Cal Bears back in the polls after Pac-10 win

October 5, 2:41 PMCal Bears ExaminerRob Calonge

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Morrah and Longshore will be pleased with the
new polls (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

For the second time this season, the California Golden Bears have worked themselves back into national consciousness by moving up high enough to be ranked in the USA Today Top 25 Coaches Poll.  The Bears go into their bye week with a ranking of 25 in the Coaches Poll and 29th in the AP Poll.

The last time that the Bears were ranked, they were ranked for one week, the week of September 7, they were ranked #23 in the AP Poll and #25 in the USA Top 25 Coaches Poll.  Cal couldn't hold their ranking the last time as they promptly went cross-country and layed an egg against Maryland.

If they aren't in the polls next week, it won't becuase they've done anything wrong.  Normally a team that doesn't play will move up a spot or two based on poor performances of the teams ranked above them.  That would make it a safe bet that when the Bears travel to Arizona, they'll be ranked in both polls.

Here are the rankings for the USA Today Top 25 Coaches Poll:

Here's how Cal fares in the AP Top 25 Poll:

AP Top 25
RANK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS	LAST
1	Oklahoma  (51)	5-0	1608	1
2	Alabama  (13)	6-0	1537	2
3	Missouri  (1)	5-0	1487	4
4	LSU	4-0	1444	3
5	Texas	5-0	1374	5
6	Penn St.	6-0	1287	6
7	Texas Tech	5-0	1163	7
8	Southern Cal	3-1	1137	9
9	BYU	5-0	1103	8
10	Georgia	4-1	1014	11
11	Florida	4-1	977	12
12	Ohio St.	5-1	931	14
13	Vanderbilt	5-0	833	19
14	Utah	6-0	815	15
15	Boise St.	4-0	677	17
16	Kansas	4-1	623	16
17	Oklahoma St.	5-0	565	21
18	Virginia Tech	5-1	485	20
19	South Florida	5-1	392	10
20	Auburn	4-2	236	13
21	Wake Forest	3-1	205	25
22	North Carolina	4-1	196	NR
23	Michigan St.	5-1	161	NR
24	Pittsburgh	4-1	121	NR
25	Ball St.	6-0	97	NR
Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 96, Tulsa 85, Illinois 81, California 80, Northwestern 78, TCU 70, Georgia Tech 59, Kentucky 49, Florida St. 36, Notre Dame 6, Arizona 5, Fresno St. 5, Oregon 4, Boston College 3. First-place votes in parentheses