USC Maintains Its Top Spot in Our Poll, Though It Was Not Without a Fight This Week

As is customary, we’ll be bringing you a new take on the top 25 teams in the country each Monday during the regular season. With some big upsets this week, you’ll notice quite the shake-up from top to bottom. Disagree at all? Feel free to share that with us below (respectfully, of course).

Atlantic Coast Convos 2012 Top 25 (Week Three)

1. USC Trojans (2-0) (LW: 1) (First-place votes: 3)

2. Alabama Crimson Tide (2-0) (LW: 2) (1)

3. LSU Tigers (2-0) (LW: 4)

4. Oregon Ducks (2-0) (LW: 3)

5. Florida State Seminoles (2-0) (LW: 5)

6. Georgia Bulldogs (2-0) (LW: 8)

7. Oklahoma Sooners (2-0) (LW: 6)

8. Michigan State Spartans (2-0) (LW: 12)

9. West Virginia Mountaineers (1-0) (LW: 7)

10. South Carolina Gamecocks (2-0) (LW: 9)

11. Clemson Tigers (2-0) (LW: 11)

12. Ohio State Buckeyes (2-0) (LW: 13)

13. Virginia Tech Hokies (2-0) (LW: 16)

14. Kansas State Wildcats (2-0) (LW: 18)

15. Texas Longhorns (2-0) (LW: 22)

16. TCU Horned Frogs (1-0) (LW: 21)

17. UCLA Bruins (2-0) (LW: 24)

18. Stanford Cardinal (2-0) (LW: 23)

19. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2-0) (LW: 20)

20. Michigan Wolverines (1-1) (LW: 15)

21. Florida Gators (2-0) (LW: NR)

22. Louisville Cardinals (2-0) (LW: 25)

23. Tennessee Volunteers (2-0) (LW: NR)

24. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (0-1) (LW: NR)

25. BYU Cougars (2-0) (LW: NR)

Next Five: Ohio, Arizona, Boise State, Cincinnati, USF

Per conference: SEC (6), Big 12 (5), ACC (4), Big Ten (4), Pac-12 (4), Independent (2), Big East (1)

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