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Alabama (10 0) remained at No. 1 in the ranking for a third straight week, followed by Ohio State (9 1), Michigan (9 1) and Clemson (9 1). Ohio State, which moved up three spots, made its first appearance in the top four this season.

Despite a 14 13 upset Saturday at Iowa, Michigan remained at No. 3 while Clemson slipped two spots to No. 4 after its 43 42 setback to Wake Forest.

"The committee this week spent a great deal of time on teams 3 6," said Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt, who is chairman of the CFP selection committee. "There's small separations in that category of teams."

It's the lowest the Huskies, who debuted at No. 5, have appeared in the CFP rankings. Saturday at Husky Stadium, could face one or two teams ranked by the CFP that included nearly half of the Pac 12 among its top 25.

The five Pac 12 teams are UW, No. 10 Colorado (8 2), No. 12 Utah (8 2), No. 13 USC (7 3) and No. 22 Washington State (8 2).

Huskies star linebacker Azeem Victor had surgery Sunday and was released Monday. He has an 8 to 12 week recovery timeline.

"He's pretty good. It's hard for him, definitely, but he's taking it pretty well," linebacker Keishawn Bierria said. "He's a fighter. This is what he does. He's got to face the adversity, and he'll bounce back."

Redshirt freshman DJ Beavers is in line to make his first start in Victor's stead at middle linebacker on Saturday against ASU.

True freshman Brandon Wellington, the former Eastside Catholic star, is now No. 2 at middle linebacker.

Freshman Taylor Rapp has managed to carve out a role and a starting spot in Washington's crowded secondary filled with All Pac 12 performers.

The 6 foot, 202 pound strong safety who starred at Bellingham's Sehome High enrolled early at authentic ravens jerseys cheap UW in January and participated in spring drills.

Because the Huskies use a lot of nickel coverage, he started the third game of the season and has been in the starting lineup the past five games.

During last week's loss to USC, Rapp had two interceptions the first picks of his career which suddenly put the unheralded newcomer in the spotlight. cheap jerseys Only star cornerback Sidney Jones (three) has more interceptions than Rapp.

"I was waiting for this because I know what kind of jerseys from China big time football Taylor has been playing all season long," co defensive coordinator Jimmy Lake said. "Now it's nice to see on a big stage like that against a really good opponent, him making two huge splash plays.

"I always tell those guys it's about score or get the ball back. As soon as you do that, that's when your name gets talked about. It changes games."

Rapp had a personal best seven tackles a week earlier against California and impressed the UW coaching staff with a pair of solid defensive stops three weeks ago at Utah.