Voters Begrudgingly Elevate Huskies One Spot in AP Poll

USC slides down three spots after playing Arizona State.

The University of Washington football team has found touchdowns and yards far easier to come by than poll advancement, yet the Huskies moved up a spot after thumping California 59-32 over the weekend and even drew a first-place vote.

The UW (4-0) now sits at No. 7, as one of three teams to leapfrog USC (4-0), which dropped three spots to eighth after voters apparently felt the Trojans didn't beat Arizona State as bad as they should after settling for a 42-28 win.

However, the Huskies and USC remained two of four Pac-12 teams to earn a top 10 ranking this week, joined by Oregon (4-0) and Utah (4-0) at ninth and 10th, respectively.

Overall, the Pac-12 had six ranked teams after Colorado (3-1) and UCLA (3-1) each lost for the first time and fell out of the top 25.

The Huskies received one first-place vote, one of six teams that had at least one, and totaled 1,228 points, 16 fewer than Penn State (4-0).

Two-time defending national champ Georgia (4-0) topped the poll with 55 first-place votes, with 1,562 points holding a 117-point edge over No. 2 Michigan (4-0), which was followed by Texas, Ohio State and Florida State.

Kalen DeBoer's UW team has won 11 consecutive games, over two seasons while his former team, Fresno State (4-0), entered the poll this week with a 13-game win streak. Georgia holds the nation's longest win streak at 17.

 

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ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL

1. Georgia, 4-0, 1,562 (55 first-place votes)

2. Michigan, 4-0, 1,445 (1)

3. Texas, 4-0, 1,401 (2)

4. Ohio State, 4-0, 1,370 (1)

5. Florida State, 4-0, 1,351 (3)

6. Penn State, 4-0, 1,244

7. Washington, 4-0, 1,228 (1)

8. USC, 4-0, 1,169

9. Oregon, 4-0, 1,078

10. Utah, 4-0, 981

11. Notre Dame, 4-1, 904

12. Alabama, 3-1, 862

13. LSU, 3-1, 813

14. Oklahoma, 4-0, 716

15. North Carolina, 4-0, 659

16. Washington State, 4-0, 652

17. Duke, 4-0, 648

18. Miami, 4-0, 523

19. Oregon State, 3-1, 366

20. Mississippi, 3-1, 349

21. Tennessee, 3-1, 260

22. Florida, 3-1, 235

23. Missouri, 4-0, 197

24. Kansas, 4-0, 132

25. Fresno State, 4-0, 64

Also receiving votes: Kansas State 57, Kentucky 41, Louisville 32, Colorado 32, UCLA 28, Maryland 20, TCU 17, Tulane 11, Syracuse 8, Air Force 6, Wisconsin 6, Texas A&M 5, Clemson 5.

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