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USC Didn’t Play And Moves Up In Top 25 Polls

It always helps to have a bye, especially with the polls.

USC moved up two spots and is No. 10 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. The Trojans actually tied Wake Forest for 10th as they each had 927 points.

Oregon is No. 8, UCLA No. 12 and Utah No. 14.

USC moved up one spot and is No. 11 in the coaches’ poll.

Here is the AP Top 25:

RANK TEAMTRENDTHIS WEEKPOINTS
1Georgia (7-0)SEC–vs Vanderbilt W 55-01,530 (31)
2Ohio State (7-0)Big Ten–vs Iowa W 54-10Game Recap1,513 (18)
3Tennessee (7-0)SEC–vs Tennessee-Martin W 65-24Game Recap1,476 (13)
4Michigan (7-0)Big Ten–vs Penn State W 41-171,382
5Clemson (8-0)ACC–vs Syracuse W 27-211,318 (1)
6Alabama (7-1)SEC–vs Mississippi State W 30-6Game Recap1,266
7TCU (7-0)Big 121vs Kansas State W 38-281,213
8Oregon (6-1)Pac-122vs UCLA W 45-30Game Recap1,114
9Oklahoma State (6-1)Big 122vs Texas W 41-34Game Recap1,064
10USC (6-1)Pac-122@ Utah L 43-42927
10Wake Forest (6-1)ACC3vs Boston College W 43-15927
12UCLA (6-1)Pac-123@ Oregon L 45-30803
13Penn State (6-1)Big Ten3vs Minnesota W 45-17Game Recap783
14Utah (5-2)Pac-121vs USC W 43-42766
15Ole Miss (7-1)SEC8@ LSU L 45-20744
16Syracuse (6-1)ACC2@ Clemson L 27-21Game Recap626
17Illinois (6-1)Big Ten1vs Minnesota W 26-14Game Recap508
18LSU (6-2)SEC–vs Ole Miss W 45-20502
19Kentucky (5-2)SEC–vs Mississippi State W 27-17429
20Cincinnati (6-1)American Athletic1@ SMU W 29-27386
21North Carolina (6-1)ACC1@ Duke W 38-35278
22Kansas State (5-2)Big 125@ TCU L 38-28272
23Tulane (7-1)American Athletic2vs Memphis W 38-28243
24North Carolina State (5-2)ACC1@ Syracuse L 24-9169
25South Carolina (5-2)SEC–vs Texas A&M W 30-24113

Others receiving votes:

Texas 38, Liberty 35, Oregon State 25, Mississippi State 10, Maryland 8, Troy 3, UTSA 1, Arkansas 1, Washington 1, Florida State 1

37 thoughts on “USC Didn’t Play And Moves Up In Top 25 Polls”

    1. Nothing left to accomplish! Nothing left to live for!
      #WeDidIt,George!
      #FreezeRegularSeasonHere!
      #DeclineBowlInvitation!
      #[Kidding—KickUCLA’sAssFirst]

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      1. MICHAEL OL PAL.
        WE HAVE TO WIN OUT MY GOOD FRIEND
        INCLUDING BEATING THE DUCKS 🦆 OR THE UTES FOR THE CONFERENCE TITLE
        OR
        IM GONNA KNOW THE REASON WHY AND
        BE REAL MAD TOO !!!!
        LOL

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      2. George —
        Love it! That was always my favorite [deliberately lame] answer when I was being cross examined by supervisors at the City Attorney’s office over a proposed trial strategy: “This is gonna work …or I’ll know the reason why!”
        #[Tip:ThisLineShouldBeDeliveredWithASleepyJoeSmile]

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    2. George —
      The most important thing —no matter what —is that we end up ranked ahead of Georgia Southern (Helton)….
      #AndTexas (Sark)…
      #AndMississippi (Kiffin)….
      #AndWhicheverSchoolGrahamHarrellIsCoachingAt….
      #[AndWhicheverSchoolEdOrgeronEndsUpAtNextYear]

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    3. Lane Kiffin and Steve Sarkisian both lost yesterday.

      7 Win Sark might not win 7 games for the second year in a row, so his ass will get fired, boosters in Austin won’t put up with that loser.

      Kiffin has had it easier at ‘Ol Miss. Back to back seasons with creampuff schedules should buy that Bozo another year before his ass gets bounced.

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  2. “It always helps to have a bye, especially with the polls.” It also helps if teams previously ranked ahead of you lose. This is not rocket science, Scott. This is how the polls work and have always worked.

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    1. My friend George remembers lots of years when teams were placed on probation for taking what they called a “bye”….
      #[OfCourseThisWasInThe1920’sBeforeTeamsWereAllowedByes]….

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      1. IN THE MID TWENTIES BOTH CAL AND STANFORD CANCELLED GAMES AGAINST US AND VICE VERSA

        THEY THOUGHT WE WERE CHEATING UNDER HENDERSON AND JONES
        BUT THEY WERE JUST JEALOUS
        PERIOD
        CASE CLOSED.

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  3. Okay –enough fucking around. I need to know if Addison and Gentry are 100% …and I need to know it NOW….
    #Charles&MeHaveOnlineGamblingResponsibilitiesToDischarge

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    1. A THOUGHT
      RALEEK IS TOO SMALL AND SKINNY TO BLOCK
      WHEN HE IS IN WE HAVE TO LET HIM RUN THE BALL OR SEND HIM OUT AS A SAFETY VALVE
      BLOCK LIKE ITS AN EMPTY BACKFIELD SET
      SO
      MICHAEL PLEASE TELL LINCOLN
      OR HAVE ED DO IT
      I KNOW HE AND RILEY ARE TIGHT !!

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      2. HEY MICHAEL
        HOW ABOUT THE $1000.00 PER HOUR ED ????
        HE IS SUPER SHARP ALWAYS
        CAN DO ANYTHING
        BEST GUY TO FIND OUT ANYTHING BEST GUY PERIOD.

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      3. Ed ‘n me arr havin’ diner with Linc n his missus tonite, jus lik we do evry sundy.

        Ed n Linc talk pigskin, so ‘Ed’l mak shur Linc gitz the ralik messuge. Me n Linc’s missus r plannin the end of seeson pigskn banquette. I tryed to get John the bloggur an invite to the banqute but Linc’s missus saiz that we need to maytain standards.
        #SouryJohn

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      4. Did John have to hear that MissusEd.G? People are always giving the same reason [something called ‘standards’] for not letting my in- laws visit their houses. But I try to protect my in-laws feelings by only sharing all the hatred that’s expressed against them with anybody who happens to be reading this blog…
        #DiscretionIsGolden

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  4. As long as we win we will be able to move up. Oklahoma St, TCU will drop out of top 10 when we play against UCLA. Championship weekend we need to be ranked 6 or better n win Championship game and be 12-1, to be in the running. We are going to need Michigan Clemson and either Alabama or Tennessee to have 2 losses, which will guarantee us a berth. If Tennessee makes title game n lose by 3 points or less, I believe they will be selected over us if Michigan doesn’t have 2 losses. There will be a lot of scenarios each week, so all this could be wrong, just my opinion.

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    1. HI ERIC

      I THINK WE HAVE TWO CHANCES

      SLIM AND NONE

      IF ONLY WE HAD WHIPPED THE UTES AND GONE 13-0 WE WOULD HAVE MADE IT

      AT 12-1 WE WOULD NEED A LOT OF HELP LIKE YOU POINTED OUT

      A LOT

      SAD TO SAY ERIC

      BUT

      HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL IN THE HUMAN BREAST !!

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  5. Too many missed tackles.
    Offsides penalties.
    Overmatched D backs.
    Linemen out of position.

    There I wrote t o o l in a post without being moderated. I haven’t spilled political blood, or offered up hind parts of someone I am trolling, but I managed to get that word in a post. I am laughing inside.
    Happy Sunday

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  6. George Tirebiter had an interesting question from the previous segment where I stated that even if SC runs the table they still need Oregon to beat Utah to qualify for an SC-Oregon title game

    However, assuming SC, Utah and Oregon run the table up until the Utah-Oregon game and further assuming Utah beats Oregon, how does it shake out to determine the 2 finalists?
    — Complicated. SC, Utah and Oregon would all have one conference loss, but Utah would be in by virtue of their SC and Oregon victories, so it would be between Oregon and SC for the second spot.

    Since Oregon lost to non-conference Georgia, if SC beats non-conference ND Troy is in but what if SC loses to ND, then I believe the team to play Utah would be the one with the highest poll ranking and with SC and Oregon both having freshly lost it could be a close poll.

    So we have to root for SC running the table and for Utah to beat Oregon.

    P.S. sucla has a chance too since they beat Utah, and if sucla wins out (including beating SC), then sucla would play the winner of the Utah-Oregon game if it is Utah, but if Oregon I believe they would have to look at the comparable poll positions between sucla and Oregon

    Did we mention this gets complicated, so thanks a lot George for your question, but next time could you please confine your questioning to asking us something simpler like what is our social security number or what did we have for breakfast

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      1. Remember that time we ate Cheerios with chocolate milk and Hostess creme-filled cupcakes and watched Sheriff John’s Breakfast Brigade?
        #MyBestestTimeEver….
        #[SorryIStoppedUpTheToilet]

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