Washington State's football team climbed to No. 22 in the AP poll after defeating San Diego State, led by quarterback John Mateer's stellar performance.
A mass exodus has led to a seismic shift in the Pac-12 Conference. The “Conference of Champions” suffered what could be crushing blows after five schools announced defections from the league within hours of each other.
Colorado's announcement Thursday that it will return to the Big 12 comes a little more than a year after USC and UCLA said they were ditching the Pac-12 to join the Big Ten.