EUGENE – After upsetting then-No. 7 Washington 30-27 in overtime on Saturday, the Oregon Ducks have jumped five spots in the Associated Press top 25 to No. 12 in the nation. Oregon is now the highest ranked team in the conference, followed by Washington at No. 15 and Washington State at No. 25.
The Ducks will face Washington State this week in Pullman. It will be the fourth consecutive game that the Oregon Ducks will face a top 25 opponent. The Ducks have gone 2-1 in the previous three match-ups and won back-to-back games against ranked opponents for the first time since 2014.
AP TOP 25 (1st place votes in parenthesis)
1 Alabama (60)
2 Ohio State (1)
3 Clemson
4 Notre Dame
5 LSU
6 Michigan
7 Texas
8 Georgia
9 Oklahoma
10 UCF
11 Florida
12 Oregon
13 West Virginia
14 Kentucky
15 Washington
16 North Carolina State
17 Texas A&M
18 Penn State
19 Iowa
20 Cincinnati
21 South Florida
22 Mississippi State
23 Wisconsin
24 Michigan State
25 Washington State
Dropped from rankings: Miami 16, Colorado 19, Auburn 21