West Virginia moved up one spot to No. 8 in the latest Associated Press rankings and climbed to No. 7 in the USA Today coaches poll, released Sunday.
The Mountaineers (2-0) defeated James Madison 42-12 on Saturday and will face Maryland next week in the final nonconference game of the regular season.
See the complete AP poll and the coaches version.
Four other Big 12 teams are ranked in the AP poll: No. 6 Oklahoma, No. 12 Texas, No. 15 Kansas State and No. 17 TCU.
In the coaches poll, the Sooners are fifth, Texas is No. 10, Kansas State is 13th and TCU is No. 16. A sixth Big 12 team — Oklahoma State — is ranked No. 25 by the coaches.