The USC Trojans fell one spot in the latest USA today coaches poll to No. 3 in the rankings, while a number of other Pac-12 teams made the grade this week as well.
Alabama maintained the No. 1 spot this week, while LSU took over the No. 2 spot, getting just five first place votes compared to the 11 given to USC. The Oregon Ducks are far behind, sitting in the No. 4 spot, while the Stanford Cardinal jumped from No. 21 last week to No. 16 this week after their huge win over Duke.
UCLA and Arizona were both unranked last week, but made a move into the top 25 at No. 23 and No. 25 respectfully.
Here is the complete USA Today coaches poll:
| Rank | Team | Points |
| 1 | Alabama (42) | 1455 |
| 2 | LSU (5) | 1380 |
| 3 | USC (11) | 1363 |
| 4 | Oregon (1) | 1292 |
| 5 | Oklahoma | 1203 |
| 6 | Florida State | 1153 |
| 7 | Georgia | 1120 |
| 8 | West Virginia | 1024 |
| 9 | South Carolina | 1008 |
| 10 | Michigan State | 950 |
| 11 | Clemson | 904 |
| 12 | Texas | 730 |
| 13 | Virginia Tech | 704 |
| 14 | Kansas State | 696 |
| 15 | TCU | 649 |
| 16 | Stanford | 455 |
| 17 | Florida | 452 |
| 18 | Michigan | 440 |
| 19 | Notre Dame | 398 |
| 20 | Louisville | 280 |
| 21 | Arkansas | 246 |
| 22 | Wisconsin | 151 |
| 23 | UCLA | 147 |
| 24 | Nebraska | 135 |
| 25 | Arizona | 120 |
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