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2026 Week 10 USC Trojans Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
TadKosciuszko 3
A_Rolling_Baneling 8
Pyromania1983 8
Rcfan0902 9 1400.92 (+4)
UNC_Samurai 9
AJ_CC 10
cyberchaox 10
IAmAChemicalEngineer 10
ShogunAshoka 10
Versigot 10
AllHawkeyesGoToHell 11
CommodoreN7 11
cvsprinter1 11 2-loss
dschinghiskhan 11
ehoefler 11 89.70 | +11
Hugefootballfan44 11
Longvols 11
RiffRamBahZoo 11
Xy13 11
CambodianDrywall 12
Cecil_Hardboner 12
ChBass 12 How does a team who lost to Oregon and Wisconsin end up back in the top-15? Is it the sweaters? You know what, the gag doesn't fit here; they had a #15 offense at best. It's one good win on the one wet day in LA. If they hadn't won, they'd be #26 behind Wisconsin.
deadtofall12 12
frone 12
Muffinnnnnnn 12
NyquillusDillwad20 12
Pablo49 12 921
RJEP22 12
_fastball 13
Blooblod 13
Chris-P-Creme 13
daredassdude 13
ikindalikelemons 13
jthomas694 13
LiptonCB 13
SCsprinter13 13
SIMBONEGTP 13
douchebagjack 14 Best 3 Wins: Ohio State, Washington, Penn State.
2 Losses: Oregon, Wisconsin.
Sure Ohio State had a backup QB. But Ohio State still gave up 30 points. Really just felt like Ohio State quit. USC now looks a lot better, but needs another worthwhile win. usc over ohio state on h2h
Dropbackandpunt 14
Euphoric_Relative_13 14
frumious88 14
Jay_Dubbbs 14
jbowen1 14
luckroy 14
MemeLovingLoser 14 Score 75.84 (▲ 3.38) | Place Change: ▲ 1 | Previous Rank: 15th | Wins Composite Rank: 18th | SoS Composite Rank: 7th | Margin of Victory Rank: 43rd | Penalties Composite Rank: 57th | Yardage Composite Rank: 39th | Turnover Composite Rank: 81st | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 9th | Other Stats Rank: 15th
Noy_Telinu 14 What the FUCK? "tOSU backup QB." They let THIS Trojan team who scored 7 points against WISCONSIN to get to 30. HOW?! Do I think they are the 14th best team? NO. Did they just steamroll tOSU? Yes, meaning they HAVE to be better than Texas who had to come back and scored fewer points.
owlalwaysloveyew 14
PeteyNice 14
Pure_Protein_Machine 14
Ruhrgebietheld 14
sickmemes48 14
spasm01 14
spmartin1993 14
srs_house 14
Staind075 14
tdeff19 14
TheNSAAgent777 14
ToeInDigDeep 14 Loss to Oregon, at Wisconsin
AlexanderComet 15
budget_um 15 Beat OSU but some bad losses.
chillmagic420 15
CRedds19 15
DarkLegend64 15
DavoinShower-handle 15
diehardcubforever 15
EpicSchwinn 15
fredmerc111 15
GatorBolt 15
GenialGiant 15
justsaynotoreddit 15
manbeardawg 15
r0sco 15
RegionalBias 15
SearonTrejorek 15 0.75665
shifty1032231 15
tjstanley 15
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx 15 (NEW)
brucewaynewins 16
cfbguy 16
CFBHurts 16
elnino550 16
GeauxTri 16 7-2. Beat Ohio State 30-18, an enormous resume addition; also won at Penn State. Losses are Oregon and Wisconsin.
halldaylong 16
hascogrande 16
jimbobbypaul 16
jjjoebox 16
jonstark19 16
ManiacalBlazer 16 76.908
PattyKane16 16
plannedsickdays 16
Polarbear1914 16
Rakarei 16
RedBarracuda25 16
RobertNeyland 16
skuhlke 16
SufferingfOrLife 16
TaylorLeprechaun 16 NR
tdoger 16
Acm0028 17
ALStark69 17 NR; I know they were facing OSU's backup true freshman QB but wow that was quite the result
bannista7 17
BearsAreGreat1 17
Bereft13 17 Power: 21, SoR: 11; LW: NR (28)
bernkastel87 17
BorisNumber1 17
bwburke94 17 +6.7540955 (LW: #33)
Casaiir 17
ChaseTheFalcon 17
Chipsahoy523 17 NR
conchobor 17
grey_pilgrim_ 17
grjohnst 17
Jakesnake42 17 SPEAKING of USC, lincoln riley must have realized he needs to win big games at some point. This resume was NONEXISTENT before today but Top 10 wins do many wonders! Last Week: NR
JeromesNiece 17
Jerrywelfare 17
JustAManAndHisLaptop 17
JustinMSU21 17
kflinderman 17
Klaassy23 17
MahjongDaily 17
MemeofMemeJTG999999 17 (7-2) (up 11)
W: 30-18 vs #2 Ohio State (6-2)
Next Week: Bye
Projected Bowl: Holiday Bowl vs Virginia Tech
Pikachu1989 17
Pollaski 17
retnuh101 17
ruwisc 17
ryseing 17
spsellers 17
T-Thugs 17 7-2 with a win over Ohio State (6-2). Lost to Oregon and Wisconsin. Ohio State win is carrying a lot of water for a team that I don't really believe in.
Texasagsman 17
thomasosu 17
Tornadohunter24 17 [7-2, 4-2 B1G] (NEW) | SOR: #14 | Notable Results: W 42-35 @ Rutgers [2-6], L 27-41 vs HM Oregon [5-3], W 25-21 vs Washington [5-3], W 31-23 @ Penn State [4-4], L 7-24 @ DO/HM Wisconsin [5-3], W 30-18 vs #12 Ohio State [6-2] |

Well, I'll be damned. Lincoln Riley gets a signature win against a top-tier opponent (albeit one missing a QB) in a season many had already written off as another failure following the Wisconsin loss. The Trojans are still somewhat shaky, especially on defense, but that offense can produce game-winning performances, and USC could still find itself in the midst of the B1G Title hunt as long as they keep playing like they did last weekend.
udderlymoovelous 17
vanburen1845 17
WarEagle9 17
0010MK 18
BendrickLamar19 18
bladefencer 18 0.847, +9, Pow: 27, Off: 15, Def: 46, SOR: 18
Buckeyes2010 18
ch1l1_ch33s3 18
colton_97 18
corundum9 18
CPiGuy2728 18
CptCheese 18
DarthYoda2594 18
e8odie 18
eclectic_tastes 18
flyingcircusdog 18
Helifino 18
HelioOne 18
HideNZeke 18
Hobbes_121 18
IceColdDrPepper_Here 18
jmac_21 18
malowry0124 18
mellolizard 18
monkeymatt1836 18
nemoran 18
one98d 18
Player_1_has_Joined 18
redrumsoxLoL 18
redwave2505 18
romulusjsp 18
scronko 18
Sometimeswelose 18
SwissArmyScythe 18 +4
TDenverFan 18
TossedRightOut 18
TouchdownHeroes 18
Xtremeloco 18
52hoova 19
Ch-i-ef 19
Conglossian 19 U/R
cyclonepsycho 19
Daigotsu 19
Darth_Ra 19
ewolfy13 19
ExternalTangents 19 86.6%
G-Aardvark 19
Hackasizlak 19
Hey_Its_Roomie 19
joebob431 19
KansasEF5Tornado 19
MADBuc49 19 NEW
MainPeanut25 19
nbingham196 19
nin478 19
Our-Gardian-Angel 19
pileatedloon 19
placid_salad 19 LW: #32 7-2 and sliding into the top 25 with a win over Ohio State. Losses to #30 Oregon and #36 Wisconsin, and a narrow win over #119 Rutgers are albatrosses.
roguebandit1 19
Shion314 19
sirvalkyerie 19
StFuzzySlippers 19
the_neverdoctor 19
TolkienFan71 19
True_Ad5324 19 NR
Wescat 19
12panther 20
a_bit_of_a_misnomer_ 20
arbadak 20 .760 rating, 7-2, SOS .629 (NEW, +11)
Cars-and-Coffee 20
Cassiyus 20
Colton3690 20
digdat0 20 20. USC — Score: 0.158 | Results: 0.958, SOS Rank: #23, Quality: 0.122, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 1, T50W: 3, Off Rk: #29, Def Rk: #51
djowen68 20
dubscurry30 20 NR
Fmeson 20
hythloday1 20
jalexjsmithj 20
JBonkies 20
laprasrules 20
mcdsmaster8824 20
mthompson2320 20 LW: 32
olmsted 20
RollWarTideEagle 20
royrules22 20
seaotter2 20
soonerfreak 20
SpadeRyker 20
strikersteve60 20
studio_sally 20
TheZachster 20
aggiebruin27 21
bakonydraco 21 83.837 (7-2)
boxbeat 21
bretticus733 21
DampFrijoles 21
Drexlore 21
grtgbln 21
samspopguy 21
sgtshenanigans 21
Striker743 21 NR
texas2089 21
TheUltimate721 21
tomdawg0022 21
BallSoHerd 22
Bank_Gothic 22
blahblehblahwhoru 22
chweris 22
HieloLuz 22 Finally gets a quality win over Ohio State. But their losses are about equal to Iowa's, and since they have 2 quality wins they'll hold above USC for now.

Bucket F ↓
Inkblot9 22
Justanother_0 22 Win over Ohio State?! Otherwise lackluster resume.
KJdkaslknv 22
Luigiatl 22
SlaminSammons 22
stripes361 22
TimeBroken 22
titansfan174 22
BUSean 23
dukemetoo 23
infinitempg 23 0.738, +13
Lex_Ludorum 23
PlactusTX 23 LW: NR | Tier 4 | W Ohio State
sirgippy 23 GippyRank Quality of Results expected rank: 20.2. Central 80% interval: 6–39. Top-25 probability: 73%.
The-Gothic-Castle 23
Zloggt 23
AlphaH4wk 24
ColombianInIowa24 24 37.58 - [7-2] Dominant and statement over #19 Ohio State pushes them back in. BYE. (Mode: Rank 41)

Conference Count:
SEC: 10
B1G: 5
Big XII: 5
ACC: 2
AAC: 1
Pac-12: 1

Other conferences:
(#28) JMU [SBC], (#30) New Mexico [MWC], (#35) Liberty [C-USA], (#47) WMU [MAC]
fshi 24
galacticdude7 24 Predicted Record: 8-4

Losses: Oregon (27-41), @Wisconsin (7-24), @Indiana, @UCLA

Comment: Big win over Ohio State shoots them back into my rankings, but I'm still somewhat skeptical of this team, that Wisconsin loss is looking a lot less forgivable this week, and being on par with Oregon means they are limited in their rise due to the head to head loss against them.
OKgolfer 24 LW: NR
velociraptorfarmer 24
zenverak 24
BananaBouquet 25
Maladroit44 25

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
The_Stratman 2
GenuineBoss 8
dstrainr 10
Spazzatack 10
manbeqrpig 11
BoNnnnfhir 12
Impossible-Still-349 12 (+2)
isrealball 12
Real-Plant-5722 12
thehornedlamb 12
Tortillero96 12 +4
W (7-2) H +12 vs Ohio State (1)
L (6-2) A -17 vs Wisconsin (unranked)
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)
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Akapacman415 13
d1sportsball 13 Bounced back big time by beating OSU, but the losses hurt the resume a lot
dende-wav 13 Hard to rank cuz of their inconsistency
FoodCourtDruid 13
HereComesNightTime 13
meristematic 13
NoOutdoorSoup 13
ogsmurf826 13
Rishik01 13
rt13wx 13
saquad69 13
DarthGlazer 14 what a win. and with the defense!!
GrimmacingGrinny 14
HokiPoqi 14
jackmc04 14 (+6)
leadbymight 14
Nath0leon 14 +10.
Oldenmw 14
PsychologicalFox8660 14
Quick-Newt-5651 14
RowDull8230 14
TyRoland06 14
1Subject 15
Applesaucemannus 15
CALL_ME_ISHMAEBY 15 7-2; blend +1.23; resume #12, power #19, SOR #18
GreenAndYellow12 15 0.393 |+10|
jwrtf 15
SonOfGarry 15
Yelich04 15 NR
2AcesRoth 16 net elo off def ridge fei conf
+12.7 +15.0 36.2 21.3 +15.2 +7.8 Big Ten
666PeaceKeepaGirl 16
70277027 16
Blazemaster77 16
Delicious_Fig5384 16
Flaky_Bit6733 16
FrontRunner51 16
g_trechel 16
gonshpreds1 16
JackWK_Gaming 16
JCNoles 16 10/10
KingYeetusV 16 Blew the doors off of a Sayin-less Ohio state. Struggled against Rutgers. Lost to a questionable Oregon and Wisconsin.
Milflover69cbb 16
newSomberMan 16
Ok_Significance_3803 16
owl-bears 16
penix4heisman 16
Piptit 16
Pure-Shirt-5831 16
Pyroblockx 16
samtaylor92 16
Sflabuckeye13 16
SportsCat4 16
Aggravating-Funny569 17 Win over Ohio State is great but still has losses to Oregon and Wisconsin.
BasicUsername5362 17
BigGamesShouldCount 17
BlueRFR3100 17
dee3Poh 17 .380
DownshiftGD 17
HHunko13 17
jibberishdhyukl 17
JJones927 17
kennethbring 17
Lucaball3r 17
m3owzika 17
Midnight-Mustang 17
NA_Faker 17
quantum_jedi 17
SignificanceFirm2398 17
spaceblev11 17
ThompsonCreekTiger 17
Antopher64 18 -1.188
Arago_ 18
bocnj 18
cartgold 18
Effective-Lead-6657 18
FickleWolverine 18 Lincoln Riley you're not fired yet...
fm22fnam 18
josh55134 18
Kirkwood641 18
mathwrath55 18
pongislame 18
Tch267702 18
TheBeekman8 18
WBLwiffleball 18
AoA_nB1 19 Stinkin Lincoln could have a playoff team if they just showed up against the Badgers. A win in their date in Bloomington could lead to some tough conversations
ArlyntheAwesome 19 despise having to rank you again, please loose ASAP
bruhstevenson 19
Character_Orchid4698 19
EL-YEO 19
Equal_Resort4348 19 What a win! The curse of #2 is real.
gohncell 19
hbh110 19
jmdinbtr 19
loneSTAR_06 19
MyAngelMiraidon 19 (+16) - you are more aggravating to rank than Texas
ninjatown23 19 A dominant victory against a reeling OSU team moves USC to 7-2.
Rhizical 19
Scottyfer 19
SpectralHydra 19
TailgateLegend 19
buccaneerboy22 20
chief_sitass 20
geordieColt88 20
ianmcmoney 20 74.80%
jtchr33 20 Not sure how much we should judge based on an injured Ohio St, but they still got the job done in a few surprising ways.
The 20 ranges have been a revolving door all year and I don't really expect that to change. Very hard to rank this level as well.
kevinsdomain 20
MillerHighLifeStan 20
myworld3 20
NC_Pineapple 20
Nervous_Metal_9445 20
Noahsince2002 20
Ok_Boysenberry716 20
ResearchFlaky5912 20 I have been low on the Trojans all year, but beating Ohio St is still quite a feat. The losses to Oregon and Wisconsin are still painful, and very limiting, but a win over #12 is still one of the best wins in the country, bringing them back into the fold.
S2OP 20 (NR)
Select-Edge-3262 20 +16 (NR)
ted1995 20
beckett929 21
bryophyta_insolitam 21
DillyDillySzn 21
divey043 21
LightningDusty 21 ↑NR
rob_bot13 21 1643 points: They can win the B1G title somehow. What a weird year.
TheSecondCrypt 21
undercover_hot_dog 21
_THE__BOULDER_ 22 I mean I know Sayin was out but I gotta give USC props here. I've been pretty hard on them all year and they dropped out of my rankings weeks ago. I won't claim this is a turnaround but it was impressive against a normally stout defense.
KevinDoesSports 22
tbraptors 22
thatoneguyD13 22 Tier 4.
bigred91224 23
logace444444444 23
drewscottt 24 NEW
Star_Wars_Sith 25
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