USC loses 1 first-place vote in coaches poll
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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.
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Auburn slipped from second to third in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday, despite Saturday's 21-13 victory at Alabama in the Iron Bowl. Oklahoma's 35-0 rout of Baylor was enough to pull the Sooners ahead of the Tigers for second in the poll. Southern California remained No. 1.
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The BCS system that was supposed to be fixed by humans was, once again, chop-blocked by computers. Miami, a team ranked no higher than third in either of the major human polls, debuted at No.
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The upsets have begun and the little guys are moving into The Associated Press poll. After ranked teams started the season 21-0, five fell to unranked opponents this weekend, shaking up media poll released Sunday...
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Auburn moved up a spot in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday, into a tie for second with Oklahoma. Southern California remained No. 1 easily with 51 first-place votes and 1,608 points. Auburn and Oklahoma each had 1,536.
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - Southern California remained a strong No. 1 in the latest Associated Press college football poll after a 42-10 rout of BYU on Saturday, but the team that shared the national
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Standout receiver Mike Williams is all but certain not to play Saturday night when top-ranked Southern California opens its season because of continuing delays in the school's appeal process to the NCAA. After that, who knows? USC has applied to the NCAA for a progress-toward-degree waiver and reinstatement of Williams' eligibility.
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The No. 1 Trojans look to change the subject away from eligibility rulings and rape allegations. The preseason buzz out of USC has had little to do with football.
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I sat under a rain-soaked yellow poncho last Saturday watching No. 1 USC dominate Notre Dame. True, Notre Dame lost 41-10 to its rival, but only after giving the Trojans a tough time in the first half.
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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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Reggie Bush usually comes off the bench for No. 1 Southern California. He'll start at tailback for the Trojans against Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl.
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John Rohde goes into the final weekend of the college football regular season with an open mind. Rohde, a columnist for the Daily Oklahoman and a voter in the Associated Press Top 25 media poll, has USC ranked first, followed by No.
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-- After nearly a four-year absence, Connecticut is back at No. 1. The Huskies received 49 of the 50 first-place votes Monday in The Associated Press poll after being ranked second all season. Tennessee had been No. 1 since the preseason poll, but lost to Stanford 73-69 in overtime Saturday night.
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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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Most of the star power Southern California used to beat Notre Dame and almost everyone else the Trojans faced during the past four years is gone.
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The opinion widely held is that the USC Trojans are the top team in college football. To support that argument, USC heads into its toughest stretch of 2004 Saturday at Stanford.
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What happened to Henry Bibby at USC is that, for the first time in his basketball life, he stayed in one place too long. Fired Monday and replaced by assistant Jim Saia for the interim, Bibby