After beating Colorado 54-7 at home, Washington moved up once again in the AP Top 25.

The Huskies enter into a regular-season finale against Washington State ranked No. 12 in the latest media poll, released Sunday. Washington is one of six Pac-12 teams ranked in the Top 25. Curiously, it sits two spots behind Oregon even though both teams have the same record and UW beat the Ducks in Eugene on Nov. 12, 37-34.

UW was ranked as high as ninth on ballots this week — appearing in the spot on three of 63 ballots. Four others had UW at No. 10. It was ranked as low as No. 16.

This is the highest ranking the Huskies have achieved in the AP poll since checking in at No. 9 on Dec. 2, 2018. The Huskies finished that season 10-4, and they’ll have a chance again this year to reach double-digit wins.

To do so, they’ll need payback on Washington State for last year’s Apple Cup debacle at Husky Stadium. The Cougars ended a seven-game losing streak to the Huskies with a 40-13 win and a planting of the Wazzu flag at midfield. Kickoff in the 102nd Apple Cup is set for 7:30 p.m. PT on ESPN.

The rest of the poll can be seen below (with first-place votes in parenthesis):

  1. Georgia (62)
  2. Ohio State (1)
  3. Michigan
  4. TCU
  5. USC
  6. LSU
  7. Clemson
  8. Alabama
  9. Tennessee
  10. Oregon
  11. Penn State
  12. Washington
  13. Notre Dame
  14. Utah
  15. Kansas State
  16. Florida State
  17. UCLA
  18. North Carolina
  19. Tulane
  20. Ole Miss
  21. Cincinnati
  22. Oregon State
  23. Coastal Carolina
  24. Texas
  25. UCF

Receiving votes: UTSA 85, South Carolina 44, Troy 34, Boise State 16, Illinois 12, Iowa 5, Louisville 5, South Alabama 3, Mississippi State 3, Oklahoma State 2, Arkansas 2, Purdue 2, Fresno State 1