It took only one game, a win by USC 49-10 over Hawaii to drop them to the No.2 spot in the Associated Press media poll. Yet, in the USA Today coach’s poll, USC moved up a notch, from No. 3 to No. 2 – for the same 49-10 win over Hawaii.
Welcome to ‘poll’ vaulting at the 2012 BCS Olympics.
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