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USC remains No. 1; East Carolina vaults into rankings
posted 7:34 pm Sun September 07, 2008 -
team in the latest Associated Press college football poll, but a second
consecutive upset of a ranked team vaulted East Carolina into the top-25 at
No. 14.
The Pirates (2-0) followed up their season-opening win against Virginia Tech
with a dominant 24-3 victory over then-No. 8 West Virginia. East Carolina is
ranked for the first time since 1999.
Southern California (1-0), meanwhile, kept the top spot for a second straight
week. The Trojans, who received 33 first-place votes and 1,577 points from a
nationwide media panel, were idle this past weekend after their season-opening
rout of Virginia and will host Ohio State this coming Saturday.
Ohio State (2-0) struggled against Ohio University on Saturday, earning a
26-14 win, and dropped two spots in this week's poll from third to fifth.
Georgia (2-0), the preseason No. 1, remained second, while Oklahoma (2-0) and
Florida (2-0) each moved up one spot to third and fourth, respectively.
Each of the top five teams received at least one first-place vote, as did
Missouri and LSU, which each kept their spots at Nos. 6 and No. 7,
respectively.
Texas moved up two spots from 10th to eighth and is followed by Auburn and
Wisconsin.
The second 10 consists of Alabama, Texas Tech, Kansas, East Carolina, Arizona
State, Oregon, Penn State, BYU, South Florida and Wake Forest.
Fresno State, Utah, California, Illinois and West Virginia are the last five
teams ranked. California moved into the poll after a 66-3 demolition of
Washington State.
UCLA was No. 23 last week after its 27-24 overtime win against Tennessee to
start the season, but fell out of this week's poll despite not playing. The
Bruins will get a crack at another top-25 team this coming Saturday with a
visit to BYU.
In addition to the USC/Ohio State matchup, two other games feature top-25
opponents against each other. On Friday, Kansas visits South Florida and on
Saturday, Fresno State hosts Wisconsin.
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