USC has cracked the Associated Press and coaches’ top 25 polls. The Trojans are No. 24 in both.
Below are the full results of the AP Poll.
| RANK | TEAM | PV RANK | CONFERENCE | POINTS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clemson (2-0) | 1 | ACC | 1,544 | ||
| 2 | Alabama (1-0) | 2 | SEC | 1,489 | ||
| 3 | Georgia (2-0) | 3 | SEC | 1,385 | ||
| 4 | LSU (2-0) | 6 | SEC | 1,336 | ||
| 5 | Oklahoma (2-0) | 4 | Big 12 | 1,315 | ||
| 6 | Ohio State (2-0) | 5 | Big Ten | 1,291 | ||
| 7 | Notre Dame (1-0) | 8 | IA Independents | 1,072 | ||
| 8 | Auburn (2-0) | 10 | SEC | 1,056 | ||
| 9 | Florida (2-0) | 11 | SEC | 997 | ||
| 10 | Michigan (2-0) | 7 | Big Ten | 936 | ||
| 11 | Utah (2-0) | 13 | Pac-12 | 905 | ||
| 12 | Texas (1-1) | 9 | Big 12 | 877 | ||
| 13 | Penn State (2-0) | 15 | Big Ten | 781 | ||
| 14 | Wisconsin (2-0) | 17 | Big Ten | 714 | ||
| 15 | Oregon (1-1) | 16 | Pac-12 | 677 | ||
| 16 | Texas A&M (1-1) | 12 | SEC | 643 | ||
| 17 | UCF (2-0) | 18 | American Athletic | 544 | ||
| 18 | Michigan State (2-0) | 19 | Big Ten | 495 | ||
| 19 | Iowa (2-0) | 20 | Big Ten | 473 | ||
| 20 | Washington State (2-0) | 22 | Pac-12 | 343 | ||
| 21 | Maryland (2-0) | Big Ten | 207 | |||
| 22 | Boise State (2-0) | 24 | Mountain West | 164 | ||
| 23 | Washington (1-1) | 14 | Pac-12 | 161 | ||
| 24 | USC (2-0) | Pac-12 | 137 | |||
| 25 | Virginia (2-0) | ACC | 122 |
Others receiving votes: Iowa State 96, California 95, Mississippi State 73, TCU 66, North Carolina 48, Army 42, Colorado 21, Oklahoma State 20, Memphis 12, Arizona State 4, Boston College 2, Kentucky 2, Appalachian State 2, Syracuse 2, Minnesota 1
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How could the Fuskies be rated over USC ?
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Exactly. Putting aside biases, look at the Trojan performance for the last 2.5 quarters or so, where they outscore the Farm 42-3.
Realistically, how many teams could have beaten the new Trojan team? Michigan is number 10 and they don’t look close to beaten the new Trojans.
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Bama, Clemson, LSU, are just a few teams I think could give SC a hard time. Not because of talent but because of the incomptency of Helton.
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gt — We’ll have a chance to take care of that….. in person.
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Army ran over Michigan. Harbaugh might be gone if the wolverines don’t get better.
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…But remember Army is good —they’ll probably win 10 games this season….
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It’s been a while since i remember USC 2-0 and at the bottom of the Top 25 rankings.
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Sorry everyone.
But I’m just giving my honest opinions.
Slovis had a night to remember. Congrats to him✌
But that wasn’t a good Stanford football team.
They throw to the TE alot, but for the USC Coaches to not be able to realize where he will throw the ball is terrible. We couldn’t start to notice until mid 3rd quarter that Davis Mills stares down his pass catching TE.
Parkinson blew off the line fooling our Safety into thiking it was a run play meanwhile Parkinson’s left 4 Trojan defenders behind him only Mills missed.
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Your thoughts and observations are always valid, Sam. Do you think the Cardinal will win 8, 9 games? They had some missing pieces and wouldn’t be surprised if Shaw rights the ship.
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I agree with your opinion. Stanford is extremely limited, especially without Costello.
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Some of us (including me in spades) may be too tough on the Pac-12 as a weak conference.
Note that 5 Pac-12 teams are ranked, and another 3 received votes.
Caveats due here, since it is just week 2, but still interesting.
On the other hand,…
#NeedToDropUCLA
#TheyAreHoldingUsBackAsAConfernce
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67 — It pains me to say this —but the bruins are an embarrassment to college football and a detriment to world health and well being….
#…IBelieveTheyAreContributingToGlobalWarming
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Maybe we could get UCSD to switch out the ruins. A LaJolla weekender would be a hell of a lot more fun than driving to Pasadena every other November. I think they play flag in the dorms, couldn’t be worse than what chip has.
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Pudly —USC is a 3 point favorite over BYU. Let’s see if we can beat the spread ….
#We’llBeLookingAwfulGoodIfWeDo…..
#[BYUIsNoPushoverForOurD-Backs]…..
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Michael,Double thumbs up if I could!
#TheGlobalWarmingHashTagIsOverTheTopGood
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67 —I was being totally sincere. There’s something about the way they play that is contributing to extreme weather in the Atlantic…..
#MaybeSomeDayScienceWillBeAbleToExplainIt…..
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The ruins need to go the UCSB route and the whole Pac 12 conference ranking will improve.
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gt —Chipster is working very hard to make your dream come true….
#Let’sPrayHeSucceeds,ShallWe?
#[KillingUCLAFootballWouldBeAnActOfMercy]……
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GT, yes, it is better not even to have a team, rather than a crappy team, year after year.
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Pudly — I guess it never occurred to you that kids might see that UCLA football video….
#….CheckOutCalifornia’sChildEndangermentLaws….
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Bring in San Diego State into the Pac 12 and send ugly to oblivion.
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Off-topic, but if you are watching the Jets game, Sammy is looking like his old self.
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67 —Yes about Sam….
#….TooBadHePlaysForTheJets….
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MG, exactly. When I posted that, the Jets were up 16-0…
#IShouldHaveKnownJetsWouldF***ItUp
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Seems about right. This is good. Just slowly keep creeping up. Better than always being ranked way too high in the pre-season. But why, oh why, is Washington ALWAYS ranked so high?! Everyone needs to get off the Petersen train. Is he THAT elite? Never really pans out that way.
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There is no reason that conference column needs to be there. It’s a stroke job to pump up the ego of the rest of the SEC teams that don’t win.
#IOnlyWantUSCToWin;INeverRootForOtherPac-12Teams
#MyBachelorsDegreeSaysUSCAndDoesn’tMention”Conference”AnywhereOnIt
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marvienna —I guess you didn’t get your USC diploma during the Wanda Austin years…….
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These ranking mean very little. If the Trojans just take care of business, the playoff committee rankings will reward SC for their murderous schedule.
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Biggest difference btwn Daniels and Slovis is the number of receivers USC used – 5 Ra St. Brown, Pittman, London, McClain, Williams and Vaughns ‘plus’ Carr and Malepai. That for me is the biggest change – Daniels, like Barkley, had his ‘favorites’ – Slovis throws it to whoever is open and deep. or close and ready.
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And he’ll get even better at that as the season continues, Alv….he’s a team-guy!
#AndTheTeamKnowsIt….
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Now across town what we got there?
Read that long article about that mega-donor Hughes in today’s LA Times. Papadakis said last Thursday the article was fair and he was right, it is. Remarkable man save his insisting Nikias hire Swann (which is denied) Nikias is on the record bluntly stating he did not confer with anyone on making his selection of Swann.
Man Stanford made a lot of penalties last night – a lot!
Decent games next week AL @ So. Car, Stanford @ UCF, AZ St. @ MI St., WA St. @ Hou, IA @ IA St., OH St. @ IN and the impending massacre in the Arroyo Seco OK @ bel-air tech.
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Am I wrong to be savoring the last 10 words of your post, Alv?
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Michael, not wrong at all…
#OnlyHumanNature
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The other guys didn’t play with Daniels in the game. He would have had to thrown to them in the sidelines.
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I think UCLA got a vote or two…… in the FCS subdivision
#Bruinsgoingundefeatedtherestofthewayuntilthecrosstownrivalry
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I watched the highlights of the BYU -Tennessee game and BYU has massive O linemen who just pushed one of their backs 5 yards into the end zone. They also have speed at skill positions, a good QB and kicker. If I were SC I would be looking at who is going to referee this game. BYU is obviously looking at this as a trap game.
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We’re 24th in the polls and according to the studies that they do each year, we’re the 4th most talented team in the country. Whoopie! But I guess saturday night was a good step in the right direction.
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