Following last night's devastating 41-31 loss at home to Stanford, USC fans are now left hoping Stanford's loss to Northwestern in Week 1 was an exception to the norm. USC, who entered the week ranked 6th in the AP poll (highest of any Pac 12 team), fell all the way to 19th in the nation. There are a few bright spots though. For starters, Stanford now finds themselves ranked 21st, meaning yesterday is now a ranked loss (hooray?). Northwestern moved up five spots to 17 making Stanford's loss look better.
The Trojans are the third highest ranked 1-loss team in this young season, and there is still plenty of football left.