Washington climbs in latest AP Top 25 poll after blasting Cal
Washington is ranked No. 7 in the latest AP Top 25, released Sunday.
UW rose just one spot in the poll after sitting at No. 8 in last week’s ranking. However, UW received a first-place vote in the ranking for the first time this season and it took over as the top-ranked team from the Pac-12.
The Huskies are joined by a glut of Pac-12 teams at the back end of the top 10: No. 8 USC, No. 9 Oregon, and No. 10 Utah. Washington State moved up to No. 16, Oregon State fell to No. 19, and then UCLA and Colorado dropped out after road losses in their Pac-12 openers.
The Huskies ripped apart Cal at home Saturday evening, 59-32, to move to 4-0 on the season.
UW led 45-12 at the halftime break, tying a program record for the most points ever scored in a single half. UW had scored 45 in a first half only four other times in program history, with the most recent coming in 2015. The 45-point half also tied a program record for points surrendered by Cal in a half.
Washington has now scored at least 40 points in every game this season, marking the first time since 1944 the Huskies have opened a year with four consecutive 40-point performances. The program record for consecutive games with 40 points is six, though that was split up between the last three games of 2015 and the first three of 2016.
The Huskies (4-0, 1-0 Pac-12) hit the road this upcoming Saturday to face Arizona (3-1, 1-0 Pac-12).
The rest of the AP Top 25 can be found below, with first-place votes in parentheses:
- Georgia (55)
- Michigan (1)
- Texas (2)
- Ohio State (1)
- Florida State (3)
- Penn State
- Washington (1)
- USC
- Oregon
- Utah
- Notre Dame
- Alabama
- LSU
- Oklahoma
- North Carolina
- Washington State
- Duke
- Miami
- Oregon State
- Ole Miss
- Tennessee
- Florida
- Missouri
- Kansas
- Fresno State
Others receiving votes: Kansas St. 57, Kentucky 41, Colorado 32, Louisville 32, UCLA 28, Maryland 20, TCU 17, Tulane 11, Syracuse 8, Wisconsin 6, Air Force 6, Clemson 5, Texas A&M 5.
