The USC Trojans are now 2-0 after defeating Georgia Southern 59-20 on Saturday Night. They went into the game unranked, and they will remain unranked after both the AP and Coaches Poll have left USC out of the Top 25.
After dropping two spots in the Coaches Poll last week, they moved up two spots, back to 29th this week. This illustrates the inconsistency in the voting in these polls. In reality, the Trojans were more dominant last week, but moved down. This week, they move back up, but are still kept out of the Top 25.
In the AP Poll, the USC Trojans will sit at 30th heading into Week 3.
USC Trojans Kept Out Of Top 25
As we have been saying, in reality, the Trojans being in the Top 25 this early in the season does not matter all that much. If they take care of business in conference play, they will fly up the rankings.
It is just interesting and shows some of the bias and inconsistencies in the voting.
Here is the complete AP Top 25 heading into Week 3:
- Ohio State
- Penn State
- LSU
- Oregon
- Miami
- Georgia
- Texas
- Notre Dame
- Illinois
- Florida State
- South Carolina
- Clemson
- Oklahoma
- Iowa State
- Tennessee
- Texas A&M
- Ole Miss
- South Florida
- Alabama
- Utah
- Texas Tech
- Indiana
- Michigan
- Auburn
- Missouri
While it may not matter much, being so early in the season, you can see how rankings get manipulated based on beating ranked opponents to build a resume.
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For example, South Florida beats a Florida team that probably should not have been ranked as a Top 25 team. But because they were, South Florida skyrocketed to 18th overall.
Will it matter at the end of the season? Probably not, but it is worth monitoring.
The USC Trojans will play their first road game next week against the Purdue Boilermakers. A win in West Lafayette could give the Trojans enough to finally sneak into the Top 25.
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