WSU football climbed five spots to No. 11 in Associated Press’ top 25 poll released Sunday morning.

The ranking is the highest for the Cougars since 2003. They reached No. 3 in 2002. The leap came after the Cougars (5-0, 2-0) outlasted University of Southern California (4-1, 2-1), winning 30-27 Friday night at Martin Stadium. As a result, the Trojans fell nine spots to No. 14 in the poll.

The victory was WSU’s first against a top-five opponent in 14 years, and the first against the Trojans in Pullman since 2002.

University of Washington remained at No. 6 in the poll, after defeating Oregon State 42-7. Utah (4-0, 1-0), another Pac-12 team, stayed at No. 20 following their bye week.

The top four teams in the country – Alabama, Clemson, Oklahoma and Penn State – did not change rank placements. Georgia replaced USC at No. 5 after shutting out Tennessee 41-0.

WSU will travel to Eugene this week to face Oregon (4-1, 1-1) for its first road game of the year. The Ducks received 19 top 25 votes after defeating California 45-24 over the weekend.

Reporting by Ryan Blake