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2026 Week 7 USC Trojans Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
A_Rolling_Baneling	4
ehoefler	4	90.90 | +2
Rcfan0902	4	1076.37 (+2)
RJEP22	5
ShogunAshoka	5
twitter_paulbd	7	One-Loss BCR worst looking in their tier.
MemeLovingLoser	8	Score 79.91 (▲ 0.60) | Place Change: None | Previous Rank: 8th | Wins Composite Rank: 10th | SoS Composite Rank: 7th | Margin of Victory Rank: 39th | Penalties Composite Rank: 61st | Yardage Composite Rank: 24th | Turnover Composite Rank: 57th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 7th | Other Stats Rank: 13th
Hey_Its_Roomie	9
chillmagic420	10
Cecil_Hardboner	12
Daigotsu	12
fredmerc111	12
Hugefootballfan44	12	LW: 15
ruwisc	12
TheNSAAgent777	12
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx	12	(+1)
CptCheese	13
deadtofall12	13
dschinghiskhan	13
galacticdude7	13	Predicted Record: 9-3 Losses: Oregon (27-41), Ohio State, at Indiana
malowry0124	13
sgtshenanigans	13	USC beats a trash Penn State team. Jayen Maiava goes off for 300 yards passing three TDs and no picks. Add in a nice day for King Miller with 100 yards rushing. While I have to take off points for barely surviving against a bad team this game was on the road and it was the annual Penn State white out game so maybe I shouldn't be too hard on USC
studio_sally	13
tomdawg0022	13
0010MK	14
bannista7	14
Darth_Ra	14
dubscurry30	14	+5
jimbobbypaul	14
LiptonCB	14
luckroy	14
mcdsmaster8824	14
one98d	14
plannedsickdays	14
Pyromania1983	14
spmartin1993	14
titansfan174	14
WarEagle9	14
a_bit_of_a_misnomer_	15
AJ_CC	15
Buckeyes2010	15
Cassiyus	15
ChemicalOle	15
eSpiritCorpse	15
hypercube42342	15	Power 20 / Resume 15
hythloday1	15
IAmAChemicalEngineer	15
infinitempg	15	0.814, +12
JamoRedhead	15
jbowen1	15
JustAManAndHisLaptop	15
JustinMSU21	15
ManiacalBlazer	15	78.522, (6-1). Has the most difficulty preventing scoring among all teams on this ballot.
Pikachu1989	15
RegionalBias	15
SearonTrejorek	15	0.75366
Shion314	15
skuhlke	15
Sometimeswelose	15
UNC_Samurai	15
Xy13	15
BananaBouquet	16
Chipsahoy523	16	+3
Colton3690	16
CRedds19	16
ewolfy13	16
GatorBolt	16
justsaynotoreddit	16
olmsted	16
PeteyNice	16
Red261	16
RedBarracuda25	16
tdeff19	16
TDenverFan	16
thomasosu	16
TouchdownHeroes	16
True_Ad5324	16	Up 4
AllHawkeyesGoToHell	17
bernkastel87	17
Bill3ffinMurray	17
bwburke94	17	+7.2311344 (LW: #6)
conchobor	17
corundum9	17
DarthYoda2594	17	May have dropped them out unfairly last week - Penn State is obviously down, but white out road win is always worth something. They can score with anyone, but still think their defense is a problem.
DisraeliEers	17
djowen68	17
GeauxTri	17	Six wins including a road win at Penn State; only loss came against Oregon.
Helifino	17
Jay_Dubbbs	17
JBonkies	17
JeromesNiece	17
jonstark19	17
Longvols	17
mellolizard	17
Pablo49	17	791
penisthightrap_	17
PlactusTX	17	LW: 21 | Tier 2 | W Penn State
PSUMediaPA	17
r0sco	17
shifty1032231	17
SIMBONEGTP	17
SwissArmyScythe	17	+2
Texasagsman	17
TolkienFan71	17
Zef_Apollo	17
BallSoHerd	18
brucewaynewins	18
chweris	18
elnino550	18
joebob431	18
kflinderman	18
Mr_Brews	18
nemoran	18
nw____	18	No defense to speak of but it’s a Riley team. Am genuinely impressed that they traveled across the country and got the win here, not usually the case.
PattyKane16	18
Pollaski	18
RollWarTideEagle	18
sirvalkyerie	18
soonerfreak	18
sroach91	18
SteemieRayVaughn	18
Tarmacked	18	Handled PSU as expected
12panther	19
BoukenGreen	19
CambodianDrywall	19
Chris-P-Creme	19
COLU_BUS	19
cyclonepsycho	19
diehardcubforever	19
Drexlore	19
dukemetoo	19
e8odie	19
G-Aardvark	19
HelioOne	19
HideNZeke	19
jalexjsmithj	19	19
jmac_21	19
MahjongDaily	19
MemeofMemeJTG999999	19	(6-1) (up 7) W: 31-23 @ Penn State (3-3) Next Week: Bye Projected Bowl: Holiday Bowl vs Pittsburgh
nin478	19
Noelthemexican	19
Our-Gardian-Angel	19
owl_man	19
Polarbear1914	19
samspopguy	19
seaotter2	19
TheReformedBadger	19
TossedRightOut	19
udderlymoovelous	19
Wescat	19
Acm0028	20
aggiebruin27	20
bakonydraco	20	83.177
Bereft13	20	Power: 23, SoR: 16; LW: 24
BorisNumber1	20
boxbeat	20
ch1l1_ch33s3	20
cinciforthewin	20
CommodoreN7	20
Conglossian	20
DampFrijoles	20
frumious88	20
GoBlueScrewOSU7	20
grey_pilgrim_	20
grjohnst	20
Hackasizlak	20
jjjoebox	20
jrichardh	20
laprasrules	20
noodlethebear	20
RiffRamBahZoo	20
Roscoe_Filburn	20
strikersteve60	20
Techwid	20
TheUltimate721	20	Lincoln Riley nearly had himself a Scott Frost moment, opening up the second half with an onside kick that went very poorly, but he made up for it by thoroughly out-coaching Matt Campbell in the fourth quarter. I am still not convinced their defense is any good.
TheZachster	20
ToeInDigDeep	20	6-1; loss to Oregon; win over Penn St., Washington, Fresno St
TopGoose	20
Xtremeloco	20
_fastball	21
BearsAreGreat1	21
BlueSCar	21
ChaseTheFalcon	21
DarkLegend64	21
DavoinShower-handle	21
Euphoric_Relative_13	21
flyingcircusdog	21
Fmeson	21
GenialGiant	21
manbeardawg	21
RobertNeyland	21
tks231	21
ALStark69	22	NR; probably too low but it’s hard to win in the whiteout Biggest faller: LSU (8->UR)
bretticus733	22
Jerrywelfare	22
KJdkaslknv	22
Lex_Ludorum	22
mthompson2320	22	LW: 24
Player_1_has_Joined	22
romulusjsp	22
smartkeg	22	Have looked shaky, especially in loss to Oregon, and their defense limits them but this is still a good team that can outgun most P4 opponents.
SpadeRyker	22
SufferingfOrLife	22
Zloggt	22
AlexanderComet	23
blahblehblahwhoru	23
Blooblod	23
Cars-and-Coffee	23
Doogitywoogity	23	I am conflicted. I don’t know that this squad should be ranked, but they keep squeezing out wins.
EpicSchwinn	23
grtgbln	23
ikindalikelemons	23
jthomas694	23
Luigiatl	23
OldCoaly	23
Rakarei	23
Ruhrgebietheld	23
spsellers	23
TaylorLeprechaun	23	-2
texas2089	23
ThaCarter	23
arbadak	24	.749 rating, 6-1, SOS .570 (-1)
BendrickLamar19	24
budget_um	24	Lose points with Oregon's loss even after beating Penn State
cvsprinter1	24	1-loss
daredassdude	24
IceColdDrPepper_Here	24
Klaassy23	24
monkeymatt1836	24
Noy_Telinu	24	How did you lose to THAT Oregon team?!
NyquillusDillwad20	24
placid_salad	24	LW: #23
redwave2505	24
RheagarTargaryen	24
sirgippy	24	GippyRank expected rank: 19.4. Central 80% interval: 7–35. Top-25 probability: 75%.
SlaminSammons	24
StFuzzySlippers	24
w8w8	24
bladefencer	25	0.795, +7, Pow: 33, Off: 23, Def: 60, SOR: 24
BUSean	25
CFBHurts	25
ChBass	25	Beating Penn State got the Trojans about half of what they lost in the Oregon defeat, and they get a week off before playing (Good Team) Wisconsin.
KansasEF5Tornado	25
MainPeanut25	25
nbingham196	25
noahthearc	25
sickmemes48	25
T-nawtical	25	Wisconsin, James Madison, Oklahoma, LSU, Nebraska, Northwestern, Cincinnati, Memphis, North Texas, UNLV
T-Thugs	25	USC is 6-1 with wins over Washington (3-3) and Penn State (3-3). Got beat by Oregon. Also considered: Houston, James Madison, Pitt, SMU
TimeBroken	25

Provisional Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
ogsmurf826	7
g_trechel	9
meristematic	10
The_Stratman	10
DCorNothing	11
owl-bears	11
BlueRFR3100	12
Impossible-Still-349	12	(+2) laaaaaaa
jwrtf	12
Pure-Shirt-5831	12
quantum_jedi	12	(53.35, +0) A great win for USC at Penn State. Played a solid team game and looked much better than the previous weeks.
RowDull8230	12
rt13wx	12
Tortillero96	12	+2 W (6-1) A +8 vs Penn State (unranked) W (5-1) H +4 vs Washington (unranked) L (4-1) H -14 vs Oregon (11) W (4-0) A +7 vs Rutgers (unranked) W (3-0) H +19 vs Louisiana (unranked) W (2-0) H +39 vs Fresno State (unranked) --
2AcesRoth	13	net elo off def ridge fei conf +13.8 +12.3 36.8 24.5 +16.7 +12.5 Big Ten
EL-YEO	13
Menktenk	13
NonZero-Chance	13
PsychologicalFox8660	13
HokiPoqi	14
Intelligent_Fix_6972	14
Isthmus11	14	6-1, this team actually showed up to play at PSU this week. PSUs offense was actually functional and this USC offense was able to be more efficient across the entire game and just picked the PSU defense apart even when they decided to not give up 400 yd rushing this week. When they show how talented they are this team is scary, I still think they are inconsistent enough that they will probably drop another game or two that they should not
Kirkwood641	14
NA_Faker	14
samtaylor92	14
saquad69	14
Sflabuckeye13	14
TheBeekman8	14
TyRoland06	14
DarthGlazer	15	honestly to come into the white-out and beat penn st... wow. 3 time zones away + whiteout + good penn st team (imo).
dee3Poh	15	.380
idnttcrisis	15
jackmc04	15	(+2)
josh55134	15
leadbymight	15
Repulsive_Rub6443	15
Salmon-Dude	15
alexjcode_com	16	758
BigGamesShouldCount	16
bocnj	16
Effective-Lead-6657	16	(24) So this is probably controversial, as Oregon is looking worse by the week. I don't care. Penn State is a solid win for the time being.
gonshpreds1	16
kennethbring	16
maxwell6233	16
Ok_Boysenberry716	16
SportsCat4	16
ted1995	16
1Subject	17
70277027	17
AoA_nB1	17	Gonna need a bigger win from Lincoln than a white out game to believe
BeyondLiesTheWub	17	change from last week: +6
Blazemaster77	17
Flaky_Bit6733	17
jis024	17
JJones927	17
jmdinbtr	17
Living_Human	17	69.61
Ok_Significance_3803	17
Original_Profile8600	17
Piptit	17
Spazzatack	17
TheCryptPartDeux	17
TomorrowFinal6642	17
bendyburner	18	Above Oregon because of poll momentum and a win in Happy Valley
dstrainr	18
huntmant	18
KevinDoesSports	18	Proved they could play on the East Coast in a hostile White Out. If Eskildsen doesn't fumble that ball maybe Penn State at least ties it but they still won, they stay here for now.
manbeqrpig	18
Nath0leon	18	+2. Penn State still counts as a decent win for now (#26 FPI). SOR jumped from #27 to #17.
ndbfsu22	18
Noahsince2002	18
PersianGuitarist	18
bigred91224	19
Fluid_Theory_6587	19
FuzzyDunlop911	19
LegendParkour	19
mathmanhale	19
n8TLfan	19
National-Sundae9427	19	I mean Penn State sucks (yes I hate that school with a passion), but they seem to have righted the ship after the Oregon loss. Still won’t be a playoff team
NebraskaPlainsman	19
PrideSax711	19
Protoco2	19
SpectralHydra	19
ThompsonCreekTiger	19
wittingtarsier	19
BoilerUp28	20
CALL_ME_ISHMAEBY	20
divey043	20
FrontRunner51	20	(+1)
hbh110	20
jtsmd2	20
KansasChaser2021	20
meta_irl	20
Rhizical	20
Rishik01	20
SignificanceFirm2398	20
spaceblev11	20
WBLwiffleball	20
buccaneerboy22	21
Hastronaut	21
NC_Pineapple	21
ninjatown23	21	USC won a conference road game. That’s a positive. I still don’t fully believe this team though.
pongislame	21
SaguaroCactus19	21
Scottyfer	21
DownshiftGD	22
logace444444444	22
mathwrath55	22	Whoever won USC-PSU was going to end up ranked (PSU was predictive 24, USC 26), so USC jumps in
SomerandomIDFBfan	22
Star_Wars_Sith	22
thehornedlamb	22
Yelich04	22	NR
gohncell	23
Lucaball3r	23
NoOutdoorSoup	23
RJTrey	23
S2OP	23	(NR)
Applesaucemannus	24	They are 6-1 and showed heart against PSU at the whiteout.
Dawg-Bite	24
drewscottt	24	NEW
geordieColt88	24
GrimmacingGrinny	24
isrealball	24
Pyroblockx	24
SonOfGarry	24
ChiTrojan2	25
HHunko13	25
JackWK_Gaming	25
loneSTAR_06	25
Mossed26	25
myworld3	25
ResearchFlaky5912	25	While PSU is undoubtedly bad this year, winning by 8 in Happy Valley on a white out still means something (I think). And, honestly, I can't leave out a power-two team that has a single loss. With USC at #25, every undefeated or one-loss Big 10 or SEC team is ranked. I think that makes sense. (sorry ACC)
tbraptors	25

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