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USC No. 1 in AP Top-25

August, 18, 2012

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USC checks in as the top team in the nation in the AP Top 25, which was released Saturday morning. The Trojans picked up 25 of 60 first-place votes. Alabama and LSU are second and third, respectively.

Oregon did not receive a first-place vote, but the Ducks are in at No. 5 -- the same spot they hold in the coaches' poll.

Alabama received 17 first-place votes and LSU had 16. No. 4 Oklahoma and No. 8 Michigan each received a first-place vote.

This is the seventh time in school history the Trojans have held the top spot in the preseason AP poll.

Stanford is the only other Pac-12 team in the Top 25, coming in at No. 21.

Washington and Utah both received votes.

Here's the Top 25:

USC
Alabama
LSU
Oklahoma
Oregon
Georgia
Florida State
Michigan
South Carolina
Arkansas
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Michigan State
Clemson
Texas
Virginia Tech
Nebraska
Ohio State
Oklahoma State
TCU
Stanford
Kansas State
Florida
Boise State
Louisville

Others receiving votes: Notre Dame, Washington, Auburn, North Carolina, Utah, Georgia Tech, BYU, Tennessee, South Florida, Baylor, Texas A&M, UCF, Cincinnati, Missouri, N.C. State, Houston, Louisiana Tech, Mississippi St., N. Illinois.

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ESPN.com Pac-12/Stanford blogger
Joined ESPN.com in 2011
Wrote for The San Diego Union-Tribune

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