the latest poll. With Miami losing to Texas A&M, the Hurricanes vacated the No. 13 spot, allowing the Utes to slide up one. Coach Kyle Whittingham’s squad remains the highest-ranked one-loss team in the country.
The Washington State Cougars, 3-0 with an upset victory of Wisconsin on the road in Week 2, received 62 total votes in the poll. They sit five spots outside the top 25. Oregon State, also 3-0, received 49 votes, good for 32nd.
Conference play begins across the Pac-12 in Week 4 and that could mean quite a bit of change for this group of six teams.
USC travels to Corvallis to battle the Beavers next Saturday, with kickoff set for 6:30 p.m. PT on the Pac-12 Network. Washington State hosts Oregon for a mid-day kick (1 p.m. PT on FOX). Washington hosts Stanford (7:30 p.m. PT, FS1) and Utah heads to Tempe to battle the reeling Arizona State Sun Devils (7:30 p.m. PT, ESPN).
The full AP Top 25 can be seen below:
- Georgia
- Alabama
- Ohio State
- Michigan
- Clemson
- Oklahoma
- USC
- Kentucky
- Oklahoma State
- Arkansas
- Tennessee
- NC State
- Utah
- Penn State
- Oregon
- Ole Miss
- Baylor
- Washington
- BYU
- Florida
- Wake Forest
- Texas
- Texas A&M
- Pittsburgh
- Miami
Receiving votes: Michigan State 91, Florida State 85, Appalachian State 77, North Carolina 72, Washington State 62, Cincinnati 52, Oregon State 49, Minnesota 48, Kansas 23, Syracuse 7, LSU 6, Wisconsin 4