USC Football: Trojans Fall One Spot to No. 2 In AP Poll

Sep 1, 2012; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Southern California Trojans quarterback Matt Barkley (7) throws a pass against the Hawaii Warriors at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-US PRESSWIRE

The Associated Press released its college football rankings for week two on Monday, and Alabama has replaced the Trojans as the No. 1 Team. USC received 11 first-place votes, but the Crimson Tide pulled in 45.

The AP Top 5 now ranks: No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 USC, No. 3 LSU, NO. 4 Oregon, and No. 5 Oklahoma.

USC rolled Hawaii in their season opener, besting the Warriors 49-10, but Alabama easily had the more impressive win over the weekend. The Tide dismantled the Michigan Wolverines, stifling them entirely at the line of scrimmage for a 41-14 win.

Here is the entire AP Top 25:

RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Alabama (45) 1-0 1481
2 USC (11) 1-0 1435
3 LSU (4) 1-0 1382
4 Oregon 1-0 1295
5 Oklahoma 1-0 1170
6 Florida State 1-0 1135
7 Georgia 1-0 1083
8 Arkansas 1-0 992
9 South Carolina 1-0 980
9 West Virginia 1-0 980
11 Michigan State 1-0 915
12 Clemson 1-0 788
13 Wisconsin 1-0 664
14 Ohio State 1-0 634
15 Virginia Tech 1-0 604
16 Nebraska 1-0 603
17 Texas 1-0 584
18 Oklahoma State 1-0 558
19 Michigan 0-1 446
20 TCU 0-0 355
21 Kansas State 1-0 339
22 Notre Dame 1-0 198
23 Louisville 1-0 190
24 Florida 1-0 145
25 Stanford 1-0 131

The Oregon Ducks had an impressive win this weekend (albiet over Sun-Beat team Arkansas State), winning 57-34. Though the score does not indicate a blowout, the Ducks left the field at halftime with a 50-3 score and none of the starters returned for the second half. ASU also won big, defeating Northern Arizona 63-6. Utah shut out Northern Colorado 41-0 in their season opener as well.

Aside from USC, Oregon, Arizona State and Utah the rest of the Pac-12 struggled this weekend.

UCLA beat Rice 49-24, completely falling apart in the second quarter but then rallying for the commanding win, Stanford barely pulled out a 20-17 win over San Jose State, Arizona also stumbled against Toledo to win 24-17 in overtime, Washington beat San Diego State 21-12, Mike Leach and Washington State got crushed by BYU 30-6, Colorado dropped their opener to Colorado State, 22-17, and Cal absolutely dropped the ball against Nevada, losing 31-24 to Nevada.

Oregon State did not play this weekend, as its game against Nicholls State has been postponed.

The Pac-12 could’ve easily gone 11-0 this weekend, but walked away with a still respectable 8-3 weekend instead.

The Trojans resume practice on Tuesday as they prepare to take on the Syracuse Orange on Saturday in New York.