The USC Trojans are No. 7 in the new USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.
The Trojans defeated Cal to move to 8-1 on the season. What helped them rise two spots in the poll were the losses by Clemson and Alabama this week.
Four Pac-12 teams are in the top 13 of the poll, two weeks before a Nov. 19 Showdown Saturday involving USC and UCLA in one game, and Utah and Oregon in another.
Alabama’s loss clearly knocked the Crimson Tide out of the College Football Playoff. Clemson’s loss has the Tigers very much on the ropes in the running for a playoff spot. Bama or Clemson have made the playoff in each of the first eight years of the playoff’s existence. This could be the year which breaks that streak.
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