At his weekly presser Monday, Washington State football coach Mike Leach said he was “as surprised as anyone” when he learned early Sunday that athletics director Bill Moos bolted the Cougars to head up the athletic program at the University of Nebraska. Leach also said, in a vague sort of way, that he has no plans to follow Moos to Lincoln.

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Bill Moos, who has served as Washington State's athletics director since 2010, Sunday agreed to a five-year contract to oversee the athletic department at the University of Nebraska. The 66-year-old Moos will assume his duties in Lincoln Oct. 23 and will receive a reported $1 million per year, plus incentives.

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Following similar debacles at Arizona State and Cal, respectively, Washington (6-1, 3-1) and Washington Sate (6-1, 3-1) fell out of the Associated Press Top 10 Sunday. The Huskies, a 13-7 loser Saturday to the Sun Devils, dropped from No. 5 to No. 12 while the Cougars, hammered Friday by the Bears 37-3, plunged from No. 8 to No. 15.

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Whether it was a short week, a late start, a high national ranking or a low opinion of Cal after its 38-7 loss to Washington last week, the Cougars were way under-prepared for what hit them in Berkeley Friday. The 15-point-underdog Bears sacked Heisman Trophy candidate Luke Falk nine times and created seven turnovers in a 37-3 walloping (box) that ended Washington State's best start since 2001 in ignominious fashion.

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In a vote of media members Thursday who regularly cover the league, Arizona has been selected as the favorite to win the 2017-18 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball title. Pac-12 media awarded the Wildcats 22 of 23 first-place votes in the annual preseason poll, and also picked Washington to finish 10th and Washington State 12th.

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Takeaway

When, some years from now, Earl Thomas enters the Pro Football Hall of Fame on the first ballot, his career highlight film is likely to include at least one, and perhaps two, plays from Sunday's 16-10 nail-biter over the Rams at the Los Angeles Coliseum that vaulted the Seahawks (3-2) into a share of the NFC West lead.

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Washington (6-0, 3-0) and Washington State (6-0, 3-0) took advantage of lopsided victories and No. 3 Oklahoma's 38-31 loss to unranked Iowa State to advance in the weekly Associated Press college football rankings released Sunday. The Huskies, a 38-7 winner over Cal,  moved up one notch to No. 5 while the Cougars, a 33-10 winner over Oregon on the road, climbed three spots to No. 8.

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The Seahawks promoted DE Branden Jackson, an undrafted free agent from Texas Tech who played with the Raiders in 2016, from their practice squad to the 53-man roster Saturday ahead of Sunday's game in Los Angeles against the NFC-West leading Rams.

LB Justin March-Lillard was waived to make room.

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Following another season, the 16th in a row, without playoffs, the Mariners Tuesday let go two members of the coaching staff, bench coach Tim Bogar and first base coach Casey Candaele, whose contracts were not renewed. The remaining  coaches who worked under manager Scott Servais in 2017 will return in 2018, some in new positions.

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Takeaway

Two defensive touchdowns -- a 28-yard interception return by CB Justin Coleman in the second quarter and a 21-yard fumble return by LB Bobby Wagner in the third -- helped the Seahawks turn a clumsy affair into a rout of the Indianapolis Colts, 46-18, Sunday night at CenturyLink Field. Trailing 15-10 at halftime, Seattle roared back to square its record at 2-2 with a 22-point third period full of explosive plays.

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Despite its 42-7 pasting of Oregon State Saturday night, Washington remained No. 6 in the Associated Press college football rankings released Sunday. Washington State, though, made a leap from No. 16 to No. 11 after beating former No. 5 USC 30-27 in Pullman Friday night. The Huskies and Cougars are 5-0 overall and 2-0 in Pac-12 play.

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To the surprise of no one who witnessed the injury, WR Chico McClatcher is done for the season after breaking his left ankle in Washington's 37-10 win over Colorado Saturday in Boulder. Huskies coach Chris Petersen said Monday that surgery is likely.

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Takeaway

The Tennessee Titans rode a third quarter streak of 21 unanswered points, which included touchdown passes of 55 (Rishard Matthews) and 24 yards (Jonnu Smith) from QB Marcus Mariota, as well as Demarco Murray's 75-yard scoring run, to wear down the Seahawks 33-27 Sunday in hot and humid Nashville. Despite 373 yards and four TD passes by QB Russell Wilson (box), Seattle fell to 1-2.

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Following its 37-10 romp over Colorado Saturday night in Boulder, the University of Washington (4-0) moved up one spot to No. 6 in the weekly Associated Press college football rankings released Sunday. The Huskies, who collected 1,188 votes, also remained  No. 6 in the coaches poll.

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Starting CB Byron Murphy, one of a group of premier young players among the seventh-ranked Huskies, will miss Washington's conference opener Saturday at Colorado and another six weeks with a broken foot, according to a story in the Seattle Times. The UW hasn't confirmed the injury.

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The Pac-12 Conference Tuesday announced game times and television selections for the 2017-18 men's college basketball season. The Washington Huskies, in their first campaign under new head coach Mike Hopkins, are on national television at least seven times.

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Takeaway

QB Russell Wilson escaped a certain take-down for loss and tossed an off-balance, across-the-body, nine-yard TD pass to WR Paul Richardson with 7:06 remaining to lift the Seahawks to an absurdly difficult 12-9 victory over the San Francisco 49ers at CenturyLink Field Sunday (box). The Seahawks improved to 1-1 and avoided becoming the first Seattle team since 2001 to fail to score a touchdown in consecutive weeks.

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Despite putting a 48-16 pasting on Fresno State Saturday night, the Washington Huskies dropped one spot from No. 6 to No. 7 in the Associated Press college football rankings released Sunday. UW remained at No. 6 in the coaches poll in a week of shakeups involving Pac-12 schools.

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The Mariners Friday activated LHP James Paxton from the disabled list to put him on the mound at 5:10 p.m. Friday night in the first of three games against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. The Mariners (74-73) seek their fourth consecutive victory.

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The Mariners Thursday activated Felix Hernandez from the disabled list and penciled him in to start Thursday night's series finale against the Texas Rangers in Arlington. The 31-year-old Hernandez, 5-4 with a 4.28 ERA in 13 starts this season, has been on DL since Aug. 2 with right shoulder bursitis.

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