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2022 Week 3 USC Trojans Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
Hey_Its_Roomie 2
tdoger 2
arrowfan624 3
plannedsickdays 4
relax_on_the_mat 4
ToeInDigDeep 4 41-28 over Stanford
_fastball 5
boxman151515 5
ChargerFan2121 5 Rank on my Computer Poll: 4
Computer Poll: Air Force
cornholesurfer 5
deadtofall12 5
dogwoodmaple 5
DrKennethJNoisewater 5
Dropbackandpunt 5
Helifino 5
Hobbes_121 5
I_am_bot_beep_boop 5
jlh2b 5
kflinderman 5
nburt13 5
PalmettoFace 5
peachios 5 seems like an easy win, 41-14 until th e4th and i assume they let stanford try against backups. oklahoma west looking good
RollWarTideEagle 5
tauzeta 5
ThaCarter 5
tjstanley 5
vanburen1845 5
Xtremeloco 5
ya111101 5
zacheiny 5
BamaPride95 6
Casaiir 6
Ch-i-ef 6 USC looks great so far. Hope they have their funeral tickets for when they play a mediocre PAC12 team after dark and get destroyed.
CockADoodleBOOM 6
dasani3x 6
eclectic_tastes 6 Some of their flashes show a team with A LOT of future potential.
HarbingerOfFun 6
hypercube42342 6
KJdkaslknv 6
ndbroski 6
nemoran 6
NoMorning6152 6
owl_man 6
Sometimeswelose 6
strikersteve60 6
turkishguy 6
WolverineDDS 6
Acm0028 7
badgers4194 7
Blooblod 7
BosskOnASegway 7
buckeyegold 7
Cassiyus 7
cinciforthewin 7
crimsonlaw 7
crownebeach 7 USC's offense is going to be unstoppable -- Stanford's defense is not great, but they have potential NFL talent in the secondary and it became clear that it simply did not matter who you put on USC's receivers, they will have one favorable matchup on every snap. The defense, however, is not imposing. Stanford had two turnovers inside the USC 5-yard line and only lost by 13 points; this could have become a tossup game very easily. Anyone who said Lincoln's USC was going to look just like his Oklahoma teams was spot-on.
cyclonepsycho 7
DisraeliEers 7
DylanCarlson3 7 LW: 8
e8odie 7
fo13 7
fourpinz8 7
grjohnst 7
huskerfan4life520 7
HUSKEROYAL 7
IAmAChemicalEngineer 7
jeedf 7
joebob431 7
molodyets 7
myghtymouse 7
noahthearc 7
Omegaus492 7
Our-Gardian-Angel 7 Exciting offense that builds up a big lead? Shaky defense? Teams clawing back into it due to conservative play calling while nursing said big lead? The Lincoln Riley era is truly underway in Los Angeles. (Week 2: USC 41, Stanford 28; Record: 2-0)
Polarbear1914 7
PumpSmash 7
seaotter2 7
SteemieRayVaughn 7
tdeff19 7
teddythe3rd 7
thomasosu 7
UNC_Samurai 7
wesman212 7
bretticus733 8 I'm cautiously buying into the USC hype. The team looks much much improved thanks to Riley and the slew of transfers. Offense is electric and the defense looks good enough to win 10+ games, but the defense will be tested against Fresno State's offense.
Buckeyes2010 8
CambodianDrywall 8
Cecil_Hardboner 8
cota1212 8
Daigotsu 8
dan4223 8
digdat0 8
Drexlore 8
falconlover79 8
G-Aardvark 8
GoBlueScrewOSU7 8
HelioOne 8
IceColdDrPepper_Here 8
ikindalikelemons 8 The last of the 4-8 group, Stanford was the least impressive, but still a conference road win. That Lincoln Riley offense is nice.
Laschoni 8
lillipup03 8
MahjongDaily 8
mellolizard 8
Pikachu1989 8
PromEmperorHarbaugh 8
r0sco 8
RavenclawWiz816 8
Red261 8
retnuh101 8
sasmith2015 8
scronko 8
SCRx 8
SlaminSammons 8
TheReformedBadger 8
TopGoose 8
TrojanMan35T 8
VerySeriousBanana 8
A_Rolling_Baneling 9
Arteza147 9
BlueFalcon89 9 Emerging as a clear front runner in the PAC
COLU_BUS 9
coogs35 9
Corgi_Koala 9
Foxmcbowser42 9
Hackasizlak 9
icklebush 9
JCiLee 9
JeromesNiece 9
JustAManAndHisLaptop 9
Mr_Brews 9
MWiatrak2077 9 Before the season began, I wasn't exactly bullish on the Riley-Trojans. I remembered Riley's teams in Oklahoma getting worse as the years went by, looking sloppier, less defensively inclined, and outright bad against opponents who ranked several hundred points off in talent composites. However, through two games at USC, the 2022 Trojans look far from that. They dismantled Stanford while star QB Caleb Williams threw 4 TDs on 327 yards with no picks. RB Travis Dye was the star of the day, breaking off 105 yards on 7.5 YPC. Defensively, USC continues their turnover streak, forcing 4 turnovers from the Stanford offense, which brings the turnover total up to 8 in just two games. Before two garbage time TDs from Stanford in the fourth quarter, USC held an extremely respectable 41-14 lead. Through two games now, USC has gained 1,043 yards of offense (Iowa is salivating). USC looks very well integrated within Riley's offensive system, and their defense might be one that would best even his best Sooners teams'. It's too early to talk about playoffs or title contention, or anything of that like, but yesterday showed that USC is potent, and is looking to make a run at the PAC-12 title.
not_folie 9
orbania 9
RheagarTargaryen 9
royrules22 9
SpadeRyker 9
SportingMoose 9
srs_house 9
ucieaters33 9
Zloggt 9
ALStark69 10 +4
bties 10
Corporal_Hicks 10
dabul-master 10
dicky_________seamus 10
GilBrandt 10
JaxofAllTrades13 10
Joester09 10
outthawazoo 10
PHubbs 10
T-Thugs 10 USC moved to 2-0 after defeating Stanford (1-1) on the road.
ThePelvicWoo 10 Offense humming along nicely
Ticklebump 10
typicaliconoclast 10
WarEagle9 10
BigBoutros 11
Blazeth 11
chweris 11
darkra01 11
RiffRamBahZoo 11
spsellers 11
T-nawtical 11
Techwid 11
Texasagsman 11
thegreendalegelf 11
TheJeemTeam 11
thexraptor 11
tmothy07 11
woakley 11
aggiebruin27 12
Branzilla91 12
cfbguy 12
CFBHurts 12
DarthYoda2594 12
jjjoebox 12
LeWoofle 12 Offense looks phenomenal, mildly worried about defense. I might have USC too low. If they continue winning they will probably rise faster than other teams who continue winning.
monkeymatt1836 12
MrTheSpork 12
physedka 12
Pollaski 12
tabelz 12
The_Horse_Joke 12
TimeBroken 12
AllHawkeyesGoToHell 13
captain_sasquatch 13
corundum9 13
DarkLegend64 13
EpicSchwinn 13
galacticdude7 13
olmsted 13
RegionalBias 13 2 FBS wins with 1 at P5
TDenverFan 13
tks231 13
311polo 14
MoneyManeVick 14
Nathanael-Greene 14
owlalwaysloveyew 14
Shrektastic28 14
Staind075 14
wameron 14
buckeyes75 15
GeauxTri 15
StevvieV 15
TaylorLeprechaun 15 +10
ACCBiggz 16
No11223456 16
one98d 16
rain_parkour 17
realclean 17
ShamusJohnson13 17 There might be something to the preseason hype.
Conglossian 18 U/R
hascogrande 18
nw____ 18 I want to see the defense against better competition before I move them up too much more, but the offense has looked very good overall (despite being shutout in the 2nd half by Stanford).
studio_sally 18
Meany_Vizzini 19 13.8, NR
nbingham196 19
NyquillusDillwad20 19
BallSoHerd 20
Bank_Gothic 20
bwburke94 20
CptCheese 20
JohnWickStuntDouble 20
Lex_Ludorum 20
Longvols 20
CommodoreN7 21
52hoova 22
Jakesnake42 22 66.09 (Idk USC just looks like a better team so far)
practicallybert 22
Rakarei 22
AlphaH4wk 23
Fmeson 23
Inkblot9 23
malowry0124 24
RobertNeyland 24
BUSean 25

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
grahamca 2
59brad 3
noffinater 4
Sebene 4
Terminal_BAS 4
Dravens19 5
drneilpretenamen 5
Due_Connection179 5 USC has beaten Rice & their rival Stanford for a decent start to the Lincoln Riley-era. I am hesitant to put them over my pre-season #4 Oklahoma State right now, but with a decisive win over Fresno State I will consider it.
Huntkv 5
jaybigs 5
JBonkies 5
maxwell6233 5
mcfly97 5
PattyKane16 5
perspicacious_crumb 5
rocco2246 5
Sflabuckeye13 5
_n8n8_ 6
Cooliamabeast 6
fredmerc111 6
Guhraffe 6
Hugefootballfan44 6
I-AMA-KarmaWhore-AMA 6
iDevourer 6
KyleAg06 6
mauliknshah 6
mcdsmaster8824 6
mthompson2320 6
OldCoaly 6
samspopguy 6
ThatStrangeGuyOverMe 6
True_Ad5324 6
10catsinspace 7
AnAngryPanda1 7
BananaBouquet 7
bannista7 7 LW: 10
brucewaynewins 7
DaewooLanosMFerrr 7
Dan20698 7
Dawg-Bite 7 Offense looked great, maybe even elite. Defense still looks lacking and I can’t shake the feeling that this USC team is missing something
entropy888 7
hershculez 7
ImAndytimbo 7 They haven't lost yet, and Caleb Williams looked phenomenal last week.
itsnotnews92 7
JamoRedhead 7
just-regular-I-guess 7 Brisket isn't everything
JustinMSU21 7
Loopylime 7
losbullitt 7
mill1634 7
MrOrcaDood 7 Win over Stanford was not as close as the score indicates. Will probably have one of the most explosive offenses in the country before getting blanked by Georgia in the CFP.
muzikjamr 7
NanoBuc 7
notsmartprivate 7
ObjectOnBroadway 7
PNW_Jeff 7
PolitiBob 7
TommyTwoTaps 7 jump Michigan State due to higher quality of win
Xarathustria 7
zachw900 7
70277027 8
beaver333 8
Bereft13 8
BertGallagher 8
BRNXB0MBERS 8
ChaseTheFalcon 8 YOU CAN'T COOK A BRISKET RILEY
ClemNation 8
coletheredditer 8
colonel750 8
diehardcubforever 8
DownshiftGD 8
giveupanddie 8
GoCardinals74 8
LamarcusAldrige1234 8
madskillzmatt 8
mathmanhale 8
Matthias382 8
newSomberMan 8
PaulMSURon 8
russdb 8 won how they should, huge offense
tapswitch 8
The_Good_Constable 8
TimHowardsHands 8
WBLwiffleball 8
Archaic_1 9
Butternades 9
camryn_16 9
dtynes10 9
FeliceDot27 9
Ruhrgebietheld 9
sconbon 9 Looked great against Stanford
thatoneguyD13 9
the_neverdoctor 9
TheBeekman8 9
TwoStepCEO 9
ActuallyJasonPrice 10
BearsAreGreat1 10
CanAWoodChuckChuck 10
ch1l1_ch33s3 10
Harpua99 10
jalexjsmithj 10
PSUMediaPA 10 I originally didn't rank them because I didn't see the hype until now. The dismantling of Stanford puts them at #10 in my poll.
shadowwingnut 10 Probably headed to the playoff unless Utah can stop them. This schedule stinks. The team is good though.
SonOfSvens 10
zacjacobson 10
ewolfy13 11
Fantastic-Calendar-9 11 LW: 17
MaxMan1300 11
Phillyfan3 11
secoja8 11
thetrain23 11
buckeye4249 12
Dontworryaboutit1 12
dusklord1 12 Not entirely sold on USC, but their offense will end up being good enough to hang with anyone
guttata 12
IMissMW2Lobbies 12
Is_Flacco_Elite 12
RaceScottRace 12
UVUboi2 12
whereismysauerkraut 12
WitchKing17 12
Amane_VIII 13
Spacesurfer6 13
TadKosciuszko 13
zachismadewell 13
frone 14
TheFalconGuy 14
Pure_Protein_Machine 15
RedassAddict 16
ManiacalBlazer 17
Steelthornn 17
Jaymoney00 18
FourteenClocks 19
Megalomanizac 19
romulusjsp 20
pianoprofiteer 21
CallMeTheKing 22 SCORE = 3.414214
Muffinnnnnnn 22
RJEP22 22 (2-0) 28.670 points
ianmcmoney 25
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