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Huskies Rejoin AP Rankings Following 3-Week Absence

The UW re-enters the poll at No. 24 after beating Oregon State.
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Huskies Rejoin AP Rankings Following 3-Week Absence
Huskies Rejoin AP Rankings Following 3-Week Absence

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The University of Washington football team returned to the Associated Press Top 25 poll following a three-week absence, checking back in at No. 24 after securing a last-second  24-21 victory over Oregon State, which previously held that position.

After opening the season 4-0, the Kalen DeBoer-coached Huskies advanced as high as 15th in the rankings before consecutive road losses to UCLA and Arizona State dropped the UW to 21st and then out of the poll altogether.

The UW (7-2 overall, 4-2 Pac-12) now must face the toughest and highest-ranked team on its schedule — No. 6 Oregon (8-1, 6-0) in Eugene next Saturday at 4 p.m. in a nationally televised contest on FOX. 

The Huskies and Ducks are among five Pac-12 teams ranked in the AP poll, joined by the USC Trojans (8-1, 6-1) at No. 8, the UCLA Bruins (8-1, 5-1) at No. 9 and the Utah Utes (7-2, 5-1) at No. 13. 

In a battle of new coaches in Oregon's Dan Lanning and DeBoer, the first-year Husky coach has his work cut out for him this week in a bitter rivalry spanning more than a century.

The Huskies hold a 60-48-5 edge, but have lost the last three meetings and 15 of the previous 17.

AP TOP 25

1. Georgia (9-0), 1,574 votes (62 first place)

2. Ohio State (9-0), 1,500 votes (1)

3. Michigan (9-0), 1,455 

4. TCU (9-0), 1,361

5. Tennessee (8-1), 1,339

6. Oregon (8-1), 1,258

7. LSU (7-2), 1,132

8. USC (8-1) 1,061

9. UCLA (8-1), 1,040

10. Alabama (7-2), 1,009

11. Ole Miss (8-1), 962

12. Clemson (8-1), 938

13. Utah (7-2), 881

14. Penn State (7-2), 735

15. North Carolina (8-1), 676

16. Tulane (8-1), 607

17. North Carolina State (7-2), 547

18. Texas (6-3), 399

19. Liberty (8-1), 358

20. Notre Dame (6-3), 316

21. Illinois (7-2), 262

22. UCF (7-2), 257

23. Kansas State (7-2), 247

24. WASHINGTON (7-2), 187

25. Florida State (6-3), 78

Others receiving votes: Cincinnati 78, Kentucky 61, Coastal Carolina 46, Wake Forest 34, Oklahoma State 21, Baylor 19, Kansas 10, Mississippi State 8, South Carolina 6, Troy 5, USTA 5, Oregon State 3, Louisville 3, San Jose State 1.

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DAN RALEY

Dan Raley has worked for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, as well as for MSN.com and Boeing, the latter as a global aerospace writer. His sportswriting career spans four decades and he's covered University of Washington football and basketball during much of that time. In a working capacity, he's been to the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, the MLB playoffs, the Masters, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and countless Final Fours and bowl games.

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