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The preseason Amway Coaches Poll has arrived and USC is ranked 10th. The Trojans are ahead of Notre Dame (11th), UCLA (14th), Arizona State (16th) Stanford (21st), and Arizona (22nd) and Utah is near the top of the others receiving votes category. Effectively, every team in the Pac-12 South except for Colorado is in the top 30 of the poll and as it stands now The Trojans will play 7 teams in the top 30. Oregon (5th) was the only Pac 12 team ranked ahead of USC. See the full poll below.
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | 1ST PLACE VOTES | PREV | CHANGE | HI/LOW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio State | 14-1 | 1598 | 62 | NR | - | |
| 2 | TCU | 12-1 | 1487 | 1 | NR | - | |
| 3 | Alabama | 12-2 | 1452 | 1 | NR | - | |
| 4 | Baylor | 11-2 | 1365 | NR | - | ||
| 5 | Oregon | 13-2 | 1260 | NR | - | ||
| 6 | Michigan State | 11-2 | 1230 | NR | - | ||
| 7 | Auburn | 8-5 | 1103 | NR | - | ||
| 8 | Florida State | 13-1 | 1057 | NR | - | ||
| 9 | Georgia | 10-3 | 1026 | NR | - | ||
| 10 | USC | 9-4 | 1014 | NR | - | ||
| 11 | Notre Dame | 8-5 | 883 | NR | - | ||
| 12 | Clemson | 10-3 | 838 | NR | - | ||
| 13 | LSU | 8-5 | 727 | NR | - | ||
| 14 | UCLA | 10-3 | 697 | NR | - | ||
| 15 | Ole Miss | 9-4 | 668 | NR | - | ||
| 16 | Arizona State | 10-3 | 577 | NR | - | ||
| 17 | Georgia Tech | 11-3 | 573 | NR | - | ||
| 18 | Wisconsin | 11-3 | 470 | NR | - | ||
| 19 | Oklahoma | 8-5 | 407 | NR | - | ||
| 20 | Arkansas | 7-6 | 377 | NR | - | ||
| 21 | Stanford | 8-5 | 365 | NR | - | ||
| 22 | Arizona | 10-4 | 299 | NR | - | ||
| 23 | Missouri | 11-3 | 229 | NR | - | ||
| 24 | Boise State | 12-2 | 190 | NR | - | ||
| 25 | Tennessee | 7-6 | 166 | NR | - |
Also receiving votes: Mississippi State 164; Texas A&M 149; Oklahoma State 89; Virginia Tech 70; Utah 40; Kansas State 37; Louisville 27; Nebraska 27; Minnesota 25; Penn State 20; South Carolina 18; Miami (Fla.) 16; Texas 8; Illinois 7; Duke 6; Air Force 5; Louisiana Tech 5; Marshall 4; Utah State 4; West Virginia 3; North Carolina State 3; Brigham Young 3; Florida 2; Georgia Southern 2; North Carolina 2; Maryland 1; Michigan 1; Kentucky 1; Central Florida 1; Cincinnati 1; Washington 1.