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2023 Week 3 USC Trojans Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Reason
70stang 1 USC is one of only two teams to be 3-0, and has beaten two G5 teams and one P5 team. They are the only 3-0 team not to have played an FCS school.
A_Rolling_Baneling 1
jimbobbypaul 1 Last year's ranking: 11 This year's ranking: 1
strikersteve60 1
tks231 1
udubdavid 1
DampFrijoles 2
fo13 2
HHcougar 2 T-1 with Texas, but gets the #2 spot because they're behind Texas in my Power Ranking. Caleb Williams is really bout to win a 2nd Heisman, isn't he?
HieloLuz 2
icklebush 2
kflinderman 2
ToeInDigDeep 2
woakley 2
ACCBiggz 3
arrowfan624 3
ChargerFan2121 3 362.56
digdat0 3
fredmerc111 3 Holy crap this offense is GOOD.
jalexjsmithj 3 21.7
Megalomanizac 3
notyogrannysgrandkid 3
one98d 3
plannedsickdays 3
practicallybert 3
RegulatorRWF 3
SkiFlashing 3
Staind075 3
BabyBladder 4
bakonydraco 4 83.891
Blazeth 4
cfbguy 4
Daigotsu 4
DrKennethJNoisewater 4
e8odie 4
ewolfy13 4 This game was over by halftime.
Feral_Squirrel 4
HelioOne 4
HUSKEROYAL 4
Johnnycockseed 4
JohnWickStuntDouble 4
Knightro2011 4
lillipup03 4
mellolizard 4
MoneyManeVick 4
Nathanael-Greene 4
outthawazoo 4
PHubbs 4
PrimalCookie 4 Holy crap 49-3 at half? Over Stanford? Alright USC, I see you. They’ve looked incredible so far and so they earn a top 5 ranking.
ReallyCreative 4
RollWarTideEagle 4
tmothy07 4
VerySeriousBanana 4
w8w8 4
Xtremeloco 4
Acm0028 5
Branzilla91 5
bties 5
buckeyegold 5
CambodianDrywall 5
captain_sasquatch 5
Cars-and-Coffee 5
Ch-i-ef 5
CharlemagneOfTheUSA 5 Movement: (+2) - USC absolutely STOMPED their way to a 1-0 conference start. does Stanford suck? Sure, but being up 49-3 at the half is always pretty ludicrous.
coletheredditer 5 Texas and USC in the top 5. What is this, 2005?
Corgi_Koala 5
DaewooLanosMFerrr 5
DarkLegend64 5
dogwoodmaple 5
Drexlore 5
Dropbackandpunt 5
EpicSchwinn 5
fourpinz8 5
galacticdude7 5
Hackasizlak 5
hascogrande 5
Helifino 5
huskerfan4life520 5
hypercube42342 5
IceColdDrPepper_Here 5
JCiLee 5
joebob431 5
jrluhn 5
Lex_Ludorum 5
nemoran 5
noahthearc 5 USC proved they can play defense last week against Stanford team that isn't good by any means, but still a P5, conference foe.
olmsted 5
PalmettoFace 5
Pikachu1989 5
Polarbear1914 5
PumpSmash 5
Rakarei 5
RavenclawWiz816 5
RegionalBias 5 Cupcake Beatdown continues. But, it was a beatdown.
sasmith2015 5
scronko 5
SCsprinter13 5
SlaminSammons 5
soonerfreak 5
SpadeRyker 5
tdeff19 5
tdoger 5
texas2089 5 Caleb Williams continues to light up the scoreboard going 19/21 for 281 yards and 3 TDs in just a half of work as the Trojans rolled longtime ACC member Stanford 56-10. The defense continues to underwhelm as Stanford rushed for over 200 yards. The Trojans are off next week before traveling to Tempe.
thexraptor 5
thomasosu 5
tjstanley 5
TopGoose 5
wesman212 5
WolverineDDS 5
ya111101 5
_fastball 6
aggiebruin27 6
Archaic_1 6
Bank_Gothic 6
BigBoutros 6
BRNXB0MBERS 6
Casaiir 6
Cassiyus 6
CockADoodleBOOM 6
cornholesurfer 6
Corporal_Hicks 6
cyberchaox 6
dan4223 6
DarthYoda2594 6
Due_Connection179 6 Last Week #7 vs Stanford : Won 56 - 10. Cruise Control vs a bad Stanford team. Next Week is a Bye Week
eclectic_tastes 6
GilBrandt 6
JaxofAllTrades13 6
jeedf 6
MahjongDaily 6
malowry0124 6
Meany_Vizzini 6 22.3 (+3.5), +6
peachios 6 offense is working as expectd so far
Pollaski 6
PromEmperorHarbaugh 6
Red261 6
seaotter2 6
shadowwingnut 6
Texasagsman 6
the_neverdoctor 6
TheReformedBadger 6
TimeBroken 6
washington_jefferson 6
Zloggt 6
ALStark69 7 0
BallSoHerd 7
bannista7 7
bretticus33 7 Caleb Williams is putting up a strong argument to repeat as Heisman winner with a huge game against Stanford. USC’s defense looked better and had two strong weeks in a row, but I still want to see them against a stronger opponent.
Cecil_Hardboner 7
CFBHurts 7
ChaseTheFalcon 7
CommodoreN7 7
Conglossian 7 +2
DisraeliEers 7
djowen68 7
frumious88 7
GoBlueScrewOSU7 7
HarbingerOfFun 7
hendarvich 7 +4 | Still not sold on the defense but hard to deny Caleb Williams
Hugefootballfan44 7 LW: 8
ikindalikelemons 7
JeromesNiece 7
JustAManAndHisLaptop 7
kamiller2020 7 Y'all committed a war crime against Stanford, my goodness.
KirbyDumber88 7
Longvols 7
monkeymatt1836 7
Mr_Brews 7
nbingham196 7
nburt13 7
NyquillusDillwad20 7
rain_parkour 7
RheagarTargaryen 7
RiffRamBahZoo 7
roaddogg 7
SteemieRayVaughn 7
TaylorLeprechaun 7 +0
TDenverFan 7
WarEagle9 7
12panther 8
BearsAreGreat1 8
Blooblod 8
boxman151515 8
corundum9 8
falconlover79 8
G-Aardvark 8
Hobbes_121 8
magnumweiner 8
MrTheSpork 8
Muffinnnnnnn 8
NotSoSuperNerd 8 3.19
pileatedloon 8
placid_salad 8 LW #8
puffadda 8
Pure_Protein_Machine 8
realclean 8 Blowout wins (defense shakier early season)
ScarletFever333 8
Striker743 8 Up 7 - murdered Stanford
T-nawtical 8
T-Thugs 8 USC dominated Stanford this weekend to move to 3-0.
Terminal_BAS 8
vanburen1845 8
wameron 8
AlexanderComet 9
BUSean 9
CptCheese 9
D1N2Y 9
Darth_Ra 9
GeauxTri 9
halldaylong 9
jjjoebox 9 -
nw____ 9 Hard to take much away from the game against Stanford other than that the offense was, as it always is, very impressive. I thought Stanford would score a few more points, so credit to the defense I guess. Waiting to see what they look like against a better opponent.
soonersthebetter 9
TheZachster 9
TouchdownHeroes 9
ucieaters33 9
Fmeson 10
Jakesnake42 10 68.17 Last Week: #22
jthomas694 10
oghawks18 10
owlalwaysloveyew 10
Sometimeswelose 10
ThePelvicWoo 10
311polo 11
crownebeach 11
MADBuc49 11
romulusjsp 11 (-1) Team score many point. Quarterback good at throw
TheJeemTeam 11
jmac_21 12
Maladroit44 12
AudiieVerbum 13
dabul-master 13
Hey_Its_Roomie 13 USC takes a large drop compared to last week due to a degrading SoS in comparison to other teams as they begin to catch up and 1 extra game doesn't make as strong of a difference.
Ruhrgebietheld 13
Joester09 14
justsaynotoreddit 15 0.7590
tallg8tor 16
Charlemagne42 18

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Reason
drewscottt 1
stew_pac 1 -
TadKosciuszko 1
GreenAndYellow12 2 --
MyCatsNameIsMilton 2 i feel it in my plums
owl-bears 2
Piptit 2
rgalexan 2
RJEP22 2 (3-0) - 62.881pts
spaceblev11 2 More Heisman Plays for Caleb, so long as he keeps going with good opponents on the horizon
TinderForMidgets 2
titansfan174 2
UVUboi2 2
WRSpill 2 (3)
BobSapp 3
Cooliamabeast 3
Dfhmn 3
dterp13 3
ehoefler 3 98.78 | 0
JHallquist 3
ndbfsu22 3
roll2tide 3
RootBeerBloat 3
10catsinspace 4
aewest 4
AlphaMemory2 4
big_thunder_man 4 Soft schedule, but incredible margins of victory.
Blyvzy 4
bruhstevenson 4 Destroyed an in-conference P5 team, one of the more impressive victories of the week
Cascadia-Rising 4
Chipsahoy523 4
corona779 4
DragonFire101Gamer 4
Effective-Lead-6657 4
iDevourer 4
MuhMuhManRay 4
Phoenix0114 4
Piano_Fingerbanger 4
PJTC_BLANK 4
Protoco2 4
redrumsoxLoL 4
Serenityy8 4
soneill06 4
spencej98 4
StumpVanDerHuge 4 Thank you Alabama
TheFalconGuy 4
TheGlassRemains 4
True_Ad5324 4
Underground_Bread 4
ViewFrom209 4
70277027 5
a_bit_of_a_misnomer_ 5 7,826 points - This is exactly where they should be. USC is legit.
ActuallyJasonPrice 5
alwaysveryconflicted 5
ard8 5
BananaBouquet 5
Bernard_Samson 5 USC's dominant wins against three FBS teams keep seeing them rise, but Nevada's loss to Idaho hurts their OOC schedule.
cfbpeoplespoll 5
ChBass 5
chillmagic420 5
ChoirTeacherRog 5
colton_97 5
Consistent_Train128 5
dawghouse13 5
diehardcubforever 5
divey043 5
edward030321 5
evil_muffins_5436 5
Fantastic-Calendar-9 5 LW: 5
FloridaBoy317 5
FrolfAholic 5
frone 5
ilikepie145 5
Jadenflo 5
JamoRedhead 5
JMWZ 5
JoeFreshwata 5
joosh34 5
just-regular-I-guess 5
JustYourAvrageWorker 5
KrispyKangaroo96 5
Loopylime 5
lowcontrol 5
luciusetrur 5
MajikSix 5
mauliknshah 5
maxwell6233 5
mcdsmaster8824 5
mcguffinman 5
Mossed26 5
mthompson2320 5 LW:5
Murphanian 5
Nayko 5
nebsA1 5
newSomberMan 5
OSUfan88 5
OutRiteWite 5
Pylon-Cam 5
samtaylor92 5 Best player, great offense. Suspect defense
SharkMovies 5
skinnyjosh 5
sly2bfox 5
StannisGrammarMannis 5
Starwarsewok 5
tapswitch 5
thehornedlamb 5
thejawa 5
TheSleaze22 5
TheThirdViceroy 5
throwaway_6786 5 Who can stop this offense? The only reason they're not higher is because the teams above them all have better wins and/or more complete teams in all three units of the game. If USC can start racking up some wins against tougher competition, they'll go up for sure.
tms42206 5
TXUSAW 5
UnkelEarl 5
59brad 6
_TGT7 6
Aidanj927 6
AnAngryPanda1 6
bbshock21 6
BoukenGreen 6
bthombeast 6
CarnellWilliams 6
ch1l1_ch33s3 6
Dan20698 6
DaveSoccer 6
demolisty24 6
DownshiftGD 6
GIZZYLOLLYPOPS 6
good4steve 6
grtgbln 6
HAIRY_GORILLA_COCK 6
Jay682002 6
jaybigs 6
JBGolden 6
journey1986 6
JustinMSU21 6
kevinsdomain 6
LivewireCK 6
maknasty09 6
ManiacalBlazer 6
MemeofMemeJTG999999 6 (3-0) (no change) W: 56-10 vs Stanford (1-1) Next Week: Bye
meowrkatt 6
mikecsiy 6
mill1634 6
Mini-Mussolini 6
MrOrcaDood 6
narwhalz27 6 ^1
OG_Felwinter 6
ogpeplowski64 6
Ok_Elderberry7070 6
patriots230 6
Player_1_has_Joined 6
ReadySetMeow 6
redrhino777 6
saquad69 6
ScooterLeShooter 6
Shion314 6
siggyrambler 6
SNjr 6
Some1ne_ 6
StateOfTheArt- 6
strakerak 6
thatoneguyD13 6
TheBeekman8 6 I mean they are winning not much else to say.
TheNSAAgent777 6
WBLwiffleball 6
ziggysaysnada 6
Actual_Yellow8728 7
charmingcharles2896 7 Caleb Williams is a cheat code, but I still don't trust what i'm seeing until USC plays an actual defense.
Doogitywoogity 7
drneilpretenamen 7
EmotionalAd4185 7
GeyWeyner12 7
IBCBJ 7
IT_JUST_MEANS_JORT 7
J4ckiebrown 7
JetoGrov 7 3-0 against 3 FBS teams (though Nevada really acting like it aint). I'm probably too high on them because none of the wins are what anyone would call quality, but oh well.
KansasChaser2021 7
Klaassy23 7
Kodak6lack 7
MrOoferLoofer 7 Big win
OldCoaly 7 Amazing offense, defense can be exploited
Pyroblockx 7
PythonLemon 7
RadiationRichard 7
rocco2246 7
ScaratheBear 7 (0) Cupcake win? Stanford is technically P5, but looked like the worst team that USC has played thus far. Caleb Williams is, to this point, cruising to a 2nd Heisman win. The defense stepped up and looked much improved, but still don't think it matters given how much offensive firepower the Trojans have at their disposal. The Trojans travel to voodoo land against Arizona State next week before a T25 matchup against Colorado.
sconbon 7
Sflabuckeye13 7
SIMBONEGTP 7
Small_Bet_9433 7
tcomn 7
Totes_Not_an_NSA_guy 7
Tylex123 7
URhyno 7
Yelich04 7
youngs2309 7
666haha 8
andy-022 8 1150.43 3 - 0 82 42.0 (69) Stanford -
asbestosman2 8
Dawg-Bite 8
IMissMW2Lobbies 8
jibberishdhyukl 8 Dominant win over Stanford.
l1ghtn1ng_1 8
llamawhittlings 8 Would have them higher in a human poll. #6 SP+, #22 Resume
Luarean 8
Midnight-Mustang 8 - I am not high on USC. I don't think they've been tested yet and I still have a lot of questions about their defense.
mithrandir2398 8
OSU_Shecter 8
PattyKane16 8
pianoprofiteer 8 Offense looks awesome against cupcakes, we'll see how they do against a non-cupcake opponent.
TommyTwoTaps 8
Tornadohunter24 8 Lincoln Riley’s SoCal CFP dreamers made a statement last weekend, putting up 49 in the first half alone against a hapless Stanford who had the gall to score a touchdown late in the 4th. This then resulted in the starting offense and 2022 Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams coming back onto the field to hammer the point home in a dominant 56-10 win. While Stanford aren’t expected to be good this year, Nevada is rivaling Arkansas State for worst loss of the season, and San Jose State is middling in the Mountain West in general, USC made a statement of intent to tear through the season with their high-powered offense despite the gauntlet ahead. They’re actually off for the next week, and that’s probably a good thing; their PAC-12 schedule puts them against 5 of 7 of the top 25 PAC-12 teams (avoiding Oregon State and #20 Washington State), as well as their annual game with #11 Notre Dame. Just like last year, the defensive side of the ball needs some work and prevents me from ranking them higher, though their slaughtering of the Cardinals is a good sign.
CaptainScuttlebottom 9 I think they have the most impressive PAC-12 resume so far, but it's very close. Neither of their opponents were very good, but they blew them tf out.
Harpua99 9
HideNZeke 9
JBonkies 9
judolphin 9
manbeardawg 9 Three dominating performances (against mediocre teams) in a row. Lincoln seems to have them chugging along quite nicely. Can't wait for 9/30 and their trip to Boulder!
spmartin1993 9
tunaduck 9
twr96 9
Astone1996 10
ColombianInIowa24 10 Good wins all over the place keeps USC as a solid team.
donbagert 10
ianmcmoney 10
leadbymight 10
Maize_n_Boom 10
PSUMediaPA 10
visor841 10
bloodmuffins793 11
Dontworryaboutit1 11
IDropFatLogs 11
Steelthornn 11
stoeseri000 11 Okay so maybe Grinch has figured some things out
samuelbassett 12
SpursUpSoundsGudToMe 12 Defense bad…
Elegant_Extreme3268 13
grahamca 13 T1ˢᵗ W/L, T27ᵗʰ Predicted Wins, 15ᵗʰ Team Strength, 1ˢᵗ Quality of Wins
RealignmentJunkie 13
CheapTrickIsOkay 14
squibby 15
daredassdude 16 No signs of improvement from USC's defense. Caleb might have to drop 60 every game if the USC has any chance of winning the Pac-12
Spacesurfer6 16
GhostDosa 17 Two very large wins large offensive output.
Key_Spinach 17
PlactusTX 18 (12) W Stanford
boomersooner222 19
Scott72901 21
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