The college football rankings are out, and the USC Trojans are on the rise. It is only fitting that after their finest victory of the season the Trojans achieve their highest ranking of the year. USC, 38-35 winners in Eugene over the Oregon Ducks on Saturday night, moved up eight spots to No. 10 in the Associated Press poll, their highest ranking of the season. Here is the AP top 10:
- LSU
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Stanford
- Oklahoma State
- Virginia Tech
- Boise State
- Houston
- Oregon
- USC
The Trojans were ranked No. 18 last week, which was their previous high ranking this year.
| USC in the AP poll | |
| Date | AP Rank |
| Preseason | 25 |
| Sep 6 | 28 |
| Sep 11 | 27 |
| Sep 18 | 23 |
| Sep 25 | t38 |
| Oct 2 | 34 |
| Oct 9 | 31 |
| Oct 16 | 28 |
| Oct 23 | 20 |
| Oct 30 | 21 |
| Nov 6 | 18 |
| Nov 13 | 18 |
| Nov 20 | 10 |
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