The USC football team has played like a top-10 team so far this season, but poll voters aren’t really seeing the Trojans as a premier team in college football. USC remained outside the top 10 in the latest edition of the American LBM Coaches Surveypresented by USA TODAY Sports. USA TODAY’s latest report on the poll, by Eddie Timanus, noted that “Georgia retains the top spot, but The bulldogs“Adhesion is more fragile after grinding a one-point victory at Kentucky. UGA received 42 of the 55 first-place votes cast this week, more than enough to retain the lead but down a few from last week. Most of the top votes that changed hands went to Texas, which edged out inactive Ohio State for second place. Long horns garnered 10 No. 1 nominations, while the Buckeyes “The other three spots remain unchanged, with No. 4 Alabama, No. 5 Mississippi and No. 6 Oregon holding steady.”
Interestingly, Oregon stayed put. With USC dropping one spot, Oregon extended its lead over USC in the polls, even though USC has been a better team so far this season. Sure, Oregon played very well against Oregon State and looked like a top-tier team for the first time this season, but USC showed up twice, not once. It’s still surprising that USC is ranked anywhere below Oregon in the rankings, based strictly on merit. We’ll see what happens next week, as USC travels to Michigan to take on the Wolverines. You can see where Michigan ended up in the poll before taking on the Trojans on September 21. Here’s the poll order below:
2. The Texas Longhorns
Ole Miss beat Wake Forest and is at No. 5.
6. Oregon Ducks
7. Tennessee Volunteers
8. Tie – Penn State Nittany Lions
8. Equality – Missouri Tigers
Missouri won a close game against Boston College and did not fall in the poll.
10. Utah Utes
Utah beat Utah State without injured quarterback Cam Rising.
11. Miami Hurricanes
Miami edged USC despite playing an FCS team in a cupcake game.
12. USC Trojans
That’s where the Trojans find themselves, six spots behind Oregon, heading into Week 4 and the game at Michigan.
14. State of Kansas Wild cats
The Wildcats looked good in their victory against Arizona.
15. Oklahoma State The cowboys
Mike Gundy’s team has broken through Tulsa.
16. LSU Tigers
LSU didn’t play well against South Carolina, but they won and maintained a position in the top 16.
17. Michigan Wolverines
19. Clemson Tigers
Louisville rounds out the top 20.
Iowa State is in the top 21 based on its win at Iowa.
23. Memphis Tigers
Yesterday we talked about UNLV, today it’s Memphis who is 3-0 on the field after a win against Florida State on Saturday.
Why they fit easily into the Pac-12:https://t.co/8qF43ME4PU
— Andy Patton (@AndyPattonCBB) September 15, 2024
24. Texas A&M Aggies
25. UNLV Rebels
This article was originally published on Trojans Wire: USC drops one spot, but remains outside top 10 in MLB coaches poll
