The USC Trojans are holding strong in the lastest AP top 25 poll, though they aren't the only L.A. team making the grade as the UCLA Bruins joined the ranks after taking out Nebraska over the weekend.
USC remains No. 2 in the poll this week, receiving eight first place votes compared to 48 for No. 1 Alabama. Pac-12 counterparts Oregon (No. 4), Stanford (No. 21), UCLA (No. 22) and Arizona (No. 25) all made the top 25 this week.
Oregon State and Arizona State both received votes, but did not make the top 25 this week.
Here's the complete list for week 3:
| Rank | Team | Votes |
| 1 | Alabama (48) | 1,486 |
| 2 | USC (8) | 1,414 |
| 3 | LSU (4) | 1,404 |
| 4 | Oregon | 1,299 |
| 5 | Florida State | 1,160 |
| 5 | Oklahoma | 1,160 |
| 7 | Georgia | 1,155 |
| 8 | South Carolina | 1,025 |
| 9 | West Virginia | 1,017 |
| 10 | Michigan State | 995 |
| 11 | Clemson | 868 |
| 12 | Ohio State | 772 |
| 13 | Virginia Tech | 734 |
| 14 | Texas | 716 |
| 15 | Kansas State | 714 |
| 16 | TCU | 542 |
| 17 | Michigan | 429 |
| 18 | Florida | 427 |
| 19 | Louisville | 316 |
| 20 | Notre Dame | 310 |
| 21 | Stanford | 260 |
| 22 | UCLA | 250 |
| 23 | Tennessee | 177 |
| 24 | Arizona | 149 |
| 25 | Brigham Young | 110 |
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