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2023 Week 6 USC Trojans Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Reason
52hoova 2
ChargerFan2121 2
jrichardh 2
DampFrijoles 3
ThaCarter 3
tks231 3
arrowfan624 4
confirmd_am_engineer 4
MoneyManeVick 4
ndbroski 4
practicallybert 4
RegulatorRWF 4
spasm01 4
UNC_Samurai 4
70stang 5 USC is third in the 2nd Tier, with 3 P5 wins, two away and one at home, and 2 G5 wins to be 5-0 with no FCS opponents on the schedule. They take the 3rd spot in this tier due to Nevada, essentially, who may be the worst team in the FBS. Sorry Nevada and USC fans.
Buckeyes2010 5
I_am_bot_beep_boop 5
mellolizard 5
Nathanael-Greene 5
nemoran 5
Polarbear1914 5
sasmith2015 5
SkiFlashing 5
stripes361 5
tmothy07 5
ToeInDigDeep 5
A_Rolling_Baneling 6
BUSean 6
cinciforthewin 6
dan4223 6
HarbingerOfFun 6
jlh2b 6
MarlinsGuy 6
No11223456 6
one98d 6
PalmettoFace 6
retnuh101 6
soonersthebetter 6
the_neverdoctor 6
ACCBiggz 7
AllHawkeyesGoToHell 7
conchobor 7
CptCheese 7
Daigotsu 7
ewolfy13 7 no defense whatsoever
HelioOne 7
HUSKEROYAL 7
jeedf 7
Knightro2011 7
lillipup03 7
Longvols 7
Pikachu1989 7
soonerfreak 7
Sophocles5 7
_fastball 8
Acm0028 8
AlexanderComet 8 -3
bakonydraco 8 83.238
BosskOnASegway 8
BRNXB0MBERS 8
Cecil_Hardboner 8
cota1212 8
EpicSchwinn 8
GenialGiant 8
Hugefootballfan44 8 LW: 9
IceColdDrPepper_Here 8 Caleb Williams is so wasted on this defense.
Johnnycockseed 8
JonesUCF34 8
kflinderman 8
monkeymatt1836 8
MrTheSpork 8
Noy_Telinu 8
outthawazoo 8
pileatedloon 8
plannedsickdays 8
RiffRamBahZoo 8
strikersteve60 8
T-nawtical 8
TaylorLeprechaun 8 -3
TDenverFan 8
ThePelvicWoo 8
thexraptor 8
TopGoose 8
TossedRightOut 8
typicaliconoclast 8
udubdavid 8
vanburen1845 8
washington_jefferson 8
12panther 9
Apep86 9
Archaic_1 9
bannista7 9
BearsAreGreat1 9
Blooblod 9
boxbeat 9
Branzilla91 9
bties 9
captain_sasquatch 9
Ch-i-ef 9
CharlemagneOfTheUSA 9
ChaseTheFalcon 9
ChemicalOle 9
CockADoodleBOOM 9
Conglossian 9
Corporal_Hicks 9
creative_penguin 9
d_mcc_x 9
DarkLegend64 9
DarthYoda2594 9
dasani3x 9
DavoinShower-handle 9
deadtofall12 9
DisraeliEers 9
Disregardskarma 9
Drexlore 9
DrKennethJNoisewater 9
Due_Connection179 9 Last Week #9 at Colorado : Won 48 - 41 USC was up 41 - 14 after a TD with 7 minutes left in the 3rd quarter, and even though Colorado outscored them 27 - 7 in the last 20 minutes of the game, it never felt like USC cared enough to continue to add on as if they were in danger of losing. It's for sure a bad look, especially later in the season if USC is 10 - 1 or 11 - 1 and people are just looking at schedules to try and put teams apart from each other, but they got the job done today. Next Week vs Arizona : 21.5 pt favorites : Prediction - Wins and Covers the Spread
DylanCarlson3 9
e8odie 9
falconlover79 9
FeliceDot27 9 102
Feral_Squirrel 9
fourpinz8 9
fredmerc111 9
fshi 9
G-Aardvark 9
GoBlueScrewOSU7 9
grjohnst 9
halldaylong 9
Helifino 9
hendarvich 9 -2 | Their offense is going to be wasted by this defense, not sure they're even really going to compete to win the conference
IAmAChemicalEngineer 9
icklebush 9
ikindalikelemons 9
JCiLee 9
jmac_21 9
JustAManAndHisLaptop 9
Keener1899 9
Laschoni 9
malowry0124 9
Mr_Brews 9
nburt13 9
NotSoSuperNerd 9 3.64
NyquillusDillwad20 9
Our-Gardian-Angel 9
owl_man 9
owlalwaysloveyew 9
PHubbs 9
posiitively 9 158.51
PromEmperorHarbaugh 9
PumpSmash 9
Pure_Protein_Machine 9
rain_parkour 9
RheagarTargaryen 9
RollWarTideEagle 9
scronko 9
seaotter2 9
sirgippy 9
SpadeRyker 9
SteemieRayVaughn 9
tdeff19 9
Techwid 9
teddythe3rd 9
texas2089 9
tjstanley 9
ucieaters33 9
velociraptorfarmer 9
VerySeriousBanana 9
w8w8 9
WarEagle9 9
Wescat 9
wesman212 9
WolverineDDS 9
Xtremeloco 9
ya111101 9
Zloggt 9 Still Top 10 material, but if they don't get their defense together, they'll be a prime (heh) pick for an upset...
ALStark69 10 -1 their defense almost lost the game
AudiieVerbum 10
BallSoHerd 10
Bill3ffinMurray 10
buckeyes75 10
BugsSuck 10
Cars-and-Coffee 10
Casaiir 10
cfbguy 10
Chris-P-Creme 10
Colton3690 10
CommodoreN7 10
darkra01 10
digdat0 10
esoterik 10
ExternalTangents 10 38.20
Extra_Excrement 10
fadingthought 10
fo13 10
frumious88 10
galacticdude7 10
goblue10 10
Hackasizlak 10
hascogrande 10
Hobbes_121 10
jjjoebox 10
joebob431 10
jrluhn 10
jthomas694 10 They are an elite offensive football team, but defensively they are turnover or bust and it's keeping them from moving higher up right now
kamiller2020 10
KirbyDumber88 10
magnumweiner 10
MahjongDaily 10
Megalomanizac 10
MWiatrak2077 10
nin478 10
noahthearc 10
nw____ 10
olmsted 10
physedka 10
Pollaski 10
ProbablyRickSantorum 10
ReallyCreative 10
RegionalBias 10 Defense couldn't take lunch money from toddlers
roaddogg 10
RobertNeyland 10
royrules22 10
ScarletFever333 10
SCsprinter13 10
Sometimeswelose 10
SwissArmyScythe 10 -1
The_Good_Constable 10
Ticklebump 10
TouchdownHeroes 10
woakley 10
Arteza147 11
BamaPride95 11
blahblehblahwhoru 11
bretticus33 11 Good news: USC is undefeated and Caleb Williams is probably the Heisman front-runner again. Bad news: Their defense is still god awful and while it didn’t quite cost them against CU, it absolutely will against a loaded back-half of the schedule. Hence, the Trojans drop out of the top 10.
Chucky1539 11
Corgi_Koala 11
DaewooLanosMFerrr 11
Darth_Ra 11
DataDrivenPirate 11
Foxmcbowser42 11
huskerfan4life520 11
hypercube42342 11
JaxofAllTrades13 11
JohnWickStuntDouble 11
KJdkaslknv 11
LeWoofle 11 Caleb Williams is nuts, and if USC had even an average defense theyd be a real threat; as it stands either Oregon has the best defense in the nation or USCs defense sucks, and i think its easy to tell which one is more correct. It seems unfair to drop USC this far in a win, but everyone above them is also undefeated and doesnt have Alex Grinch as a DC.
Lex_Ludorum 11
LiptonCB 11
nbingham196 11
noodlethebear 11
oghawks18 11
Rakarei 11
realclean 11
ryseing 11
SlaminSammons 11 USC didnt shoot themselves in the foot. CU did. The D scares the hell outta me and allowing a massive comeback is a red flag.
Staind075 11
Stoneador 11 45 ['San Jose State', 'Nevada', 'Stanford', 'Arizona State', 'Colorado', 'Hawaii', 'TCU', 'Nebraska', 'Colorado State', 'New Mexico State', 'Houston', 'SMU', 'Northern Illinois', 'Louisiana Tech', 'Middle Tennessee', 'New Mexico', 'UTSA', 'Sam Houston', 'Charlotte', 'Boston College', 'FIU', 'UTEP', 'Massachusetts', 'Texas State', 'Virginia', 'North Texas', 'UConn', 'Baylor', 'Southern Miss', 'UCF', 'Kent State', 'Boise State', 'San Diego State', 'Ohio', 'Florida Atlantic', 'Iowa State', 'Bowling Green', 'Oklahoma State', 'Georgia Tech', 'Wake Forest', 'Vanderbilt', 'Old Dominion', 'Louisiana', 'UAB', 'Buffalo']
T-Thugs 11 USC is 5-0 with their best win being over Colorado (3-2)
Texasagsman 11
TheZachster 11
thomasosu 11
UMeister 11
aggiebruin27 12
arrow_dynamics 12
Blazeth 12
Cassiyus 12
coletheredditer 12 Survived vs Colorado, I would be much more lenient if Colorado wasn't smoked by Oregon last week, but going from up by 36 on 3 separate occasions, to only winning by 7 shows USC probably shouldn't be in the natty conversation until they figure out that whole defense thing.
corundum9 12
djowen68 12
eclectic_tastes 12
GatorBolt 12 This game against Colorado reinforced how I feel. Caleb Williams can score on anyone, but I can't trust them as long as they employ the Grinch who stole Defense.
GilBrandt 12
JeromesNiece 12
kdcoltred 12
MADBuc49 12
puffadda 12
r0sco 12
trumpet_23 12
Bank_Gothic 13
BigBoutros 13
BlueSCar 13
BorisNumber1 13
CFBHurts 13
chweris 13
HHcougar 13
Joester09 13
OKgolfer 13
Ruhrgebietheld 13
ruwisc 13
skuhlke 13 9.0267
YellowSkarmory 13
311polo 14
ChickenTaco 14
cornholesurfer 14
cyberchaox 14
D1N2Y 14
jalexjsmithj 14 13
Fmeson 15
GeauxTri 15
Jakesnake42 15 75.96. Last Week: #20
jimbobbypaul 15 25.4329
Meany_Vizzini 15 17.0 (+1.8), +4
placid_salad 15 LW #13
Striker743 15 Down 5 - no defense, also played nobody
TimeBroken 15 Rank: #16
Charlemagne42 16 Computer ranking: 15
Dropbackandpunt 16
Muffinnnnnnn 16
Pablo49 16
spsellers 16
tdoger 16
TheJeemTeam 16
eSpiritCorpse 17 0.9274
luckroy 17 Pot 3
Maladroit44 17
SearonTrejorek 17 0.77996
Sproded 17
wameron 18
Inkblot9 19
infinitempg 20 0.713
shadowwingnut 20 338.46
ShogunAshoka 20
AlphaH4wk 21
srs_house 21
theb52 21 37.400
HieloLuz 22 Points: 42.16 | Wins: 1 T5, 4 T6 | 2 WP |
justsaynotoreddit 22 0.6978
tallg8tor 23
CPiGuy2728 25
hythloday1 25

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Reason
orbania 2
Piptit 3
ActuallyJasonPrice 4
rgalexan 4
tomdawg0022 4
_TGT7 5 USC’s terrible defense I believe is going to cost them games in the future, but Caleb Williams should keep USC competitive against any team in the country. Schedule for USC is a murderers row with Notre Dame, Utah, Oregon, Washington, and UCLA all left on the schedule, so a playoff birth is unlikely.
big_thunder_man 5 Beat Colorado, without CO's best player, that is still a VERY good team. Colorado will finish with 9 wins and ranked. USC's defense is getting embarrassing. Offense is stunning.
chillmagic420 5
Chipsahoy523 5
JamoRedhead 5
mathmanhale 5
redrumsoxLoL 5
TheFalconGuy 5
usernamegoeshere763 5
ViewFrom209 5
Bernard_Samson 6
bryophyta_insolitam 6 W 48-41 @ Colorado
diehardcubforever 6
dterp13 6
Mini-Mussolini 6
Protoco2 6
ReadySetMeow 6
Shion314 6
SleepsWithBlindsOpen 6 An ugly win is still a win and the Trojans keep winning. The question marks with their defense will get answered when they play a top 10 Washington and Oregon
Swaggy-7 6
TheNSAAgent777 6
TXUSAW 6
WRSpill 6 (2)
cfbpeoplespoll 7 Held in barely against a alright Colorado team. The defense is going to be a huge issue this season if they cannot figure it out.
ColombianInIowa24 7 Do I despise USC? Yes. Am I big fan of defense? Yes. Do they have a defense? No. Are they still undefeated? Somehow, after squeaking past Colorado. Offense keeps them here and will likely keep them alive past Arizona, but Notre Dame looks to shut USC down in two weeks time.
drewscottt 7
Gnarlybro365 7
IT_JUST_MEANS_JORT 7
jaybigs 7 0.9609
JoshuaMan024 7
losbullitt 7
Ok_Elderberry7070 7
rocco2246 7
samtaylor92 7
Scott72901 7
soneill06 7
SortaDecent 7
tbutrie1916 7
Tight_Discipline_134 7
titansfan174 7
Underground_Bread 7
cirtnecoileh 8
cmcabrera 8
donbagert 8
Doogitywoogity 8 I’m torn on ordering these three and I have no faith in USC defense. Oregon gets the nod bc they can actually stop CU’s offense AND score.
DragonFire101Gamer 8
KansasChaser2021 8 I know you won but your defense is not great.
luciusetrur 8 LW: 8
maknasty09 8
mauliknshah 8
meowrkatt 8
MuhMuhManRay 8
nebsA1 8
owl-bears 8
penix4heisman 8
RJEP22 8 (5-0) - 98.390pts
RootBeerBloat 8
sconbon 8
Sebene 8
sly2bfox 8
Small_Bet_9433 8
spmartin1993 8
stew_pac 8 -3
thatoneguyD13 8
TheThirdViceroy 8
WBLwiffleball 8
70277027 9
_JustinTheGreat_ 9
a_bit_of_a_misnomer_ 9 What was that? No. Seriously. What the heck was that? That wasnt Colorado having a good second half, that was USC completley collapsing. The USC defense was just shambolic after the break.
AdministrativeAnt683 9
AnAngryPanda1 9
ard8 9
Arvandu 9 Almost dropped to Deion and got bailed out by terrible clock management (-1)
Astone1996 9
BananaBouquet 9
Beck4ou 9
BoilerUp28 9
BoukenGreen 9
bruhstevenson 9
Brutalist-outhouse 9
carsonivey72 9
cartierboy25 9
ch1l1_ch33s3 9
corona779 9
Dan20698 9
daredassdude 9
DaveSoccer 9 This defense is a concern
Dawg-Bite 9 Defense will keep them out of the playoffs and maybe the PAC-12 championship
dawgfan24348 9
demolisty24 9
divey043 9
Dontworryaboutit1 9
DownshiftGD 9
drneilpretenamen 9
Elegant_Extreme3268 9
EmotionalAd4185 9
ETHTrillionaire 9
evil_muffins_5436 9
FlashSpider-man 9
Foriegn_Picachu 9
FsuNolezz 9
funt9rtle 9
geauxsaints777 9
GeyWeyner12 9
HAIRY_GORILLA_COCK 9
Harpua99 9
IBCBJ 9
iHasMagyk 9
JBonkies 9
JHallquist 9
jibberishdhyukl 9 Defense is suspect
JoeFreshwata 9
JustinMSU21 9
Loopylime 9
ltyboy 9
manbeardawg 9
maxwell6233 9
mcdsmaster8824 9
McIntyre2K7 9
MemeofMemeJTG999999 9 (5-0) (down 1) W: 48-41 @ Colorado (3-2) Next Week: vs Arizona (3-2)
mill1634 9
Morrgs 9
Mossed26 9
narwhalz27 9 v 3
newSomberMan 9
OSU_Shecter 9
OSUfan88 9
patriots230 9
PattyKane16 9
PerfectZeroKnowledge 9
PSUMediaPA 9
redrhino777 9
saquad69 9
ScaratheBear 9
Serenityy8 9
SharkMovies 9
SIMBONEGTP 9
SNjr 9
tcomn 9
The_Candler 9 Ranking USC at 9 kinda feels wrong, but they need to sort out the defense.
TheBeekman8 9 Played Colorado at Folsom field and the offense of this team is insane the defense is horrid and can’t stop anyone. They will not win big games with this defense moving forward.
thehornedlamb 9
thejawa 9
TheSleaze22 9
TinderForMidgets 9
Tornadohunter24 9
True_Ad5324 9
Tylex123 9
Viselli 9
Yelich04 9
youngs2309 9
Aidanj927 10
brucewaynewins 10
buckeye4249 10
DillyDillySzn 10
dubkent 10
good4steve 10
hoovereatscowpoop 10
hurricaneatx 10 A championship-caliber offense paired with a very questionable defense: I think we all expected that.
IDropFatLogs 10 Worst defense this side of the Atlantic but Caleb should win a second trophy with his play
Jay682002 10
Klaassy23 10
LonghornNaysh 10
moyboi2112 10
OG_Felwinter 10
OldCoaly 10 Their defense is nothing but a glaring weakness.
OutRiteWite 10
PythonLemon 10
qwer546 10
RealignmentJunkie 10
Sflabuckeye13 10
slashbopzing 10
soonertiger 10
spaceblev11 10
SpencoDaMainMan 10
stoeseri000 10
StumpVanDerHuge 10 I hate to say this but they will not be here next week if their defense doesn't figure it out.
throwaway_6786 10 USC continues to be hurt by a weak schedule. Colorado was the first team they played with a pulse so far, and while USC dominated the early stages, their poor defensive showing in the second half made this game a little too close for comfort. Tougher games where the Trojans can prove themselves are coming soon, but I still question their defense against what has been one of the worst schedules of any Top 25 team.
WhalePadre5 10
666haha 11
Bereft13 11 Power: 12, SoR: 8; LW: 10
bethe2ndmouse 11
charmingcharles2896 11
Fantastic-Calendar-9 11 LW: 10, defense is a liability still
frone 11
Got_That_WeeFee 11
Jadenflo 11
jakepadres23 11
josh55134 11
mithrandir2398 11
mthompson2320 11 LW: 10
Pyroblockx 11
schneeplehoppen 11
Sidewinder83 11
siggyrambler 11
spencej98 11
swdanley17 11
TommyTwoTaps 11
twr96 11
URhyno 11
1Subject 12
CaptainScuttlebottom 12
Effective-Lead-6657 12 (+1)
grtgbln 12
HideNZeke 12
Luarean 12 (LW:9, -3)
ManiacalBlazer 12
PlactusTX 12 LW: — | W (12) Colorado
RadiationRichard 12
SpeddyDawg 12
ToosUnderHigh 12
camus69x 13
Cascadia-Rising 13
ianmcmoney 13
llamawhittlings 13
mikecsiy 13
ndbfsu22 13
Player_1_has_Joined 13
TadKosciuszko 13
10catsinspace 14
cbusalex 14
ChBass 14
Code2008 14
Cooliamabeast 14
GhostDosa 14 Undefeated. Struggled versus Colorado
leadbymight 14
MemeLovingLoser 14 65.4
Noelthemexican 14
pianoprofiteer 14
TheRedKing75 14
andy-022 15 1138.82 5 - 0 116 29.4 (36) Colorado -
CheapTrickIsOkay 15
heelxtiger 15 80.6 Score 80.6 Power Rating 5-0 Record
Maize_n_Boom 15
StannisGrammarMannis 15
Strog18 15
CallMeTheKing 16 35-0-97
JetoGrov 16 Yeah they win...but man they really don't care about playing on the defensive side of the ball. If Sean Lewis knew/had tried to run an effective 6-minute offense while down 2-scores then USC could have messed around and gone to OT with a team that doesn't have an offensive line (speaking of, how do you let Colorado run for 100+ yards on you?). I dunno, this is a Lincoln Riley team through and through. Pro: We're probably living in a world where Caleb Williams will be a multi-time Heisman winner, Con: this team is going to get dunked on by Oregon and Utah and then lose in a half-ass Cotton Bowl to Fresno State Preseason "right" rating: 4/10...expected more out of them, had them winning the Pac-12, but I don't really see it anymore
Pylon-Cam 16
ehoefler 17 75.36 | +2
samuelbassett 17
boomersooner222 18
Midnight-Mustang 18 LMAOOO WHERE IS THEIR DEFENSE
CallingUagoatUgoat 19 T-18. 0 SP+ T-25 wins. Average FBS opponent SP+ rank - 95.4. Similar to Michigan, USC hasn't really played anyone, at least not according to SP+. They get back-to-back games against ND and Utah in Weeks 7 and 8.
zenverak 19
squibby 22
grahamca 23 T1ˢᵗ W/L, T49ᵗʰ Predicted Wins, 31ˢᵗ Team Strength, 14ᵗʰ Quality of Wins
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