Pulling rank - latimes.com Since the Associated Press' first preseason college football poll in 1950, only four of the teams that were ranked first in a season's first poll have finished with more losses than USC (7-3) already has: 1950; Notre Dame; 4-4-1 1961; Iowa; 5-4 1964; Mississippi; 5-5-1 1984; Auburn; 9-4 A look at USC's plunge in the AP poll this season: Poll; result; record; position Preseason; --; 0-0; 1 Week 2; def. Hawaii, 49-10; 1-0; 2 Week 3; def. Syracuse, 42-29; 2-0; 2 Week 4; lost to Stanford, 21-14; 2-1; 13 Week 5; def. California, 27-9; 3-1; 13 Week 6; -- 3-1; 13 Week 7; def. Utah, 38-28; 4-1; 11 Week 8; def. Washington, 24-14; 5-1; 11 Week 9; def. Colorado, 50-6; 6-1; 10 Week 10; lost to Arizona, 39-36; 6-2; 18 Week 11; lost to Oregon, 62-51; 6-3; 21 Week 12; def. Arizona State, 38-17; 7-3; 21