USC tightens grip on No. 1 ranking
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A week after losing some support as the No. 1 team, Southern California got it right back. Top-ranked USC received 52 first-place votes, four more than last week, and 1,610 points in the Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday.
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PULLMAN - The last time anything was cut down this easily on the Palouse was during the wheat harvest. Top-ranked USC had its way with binge scoring and disruptive defense and leveled Washington State 42-12 yesterday.
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LOS ANGELES -- Once USC shed its &quot;Christmas Blues&quot;, the Trojans handled short-handed Southern with ease last night. USC overcame a sluggish opening 10 minutes to beat Southern 91-58 for its fifth victory in its past six games.
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Southern California and Oklahoma made it 11 for 11 in the Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday. The top-ranked Trojans and second-ranked Sooners have lined up that way in the rankings since the preseason.
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No. 1 Southern California and No. 2 Oklahoma have been the top two teams in The Associated Press Top 25 since the preseason, a nine-poll run that is the longest to start a season in nine years. There were few changes in the media poll Sunday with no movement among the first 11 teams.
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USC&#39;s football team may be in the hunt for one of the two coveted spots in the national championship game, but that doesn&#39;t mean the Trojans aren&#39;t trying to enjoy the ride to a possible Orange Bowl berth.
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AUSTIN, Texas -- In the grand tapestry of a college football regular season, it was only a fragment. The winner had bragging rights, for sure. And the No. 1 ranking, which is only cosmetic at this point.
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Asked earlier in the week about taking on the No. 1 team in the country this weekend, Isaiah Stanback sounded nonplussed. &quot;USC is a tough team, just like Oregon State was a tough team,&quot; he said.
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They are ranked No. 2, which isn't bad. But after last season, when they were called one of the great teams of all time before hitting a two-game skid that knocked them into the also-ran category, they now carry a big attitude that embraces the &quot;no respect&quot; mantra often heard around college football.
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California made a big leap Monday in the Bowl Championship Series standings, giving the Rose Bowl a sigh of relief and possibly dashing Utah&#39;s hopes.
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Though it is early, the B.C.S. revisions have not quite worked out as planned. Southern California and Miami were ranked as the top two teams.
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Southern California has reached all its goals to this point. Although they were pushed by crosstown rival UCLA, the Trojans made sure they&#39;ll get a shot at the one that remains.
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USC has waited a year for this. The top-ranked Trojans get a chance to avenge their only defeat since October 2002 when they face No. 7 California today before a sellout crowd of 92,000.
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On the eve of the season's first Bowl Championship Series standings, No. 1 Southern California increased its lead on No...
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USC didn&#39;t beat the Cal Bears so much as it survived them. Kinda like a baseball team that gets no-hit by a flawless pitcher and yet still claws out the win anyway.
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Southern California and Oklahoma ended the regular season the same way they began it in The Associated Press Top 25: The Trojans are No. 1, and the Sooners No. 2.
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MCLEAN, Va. - Top-ranked Southern California won its season opener Saturday night, but lost a first-place vote in the USA Today/ESPN coaches poll released Sunday.