No. 13 Alabama is out of the top 10 of The AP college football poll for the first time since 2015, and Georgia remained No. 1 on Sunday. This week, the opening of regular season conference play.
No. 23 Washington State will host Northern Colorado on Saturday. It's a bridge game for the Cougars between last week's upset of Wisconsin and next week's Pac-12 Conference opener against No. 16 Oregon State.
The past 18 months have been a whirlwind for Washington State coach Jake Dickert and the entire Cougars program. Washington State is hoping for some stability this season even as its future conference affiliation remains up in the air.
Steele Venters scored 27 points and buried a go-ahead 3-pointer with 16 seconds remaining to rally Eastern Washington to an 81-74 victory over Washington State in the first round of the NIT.
UCLA has climbed to No. 2 behind Houston in the latest Associated Press men's college basketball poll. The Cougars earned 58 first-place votes to remain on top for a third straight week.
Alabama is the new No. 1, in The AP men’s college basketball poll for the first time in 20 years. Purdue’s loss to Northwestern last week caused a jumble at the top of the AP Top 25 .
Even though the Seahawks didn't make the trip south to play in the game, there are a number of ties to the State of Washington between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs to give you a rooting interest.