Trojans pull rank on Virginia Tech -- barely
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LANDOVER, Md. -- It was a test of character not many people expected top-ranked Southern California would face so early in the season.
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PULLMAN, Wash. Top-ranked Southern California routed Washington State 42-to-12 for the Trojans&#39; 17th straight victory dating back to last season.
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ATLANTA - Its offense lifeless and defense confused, Virginia Tech looked nothing like a football team primed for its most significant road victory in more than two years.
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LANDOVER, Md. -- Reggie Bush came out of the backfield to give USC a new big-play receiver. The tailback caught three long touchdown passes to help the top-ranked Trojans beat Virginia Tech 24-13 in a sloppy
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Virginia Tech's victory over East Carolina was supposed to be a tune-up for this weekend's clash against No. 2 LSU, but instead it exposed a weak link.
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Mike Imoh ran for 236 yards and two touchdowns Saturday as No. 18 Virginia Tech won 27-24 over North Carolina, which missed a 54-yard field goal with about a minute left that would have tied the game.
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LSU didn't need any small-school sacrificial lambs on its early season schedule to post a couple of gaudy blowouts. The tenacious Tigers made Virginia Tech look like a pushover instead of the ninth-ranked team in the nation.
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Virginia was ranked higher than Florida State and looking for its first road win against a top-10 team. The No. 6 Cavaliers couldn't even get a touchdown Saturday.
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Southern California is the new No. 2. The Trojans advanced one spot to overtake Michigan in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday, a day after their 44-24 victory over Notre Dame. USC, the sixth team to be ranked No. 2 this season behind No. 1 Ohio State, leads the Wolverines by 36 points in the poll.
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Against the fastest defense it has faced this season, Virginia&#39;s rushing attack wasn&#39;t nearly as dominant as it had been while averaging 284 yards in the first four games.
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Southern California's sluggish start only delayed the inevitable &#151; a one-sided victory over woeful Washington. Matt Leinart passed for 217 yards and two touchdowns, LenDale White ran for two scores and the top-ranked Trojans handed Washington its first shutout since 1981 in a 38-0 victory Saturday.
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The Trojans have a wealth of weapons on offense, and when they are operating on all cylinders, they&#39;re awfully difficult to beat.
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Blacksburg, VA (Sports Network) - Vincent Fuller had a 74-yard blocked field goal return for a touchdown and sealed the win with an interception late in the game, lifting Virginia Tech to a 19-13 win over sixth-ranked West Virginia at Lane Stadium.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. Eighteenth-ranked Miami stayed in the ACC title race by beating tenth-ranked Virginia 31-to-21. That leaves the Hurricanes, Cavaliers and Florida State all with two losses while conference leader Virginia Tech has one.
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Virginia Tech opened the season unranked but climbed to No. 15 with a 7-2 record going into Thursday night's game against Maryland.
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Syracuse and Georgia Tech came close to pulling off huge upsets last week. Both were rewarded with a spot in the Top 25.
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Sean Glennon and Virginia Tech's offense started slow again, but the No. 14 Hokies' fly-to-the-ball defense was again more than capable of shouldering the load Saturday, holding Duke to 149 total yards in a 36-0 victory. The Hokies (3-0) even had more points than Duke had total yards after Glennon's second touchdown pass, a 25-yarder to Josh Morgan midway through the third quarter.