Washington head coach Chris Petersen has a higher regard for this USC football team than voters in the coaches or AP poll.
“I think this is definitely one of the elite teams in our conference without question,” Petersen said in his weekly press conference, via the Seattle Times. “I always chuckle at the rankings and the ratings this early. I know this team is completely underrated in terms of rankings.”
USC is currently ranked No. 17 in both polls, behind the other one-loss teams like Alabama, Ole Miss, Notre Dame and Stanford.
Petersen, however, isn’t buying that there are 16 better teams out there than the Trojans.