Oregon State has moved up four spots to a tie for No. 6 in the latest Associated Press poll released Monday morning.
It’s the highest OSU has been ranked this season. The Beavers (27-3, 16-2 Pac-12), who are tied with Mississippi State for sixth, clinched the outright Pac-12 regular-season title with a home sweep of No. 10 Stanford and California over the weekend. It’s the third season in a row OSU has won at least a share of the conference championship.
Besides OSU and Stanford, No. 11 Washington and No. 15 UCLA are the other Pac-12 teams ranked in the poll. Arizona State received votes.
OSU next heads to Seattle for the Pac-12 Tournament, where the Beavers will open at 11:30 a.m. Friday against the winner of Thursday’s first-round matchup between Cal and USC. In the regular season, the Beavers swept Cal and split with USC, with the Trojans pulling off a stunning 70-50 upset at Gill Coliseum earlier this month.
Here’s the full AP poll:
1. Connecticut
2. Baylor
3. Notre Dame
4. Maryland
5. South Carolina
T6. Mississippi State
T6. Oregon State
8. Florida State
9. Ohio State
10. Stanford
11. Washington
12. Texas
13. Duke
14. Louisville
15. UCLA
16. Miami
17. NC State
18. DePaul
19. Oklahoma
20. Kentucky
21. Syracuse
22. Drake
23. Missouri
24. Kansas State
25. Temple
— Gina Mizell | @ginamizell
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