Jabe Mullins, DJ Rodman and Justin Powell led the Washington State Cougars to ended a 12-game losing streak to Southern California with an 81-71 victory .
North Carolina is only the sixth team to go from preseason No. 1 to unranked since at least the 1961-62 season, most recently with Michigan State during the 2019-20 season.
Washington State and Fresno State will meet Dec. 17 in the LA Bowl in Los Angeles. The Cougars are 7-5 and have reached a program-record seventh straight bowl game.
No. 12 Washington looks to reclaim the Apple Cup this year. The Washington State Cougars snapped a seven-game losing streak to their rivals last year with an emphatic 40-13 blowout in Seattle.
Nakia Watson scored two touchdowns and Washington State intercepted former quarterback Jayden de Laura four times in a 31-20 Pac-12 road victory over Arizona