Three other PAC-12 teams made the Top 25: #15 Utah, #18 Washington, and #19 Arizona State. The Golden Bears loss at Autzen dropped them from the top 25 while USC fell out despite having a bye week.
Washington fell two spots after their baffling loss to the battered Stanford Cardinal but Utah and Arizona State saw an uptick in votes, rising two spots and six spots respectively. The amount of mid-season losses and critical injuries could mean that we shouldn’t expect too many PAC-12 teams to jump back in the top 25 any time soon.
Another interesting note is that Auburn is just above the Ducks at #12 in the new FanPulse poll.