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The USC Trojans took care of business in Salt Lake City against the Utah Utes on Thursday, moving up two spots to No. 11 in the country this week in the AP Top 25 poll for Week 7 of the college football season.
Alabama remained the top school in the land, followed by the Oregon Ducks, South Carolina Gamecocks, Florida Gators and West Virginia Mountaineers to round out the top five. Oregon State sits one spot ahead of USC at No. 10 in the country, while Stanford is No. 17, the only other Pac-12 school to make the grade this week.
UCLA fell out of the top 25 and received no votes after getting stomped by the Cal Golden Bears, 43-17.
The full AP top 25 is below. You can check out all the rankings over at Sports Illustrated's AP Top 25 page:
| Rank | Team | Record | Votes | Previous |
| 1 | Alabama (60) | 5-0 | 1,500 | 1 |
| 2 | Oregon | 6-0 | 1,435 | 2 |
| 3 | South Carolina | 6-0 | 1,359 | 6 |
| 4 | Florida | 5-0 | 1,265 | 10 |
| 5 | West Virginia | 5-0 | 1,260 | 8 |
| 6 | Kansas State | 5-0 | 1,217 | 7 |
| 7 | Notre Dame | 5-0 | 1,176 | 9 |
| 8 | Ohio State | 6-0 | 1,053 | 12 |
| 9 | LSU | 5-1 | 938 | 4 |
| 10 | Oregon State | 4-0 | 873 | 14 |
| 11 | USC | 4-1 | 812 | 13 |
| 12 | Florida State | 5-1 | 800 | 3 |
| 13 | Oklahoma | 3-1 | 756 | 17 |
| 14 | Georgia | 5-1 | 733 | 5 |
| 15 | Texas | 4-1 | 711 | 11 |
| 16 | Clemson | 5-1 | 657 | 15 |
| 17 | Stanford | 4-1 | 587 | 18 |
| 18 | Louisville | 5-0 | 494 | 19 |
| 19 | Mississippi State | 5-0 | 450 | 20 |
| 20 | Rutgers | 5-0 | 331 | 22 |
| 21 | Cincinnati | 4-0 | 205 | NR |
| 22 | Texas A&M | 4-1 | 153 | NR |
| 23 | Louisiana Tech | 5-0 | 129 | NR |
| 24 | Boise State | 4-1 | 114 | NR |
| 25 | Michigan | 3-2 | 82 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Ohio 79, Baylor 62, Iowa State 54, TCU 50, Michigan State 49, Arizona State 39, Washington 39, North Carolina State 17, Nebraska 5, Arizona 4, Duke 3, Tennessee 3, Texas Tech 2, Tulsa 2, Northwestern 1, Penn State 1