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DAVIS, Calif. – UC Davis' climb up the national poll continued following its Battle for the Golden Horseshoe blowout victory at Cal Poly this past weekend. By scoring 52 straight points on the Mustangs' home field, voters noticed how brutally efficient the Aggies were on both sides of the ball, as indicated by its No. 6 ranking.
 
This ranking erases the previous program high, which was set last week when football received its first-ever top 10 national ranking. Including this week's listing, UC Davis spent the last seven weeks in STATS FCS' poll, earning a higher ranking each occasion.
 
Junior communication major Jake Maier also earned honors for outstanding performance in last week's Central Coast rivalry game when College Sports Madness, a subsidiary of USA Today Sports, named him its Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week for the second week in a row.
 
Those honors are well deserved: After throwing five touchdowns throughout the Aggies' come-from-behind overtime thriller during Homecoming Weekend, Maier responded last weekend by throwing another five, matching a single-game Big Sky era program record in the process on both occasions.
 
No Big Sky quarterback averages more passing yards per game than the La Habra, Calif. native (308.6 ypg), the fourth-highest clip in the nation. That is the same ranking as UC Davis' passing offense, which averages 332.3 ypg and is responsible for 42.4 points per game — the best in the Big West and fifth-highest in the country.
 
UC Davis' final Monday accolade took place when the AFCA released this week's Coaches' Poll, one that saw the Aggies move three spots to 13.
 
The Aggies will complete their two-game road swing on Saturday when they visit Montana for a 1 p.m. PT/2 p.m. MT Big Sky showdown. SWX will televise that game locally, everyone else in the nation can watch on Pluto TV (channel 237), online at WatchBigSky.com or listen on Sports 1140 KHTK.
 
 
AGGIE EVO
Established during the 2017-18 academic year, the Aggie EVO System is UC Davis Athletics' investment in the primary mission of preparing student-athletes for a successful "launch" after graduation.
 
Thanks to a collaboration of alumni, university resources, corporate partners, coaches and Student-Athlete Outcomes staff, all Aggies are guided over four years to acquire the skills, knowledge, opportunities and tools to better know and navigate the "World of Work" after graduating from UC Davis. Follow the Aggie EVO system on Twitter and Instagram at @AggieEVO.
 
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ABOUT UC DAVIS
Providing a small-town community feel while providing a world-class academic experience, UC Davis is home to more than 37,000 students and centrally located between San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, and the Napa Valley.
 
The No. 5-ranked public university in the nation, according to the Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education, offers nearly 100 graduate programs and more than 100 academic majors across four colleges and six professional schools, ranking among the world and nation's best in numerous disciplines, including veterinary science, agriculture, and plant and animal programs.