The rise, or rebirth, of the USC Trojans continued in the penultimate week of the regular season as voters in the AP poll ranked Clay Helton’s squad No. 12.
The Trojans are now the third-highest ranked Pac-12 squad, behind No. 6 Washington and No. 9 Colorado. The Huskies stayed put with a win over Arizona State while the Buffaloes leaped into the Top 10 on the strength of their win over No. 23 Washington State.
Utah rounds out the Pac-12 representatives in the poll, tumbling from No. 11 to No. 21 in response to their last second loss to Oregon.