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2023 Week 5 USC Trojans Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Reason
jrichardh 1
tks231 1
52hoova 2
DampFrijoles 2
MarlinsGuy 2
MoneyManeVick 2
ThaCarter 2
Buckeyes2010 3
ChargerFan2121 3
confirmd_am_engineer 3
Nathanael-Greene 3
practicallybert 3
RegulatorRWF 3
70stang 4 USC has played no FCS opponents, and has gone 4-0 against 2 P5 teams and 2 G5 teams. Their human-subjective quality of opponents is lower than Texas, and 3 of their 4 games were played at home, vs. Texas with two home wins against G5 teams and two away wins against P5 teams.
Cecil_Hardboner 4
Daigotsu 4
mellolizard 4
Red261 4
seaotter2 4
SkiFlashing 4
soonersthebetter 4
AlexanderComet 5
boxbeat 5
cinciforthewin 5
EpicSchwinn 5
G-Aardvark 5
Hackasizlak 5
IceColdDrPepper_Here 5
nemoran 5
one98d 5
Polarbear1914 5
sasmith2015 5
soonerfreak 5
TaylorLeprechaun 5 +0
UNC_Samurai 5
arrowfan624 6
bakonydraco 6 84.070
BorisNumber1 6
BRNXB0MBERS 6
ChemicalOle 6
conchobor 6
dan4223 6
Drexlore 6
ewolfy13 6 Still have no defense against any team, no matter how bad
galacticdude7 6
HarbingerOfFun 6
HUSKEROYAL 6
I_am_bot_beep_boop 6
kflinderman 6
lillipup03 6
No11223456 6
PalmettoFace 6
peachios 6 by god do they score a lot, backloaded schedule though so we'll see how it goes against better D
Pikachu1989 6
PumpSmash 6
retnuh101 6
Sophocles5 6
stripes361 6
Terminal_BAS 6
The_Good_Constable 6
the_neverdoctor 6
ThePelvicWoo 6
ToeInDigDeep 6
AllHawkeyesGoToHell 7
BabyBladder 7
BUSean 7
CharlemagneOfTheUSA 7
CptCheese 7
esoterik 7
fredmerc111 7
GoBlueScrewOSU7 7
HelioOne 7
hendarvich 7 -
HHcougar 7
huskerfan4life520 7
JaxofAllTrades13 7
jeedf 7
Johnnycockseed 7
LeWoofle 7
Longvols 7
MrTheSpork 7
nin478 7
plannedsickdays 7
ProbablyRickSantorum 7
ReallyCreative 7
RegionalBias 7 Pulled away late. Defense is not good.
royrules22 7
ScarletFever333 7
SlaminSammons 7 Arizona St isnt very good and made that a game. Maybe were looking ahead? Maybe now are over confident after the buffs got dunked on.
spasm01 7
Staind075 7
strikersteve60 7
TDenverFan 7
TopGoose 7
VerySeriousBanana 7
w8w8 7
washington_jefferson 7
12panther 8
arrow_dynamics 8
BearsAreGreat1 8
bernkastel87 8
BlueFalcon89 8 B1G is ELITE
BosskOnASegway 8
bretticus33 8 USC’s defense made their inglorious return against Arizona State. The offense had to carry again because the defense couldn’t keep ASU at bay. USC has an interesting test against Colorado next weekend where they should score a lot, but might have their hands full defensively.
captain_sasquatch 8
Cassiyus 8
ChaseTheFalcon 8
Chucky1539 8
coletheredditer 8 “I have nothing on USC, I know nothing about how USC is doing this season, I have no idea.”
CommodoreN7 8
Corgi_Koala 8
cota1212 8
dasani3x 8
DavoinShower-handle 8
digdat0 8
DisraeliEers 8
DrKennethJNoisewater 8
Feral_Squirrel 8
fourpinz8 8
GenialGiant 8
grjohnst 8
hascogrande 8
Helifino 8
IAmAChemicalEngineer 8
icklebush 8
jjjoebox 8
jlh2b 8
JonesUCF34 8
KirbyDumber88 8 Offense just keeps rolling no true test yet and wont be for a while.
malowry0124 8
Megalomanizac 8
monkeymatt1836 8
myghtymouse 8
noodlethebear 8
NotSoSuperNerd 8 3.59
NyquillusDillwad20 8
Our-Gardian-Angel 8
pileatedloon 8
PromEmperorHarbaugh 8
r0sco 8
rain_parkour 8
Rakarei 8
RheagarTargaryen 8
RiffRamBahZoo 8
scronko 8
SpadeRyker 8
T-nawtical 8
tdeff19 8
texas2089 8
TheReformedBadger 8
thexraptor 8
thomasosu 8
ttsci 8
velociraptorfarmer 8
WarEagle9 8
Wescat 8
wesman212 8
Xtremeloco 8
ya111101 8
_fastball 9
ALStark69 9 -5 their defense looks abysmal
Archaic_1 9
Bank_Gothic 9
blahblehblahwhoru 9
Blazeth 9
Blooblod 9
BlueSCar 9
boxman151515 9
Branzilla91 9
CambodianDrywall 9
Cars-and-Coffee 9
Casaiir 9
CFBHurts 9
Ch-i-ef 9
Conglossian 9 -5
corundum9 9
creative_penguin 9
cyclonepsycho 9
D1N2Y 9
d_mcc_x 9
DaewooLanosMFerrr 9
DarkLegend64 9
darkra01 9
DarthYoda2594 9
deadtofall12 9
Due_Connection179 9 Last Week #5 at Arizona State : Won 42 - 28. After throttling Stanford at home, USC struggled a little bit at Arizona State (and the Devils trick play offense) in the 1st half. If you take out Cal, USC's other seven opponents have a combined 3 losses so far, so USC fans shouldn't be too worried about this ranking. If USC continues to play well, then they will be right there in the playoff picture. Next Week at Colorado - 21.5 pt favorites - Prediction : win and doesn't cover the spread
Extra_Excrement 9
fadingthought 9
fshi 9
Hobbes_121 9
Hugefootballfan44 9 LW: 7
ikindalikelemons 9
JCiLee 9
JohnWickStuntDouble 9
jrluhn 9
jthomas694 9 Arguably played the worst schedule in the country so far, offensive juggernaut, defensively questionable. Can't put them ahead of any of the eight teams that have established themselves as much more legit contenders.
magnumweiner 9
MahjongDaily 9
nburt13 9
oghawks18 9
olmsted 9
outthawazoo 9
Pollaski 9
Pure_Protein_Machine 9
RollWarTideEagle 9
sirgippy 9
SteemieRayVaughn 9
SwissArmyScythe 9 +1
Techwid 9
teddythe3rd 9
Texasagsman 9
TheZachster 9
tjstanley 9
TossedRightOut 9
TouchdownHeroes 9
typicaliconoclast 9
ucieaters33 9
vanburen1845 9
woakley 9
WolverineDDS 9
Zloggt 9 Struggling against the Sun Devils leads to some...big-time doubting...
Acm0028 10
AudiieVerbum 10
BamaPride95 10
bannista7 10
Bill3ffinMurray 10
bties 10
cfbguy 10
Chris-P-Creme 10
chweris 10
Darth_Ra 10
e8odie 10
falconlover79 10
halldaylong 10
jimbobbypaul 10 LY: 11 TY: 18
jmac_21 10
kdcoltred 10
Keener1899 10
MADBuc49 10 If the season were to end right now: based on this poll, they’d go to Peach Bowl
Mr_Brews 10
nbingham196 10
Noy_Telinu 10
nw____ 10 I guess we'll chalk that up to desert voodoo? Good grief. I have long wondered how Lincoln Riley seems to get the absolute minimum out of buy weeks, but he just continues on as if things are totally fine. I think USC is better than this--it is hard to rank the team with the best player in the country this low--but I want to see more.
owl_man 10
owlalwaysloveyew 10
ryseing 10
Striker743 10 Down 2 - weak schedule so far
TimeBroken 10 Rank: #10
UMeister 10
113milesprower 11
ACCBiggz 11
BallSoHerd 11
ChickenTaco 11
Colton3690 11
Corporal_Hicks 11
djowen68 11
eclectic_tastes 11
ExternalTangents 11
Foxmcbowser42 11
GatorBolt 11 Electric offense, though once again an overmatched team did put points on Grinch's defense. That said Skattebo was very valiant against them.
JeromesNiece 11
KJdkaslknv 11
noahthearc 11
posiitively 11
realclean 11
romulusjsp 11 (-2) Games after dark in Tempe are weird, but a team held together with sawdust and rubber cement should not be playing a supposed playoff contender at that margin. I remain thoroughly unconvinced by USC, eventually their defense will get punished to an extent that Williams can't Superman his way out of it.
SCsprinter13 11
Sometimeswelose 11
srs_house 11
Ticklebump 11
Arteza147 12
cornholesurfer 12
GilBrandt 12
Lex_Ludorum 12
RobertNeyland 12
spsellers 12
wameron 12
BigBoutros 13
Charlemagne42 13 Computer ranking: 18
COLU_BUS 13
hypercube42342 13
Muffinnnnnnn 13
placid_salad 13 LW #8
Ruhrgebietheld 13
ruwisc 13
The-Gothic-Castle 13
trumpet_23 13
udubdavid 13
cyberchaox 14
311polo 15
aggiebruin27 15
buckeyes75 15
Dropbackandpunt 15
goblue10 15
jalexjsmithj 15
LiptonCB 15
OKgolfer 15
A_Rolling_Baneling 16
dabul-master 16
Joester09 16
Sproded 16
TheJeemTeam 16
crownebeach 17
FeliceDot27 17 83
GeauxTri 17
DataDrivenPirate 18
Pablo49 18
T-Thugs 18 USC is 4-0 and is dominating. Best win is over Stanford (1-3). Play Colorado (3-1) this week.
Meany_Vizzini 19 15.2 (-4.2), -8
SearonTrejorek 19 0.75303
Jakesnake42 20 68.67 Last Week: #21
Maladroit44 20
ryumast3r 20
eSpiritCorpse 21 0.9130
fo13 22
justsaynotoreddit 22 0.7039
luckroy 22 Pot 3
skuhlke 22 5.8625
tdoger 22
Inkblot9 23
studio_sally 24
YellowSkarmory 24

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Reason
orbania 2
Piptit 2
spaceblev11 2 Caleb Williams is still amazing, but the defense might be a problem since they're giving up 28 pts to ASU
WRSpill 2 (2)
drewscottt 3
Mini-Mussolini 3
rgalexan 3
tomdawg0022 3
ActuallyJasonPrice 4
big_thunder_man 4 Easy schedule, but looks flashy while doing it.
BoukenGreen 4
Chipsahoy523 4
dterp13 4
NINFAN300 4
Shion314 4
_TGT7 5
cfbpeoplespoll 5
chillmagic420 5
Consistent_Train128 5
corona779 5
frone 5
mathmanhale 5
Protoco2 5
StateOfTheArt- 5
stew_pac 5 -
StumpVanDerHuge 5
Swaggy-7 5
TheFalconGuy 5
Tight_Discipline_134 5
usernamegoeshere763 5
ViewFrom209 5
AdministrativeAnt683 6
bruhstevenson 6 #5 team from last week, Ohio State jumps them for having a more impressive victory
CALL_ME_ISHMAEBY 6
cirtnecoileh 6
diehardcubforever 6
DownshiftGD 6
Loopylime 6
maknasty09 6
maxwell6233 6
mcdsmaster8824 6
narwhalz27 6 v 2
Ok_Elderberry7070 6
PerfectZeroKnowledge 6
ReadySetMeow 6
redrhino777 6
redrumsoxLoL 6
Serenityy8 6
SortaDecent 6
SpeddyDawg 6 Unconvincing defense this season. Offense looks great.
TheGlassRemains 6
thehornedlamb 6
TheNSAAgent777 6
TXUSAW 6
Viselli 6 Great offense combined with a lackluster defense.
WBLwiffleball 6
bryophyta_insolitam 7 W 42-28 @ Arizona State
ch1l1_ch33s3 7
cmcabrera 7
DragonFire101Gamer 7
Foriegn_Picachu 7
GeyWeyner12 7
Harpua99 7
IBCBJ 7
ilikepie145 7
IT_JUST_MEANS_JORT 7
J4ckiebrown 7
Jadenflo 7
jaybigs 7
JustYourAvrageWorker 7
Kodak6lack 7
meowrkatt 7
PattyKane16 7
rocco2246 7
Scott72901 7
siggyrambler 7
sly2bfox 7
Small_Bet_9433 7
soneill06 7
Thehomelessguy11 7
titansfan174 7
True_Ad5324 7
Underground_Bread 7
UnkelEarl 7
ziggysaysnada 7
Aidanj927 8
AnAngryPanda1 8
ard8 8
Arvandu 8 Desert voodoo at it again, probably a one time thing
Astone1996 8
carsonivey72 8
daredassdude 8
demolisty24 8
Devintheroaster 8 811.95 Points
divey043 8
FloridaBoy317 8
FsuNolezz 8
geauxsaints777 8
Got_That_WeeFee 8 Impressive team. Not impressive wins
JoeFreshwata 8
journey1986 8 Dropped a couple spots due to the questionable nature of their victory this week against Arizona State. They have a gauntlet of a schedule coming up soon, but I wouldn't be surprised if they're on upset alert at Colorado due to their defensive woes.
knon24 8
losbullitt 8
luciusetrur 8
MemeLovingLoser 8 70.15
MemeofMemeJTG999999 8 (4-0) (down 2) W: 42-28 @ Arizona State (1-3) Next Week: @ Colorado (3-1)
Morrgs 8
Mossed26 8
mport97 8
nebsA1 8
newSomberMan 8
ogpeplowski64 8
patriots230 8
PSUMediaPA 8
roll2tide 8
RootBeerBloat 8
samtaylor92 8
ScaratheBear 8
stoeseri000 8
tcomn 8
thatoneguyD13 8 Struggled with a bad ASU team.
TheSlyPudding 8
TinderForMidgets 8
Tornadohunter24 8
666haha 9
70277027 9
BoilerUp28 9
Dan20698 9
Dawg-Bite 9 Nothin personal, but struggling in the desert against the worst PAC team drops them
drneilpretenamen 9
dubkent 9
EmotionalAd4185 9
ETHTrillionaire 9
evil_muffins_5436 9
FlashSpider-man 9 Tbh I'm just not as high on them as most people.
forkedravioli 9
ianmcmoney 9
JamoRedhead 9
Jay682002 9
JBonkies 9
JustinMSU21 9
Luarean 9 (LW:8, -1)
mubert 9
MuhMuhManRay 9
OG_Felwinter 9
OSU_Shecter 9
penix4heisman 9
pianoprofiteer 9
Pyroblockx 9
PythonLemon 9
sconbon 9
Sflabuckeye13 9
SharkMovies 9
SIMBONEGTP 9
SleepsWithBlindsOpen 9 Two conference wins help the Trojans settle in at the 9 spot.
spmartin1993 9
TheBeekman8 9 Played a tight game in Arizona St but pulled out the win.
TheSleaze22 9
throwaway_6786 9 An alright win over Arizona State, I suppose. USC doesn't have the 11-3 season from last year to fall back on, so their very weak schedule so far this year is hampering their chance to move ahead. Their offense continues to look like a high-powered machine, but a sketchy defense leaves a lot to be desired.
twr96 9
Tylex123 9
Xy13 9
youngs2309 9
a_bit_of_a_misnomer_ 10 The score doesn't show how close Arizona State kept it. The Trojans looked mediocre at best and just plain bad at worst. They still have a very high ceiling, but I'm much more skeptical now.
Beck4ou 10
Bereft13 10 Power: 10, SoR: 16; LW: 5
bethe2ndmouse 10
bloodmuffins793 10
CaptainScuttlebottom 10 Not a great showing against ASU but they pulled away at the end, as they are wont to do.
cartierboy25 10
colton_97 10
DillyDillySzn 10
donbagert 10
Dontworryaboutit1 10
Fantastic-Calendar-9 10 LW: 5, similar to Michigan, sliding as a result of playing weaker comp, defense a major liabilty
FigletPiglet 10
hoovereatscowpoop 10
IDropFatLogs 10
iHasMagyk 10
kevinsdomain 10
Klaassy23 10
leadbymight 10
Maize_n_Boom 10
ManiacalBlazer 10
mikecsiy 10
mill1634 10
mithrandir2398 10
moyboi2112 10
mthompson2320 10 LW: 6
oneforthehaters 10
OSUfan88 10
Pylon-Cam 10
saquad69 10
Sebene 10
spencej98 10
swdanley17 10
thejawa 10
Weekly_Flatworm5707 10
Yelich04 10 v3
10catsinspace 11 Serious defensive issues
Cascadia-Rising 11
GhostDosa 11
HAIRY_GORILLA_COCK 11
josh55134 11
KansasChaser2021 11
Key_Spinach 11
Midnight-Mustang 11 Fresno State (who I went round and around about putting at #25 this week, by the way) shutout Arizona State. USC gave up 28 points. Is Caleb Williams still probably the best QB in college football? Yes. Is USC's defense going to prevent them from winning anything meaningful this year? Also yes. USC falls out of the top ten.
TommyTwoTaps 11
Yung_Carrot 11
CheekyRasta2023 12
ColombianInIowa24 12 Almost upset by ASU by my model doesn't really care about that. Still this seems about right to me.
grtgbln 12
llamawhittlings 12 #5 SP+, #28 Resume. Actually tied with Utah.
qwer546 12
RealignmentJunkie 12
samuelbassett 12 If ASU had one more impact player, then they'd have won; there are too many good teams on SC's schedule this year
AlphaMemory2 13
ChBass 13
Effective-Lead-6657 13 (-6)
HideNZeke 13
ndbfsu22 13
owl-bears 13
TheRedKing75 13
bread_bird 14
SpursUpSoundsGudToMe 14 The defense is offensive... they are giving up a lot of yardage and points to some abysmal teams, the algo likes them but doesn't love them, I have a lot of doubts, could easily be a 4 loss team by the end.
CallingUagoatUgoat 15 T-13.
heelxtiger 15 88.3
manbeardawg 15
RadiationRichard 15
RJEP22 15 4-0 - 78.384 pts
soonertiger 16
Cooliamabeast 17
Player_1_has_Joined 17
boomersooner222 19
ehoefler 19 75.75 | +3
JetoGrov 20 A really good team with a really weak resume to this point, but they at least have two conference wins (and one of those on the road)
Noelthemexican 20
visor841 22
zenverak 22
CheapTrickIsOkay 25
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Green = Hybrid

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