USC Moves Up Two Spots For Second Straight Week In USA Today Sports Coaches Poll

The USC Trojans are ranked first. 7 in the new Sports coaches’ poll from USA TODAY.

To improve to 8-1 on the year, the Trojans defeated Cal. The defeats of Alabama and Clemson this week allowed them to move up two spots in the poll.

Two weeks prior to a Nov. 7 game, four Pac-12 teams are among the top 13. 19 Showdown on Saturday featuring Utah and Oregon in one game and USC and UCLA in the other.

The Crimson Tide were categorically eliminated from the College Football Playoff by Alabama’s defeat. Due to Clemson’s defeat, the Tigers’ chances of making the playoffs are now in serious jeopardy. In each of the first eight seasons of the playoff, either Alabama or Clemson has advanced. Perhaps this year marks the end of that run.

Here is the rest of the poll:

NOTRE DAME

Ireland defeated Clemson. Fighting Irish Wire will have all the details.

KENTUCKY

Beat Missouri

WASHINGTON

Beat Oregon State

KANSAS STATE

Lost to Texas

UCF

Beat Memphis

ILLINOIS

Lost to Michigan State

LIBERTY

Beat Arkansas

TEXAS

Beat Kansas State

TULANE

Beat Tulsa

NC STATE

Beat Wake Forest

PENN STATE

Beat Indiana

NORTH CAROLINA

Beat Virginia

UTAH

Beat Arizona

CLEMSON

Lost to Notre Dame

ALABAMA

Lost to LSU

UCLA

Beat Arizona State

OLE MISS

The Rebels were idle

LSU

Beat Alabama

USC

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OREGON

Beat Colorado; for coverage of that game and of their respective teams, visit Ducks Wire and Buffaloes Wire.

TENNESSEE

Lost to Georgia

TCU

Beat Texas Tech

MICHIGAN

Beat Rutgers by following Wolverines Wire and Rutgers Wire for coverage of those two teams.

OHIO STATE

Beat Northwestern

GEORGIA

Beat Tennessee — follow UGA Wire and Vols Wire in the push for the College Football Playoff

Reference: https://sports.yahoo.com/usc-moves-two-spots-second-222002754.html