Better late than never, but yes, USC is now ranked. Released on Sunday, the Trojans come in at 25 in the AP's Top 25 poll. Despite having three convincing wins and showing that the line play in particular is improved, it has taken a while for the media members to catch up in terms of the state of the current program under coach Lincoln Riley.
To be frank, some of the inclusions to this point from the media members have been completely puzzling. The usual bias and narrow perception of a sport that has a true national landscape is seemingly only becoming more and more segmented and fractured in terms of how those who are supposed to be providing evaluations.