Updates: Rankings

Seemingly holding SC’s bye week against them, ESPN’s Pat Forde has been so swept up by LSU’s two home victories against perennial doormat Mississippi State and the criminally overrated Virginia Tech that he feels the coaches and the AP voters MUST immediately make LSU #1 in this week’s polls. I’d suggest he wait 7 days until […]

ESPN’s Mark Schlabach examined which teams and conferences were the most overrated and underrated over the last 10 college football seasons by comparing preseason AP polls to their corresponding final AP polls. According ESPN’s formula, 2 of the 3 most underrated teams during the past decade were the Pac-10’s Washington State and Oregon (the other being Boise State).  And […]

The Associated Press published its preseason Top 25 within the hour, and for the third time in the last four years, USC is its #1 team, garnering all but 3 of the poll’s 65 first place votes.  LSU (2 first place votes), West Virginia (1 first place vote), Texas, and Michigan round out the top 5.  2007 […]

He had a break from this question last year, but the press seems to want to know the same thing from USC Coach Pete Carroll just about every fall:  How difficult is it to go wire-to-wire as the number 1 team in the polls?  Ben Malcolmson quotes the coach:
If you’re good enough, you do it. […]

Scott Wolf has submitted his first Associated Press ballot of the season, ranking USC # 1, LSU #2, and West Virginia #3.  He puts 2007 Trojan opponents Cal at #11, Nebraska at #22, and UCLA at #24.
The Top 25 (Scott Wolf)

The Sporting News is the latest of the major national publications to pick USC as the number one team in the land.  If you’re in the mood for yet another breakdown of the Trojan team, by all means, give it a click.
Top 25 countdown: No. 1 USC (Sporting News)

As part of an article on running backs in its 2007 college football preview issue (which hits newsstands tomorrow), Sports Illustrated examines the tailback situation at USC. There’s no new information, but there are some good photos of the Trojan backs.
The magazine also ranks USC #1 heading into the season, and features the Trojans on […]

It’s a bit anticlimactic at this point, but USC was named the top team in the nation by the 60 coaches voting in the USA Today college football poll, which published its preseason rankings Friday morning. The top ten teams (with first-place votes in parentheses):

USC (45)
LSU (4)
Florida (9)
Texas
Michigan (2)
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Virginia Tech
Ohio State

No coach voted USC […]

The Pac-10 released the results of its preseason women’s volleyball coaches’ poll today, and USC placed second in voting, trailing only Stanford. The Trojans, who finished last season at 27-5, received one first-place vote. They begin play on August 24th, hosting Michigan State at the Galen Center.
USC Picked Second In Pac-10 Coaches Poll (Official USC […]

In another example of what is turning out to be a very predictable pattern, USC tops MSNBC’s just-announced preseason college football top 25 poll. In a short analysis of the team, MSNBC’s Joey Johnston comments, “This could be one of the best college defenses we’ve seen this decade,” and he expects to see the Trojans […]