Despite starting the season with two dominant victories, USC was still unranked in Sunday’s college football USA TODAY Sports US LBM Coaches Poll. Also on Sunday, the latest AP Poll came out, and the Trojans were not ranked in that one, either.
For the third week in a row, USC received exactly 64 votes in the poll. In other words, despite winning their first two games of the season by a combined 99 points, the Trojans have not moved at all in the eyes of voters.
The message that voters have sent to USC is quite clear: beating up on low-level Group of Five teams isn’t going to impress them. If the Trojans want to earn a spot in the top 25, they will have to do so by beating quality opponents.
USC’s level of competition will get tougher next week, when the Trojans visit Purdue in their Big Ten opener. However, it will not be until the trip to Illinois in Week 5 that USC will have the opportunity to earn a victory that would truly impress voters.
This article originally appeared on Trojans Wire: USC still unranked in college football AP Poll following Georgia Southern victory
Reporting by Adam Bradford, Trojans Wire / Trojans Wire
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