Morning Buzz: Has It Really Been 32 Years Since USC Beat No. 1?

USC is 7-12 against No. 1-ranked teams, which is the fourth-most victories by any college. USC was 7-7 but has lost the past five against No. 1 teams and hasn’t beaten a top-ranked team since beating Washington, 16-7, in 1984.

Here’s a game where USC was No. 1 and faced No. 7 Alabama. Keith Jackson points out early USC defensive tackle Walt Underwood “grew up in Tuscaloosa.”

UPDATED: Just to be clear, when I say No. 1-ranked opponents, I am referring to the AP poll.

123 thoughts on “Morning Buzz: Has It Really Been 32 Years Since USC Beat No. 1?

  1. I seen yesterday that SC has the most wins over a #1 team. And today I seen we have 7 wins behind Notre Dame and Oklahoma’s 8. It’s still a damn good stat.

  2. Two great articles in the Daily News by the other USC beat reporter – Joey Kaufman – he stated USC’s desire to keep the site and times of yesterday’s practice and kaufman made no metion of either.

    Contrast that with Wolf giggling as he chose to ‘reveal’ both.

    Kaufman is a very good writer and reporter. 1st on on Max Browne”s climb to the starter position and the 2nd on the practice held yesterday.

  3. USC has more than 150 wins against teams ranked (1/10) in its history dating back to 1936.. USC is #1 followed by Alabama and Notre Dame!

      • Absolutely Sammy Boy, especially Little Petey’s/bozo u at home loss to Stanford – a 41 pt. dog.

          • No they only lost to a Nebraska team who had to petition the NCAA to allow them to play in the Kentucky Fried Chicken Bowl. 5-7 one day, and 6-7 after playing WIMPWOOD.

            Don’t make me laugh!

            #MomTheMEATLOAF!!!

          • Sammy Boy, the little petey bozo’s lost to Stanford, a 41pt. dog at home. LOL. SUCC it up Sammy Boy.

          • ucla’s got their eight game win streak in pre-21st century days, to be carved on the tombstones of every flea-bitten little gutty Troll. That’s their one and only so-called claim to fame. Funny stuff. So they come here every day with a knife in a gunfight. Sis, Boom, Bah.

          • It’s actually the beginning of a sad punch line. “But what did they win during that time?”………….Nothing.

          • So what, bozo u choka, choka, choka’d, at the crumbling mausoleum vs a 41 pt. dog Stanford team. bozo u can’t beat the cupcake it schedules.

            That’s the definition of bozo u dominance.

            #alabama61-bozoumaybe3.

          • You obviously bring no argument to the table.

            USC owned Wimpwood all year long. Turn on the Pac12 Network any day and you’ll see SC curb stomping SUCLA in some kind of sport. It’s a joke.

          • There is no argument Sammy Boy, bozo u choka, choka, choka’d lost, at home to a 41pt. dog Stanford FB team. That’s a FACT.

            Here’s another fact: UCLA has NEVER lost to a 41pt. dog at home or away.

          • He never has an original argument, that’s why he continues to spew the same three retorts over and over again; Troy Aikman and the Super Bowl, USC NOT winning an NCAA basketball championship, and USC losing to Stanford in 2007. Rents was born a loser and just grew bigger.

          • Add one: ucla has never lost to a 41 pt dog. Of course, the little gutties are never good enough to be favored by 41, so it’s impossible.

          • All I hear is more crying. Stanford this, Alabama that, you keep hoping for other teams to do your dirty work. Pathetic Ruin always looking for a way out.

          • Yet you’re doing all the screaming. You’ve beat so many empty bushes, andyain’twinning should hire you to help him locate BB recruits.

  4. And it’s tough to beat #1 when you ARE number one. They spent a fair number of weeks over the time period at the top slot….

    • Most #1 AP rankings in the last 80 years:

      1. OHIO ST – 105

      2. OKLA – 100

      3. NOTRE DAME – 98

      4. USC – 90 (top-ranked 42 times from 12/7/2003 to 9/21/2008)

      5. ALA – 74

      UCLA – 7 – hah, hah, hah. There’s a pig for you.

        • You’re right with NEB – 72.

          But MICH only has 34 and PSU 19, behind schools like TEXAS (44) and FLA (41).

          • Never understood TX – I know they had NC’s in 1963, 1969 and 2005/6 but they claimed a 4th. Would have thought TN would have more muscle – never thought TX was all that great regardless of that great game 11 years ago this January.

  5. Those were the good old days, when USC’S football coaches understood you won games at the line of scrimmage. Then in comes Ted Tollner, the longtime BYU assistant coach who single handedly turn the mighty Trojans into a WAC conference team…lol

    • When ‘Bama’s defense lines up against the USC offensive we’re gonna witness a whole lot of “line of scrimmage” play.
      Let’s call it a ”clinic”.

    • Ahhh Tollner and Smith.. reminds me of Ucla with Dorrell and Rick Neuheisel .. Helton may or may not get bunched up with the Smith”s or Tollners..but when have no coaching as both schools have experienced over the years it hurts the program.. Same could be said about Cutty and the Lip..bright minds, yet not ready for prime time.

      • Only Smith won the Rose Bowl and Dorrell and Neuheisel’s team played in the Rose Bowl…..in the REGULAR SEASON.

        Snap!

        • True.. He was 1-2 in the RB, respectable . 19 gms over 500.. He was a nice guy. Passed just before his 69th bday.

          • Smith at least had USC in contention for Rose Bowls and NC’S. Lou Holtz was his problem. Notre Dame was in our way, not girls in powder blue. Aikman was ancient history very quickly.

          • I was reading the history of our conference, Oh I enjoyed the fact that several HS’s beat Ucla in football early on while Ucla was at their first campus . playing and losing to Cal Poly Pomona, Redlands JC and Occidental College..They to Fairfax and Hollywood HS as well.

          • I believe it. They were too busy worrying about copying Cal’s fight song and finding the prettiest color of blue for their uniforms.

          • And stealing the Bear.. SJSU funded the school through grants via Cal (UC -System) ..With support from big money donors from the Bay area.. Cal was the main kog in the rise of Ucla, Only if SJSU was a partner.. So technically they are SJSU -South..

          • That’s just great. It’s like they stole their whole identity. And continue to struggle just to be known as the best UC football school in California. They can’t even get that right.

          • Ucla was created as a secondary educational location for military vets to move into the job force as teachers, engineers and agriculture.. It was a great read.. They also mention the medical field and movie industry.. Yet, Ucla’s main core of alum are teachers of higher learning at the secondary school level.. K-9 10-12.

          • You can’t help opening your mouth even though it constantly reveals you to be a self-absorbed football twit.
            All of these cute historical observations fails to note that, despite a late start, UCLA blew by SoCal as an academic institution (which, I believe is the objective for a university) many, many years ago and never looked back.
            Even the pride of your University had six losses last year.
            Good thing you are a historian Cal Poly, because history is all you got at this point.
            Shut up and play ball.

          • Stole? That would imply the UC system was unaware of what they were doing. They are Cal’s Little Brother.

          • Funny how UCLA blew right by SoCal academically even though starting out of the gate years later.
            Guess when you are a football team with a college attached, that doesn’t matter.
            Also funny that UCLA blew by SoCal in Nattys as well.
            Hey, SoCal USED to be in a good neighborhood.
            Yesterday U

          • Actually UCLA is an extension of San Jose State.. 22 being a master of my craft and a USC alum, I already knew that BAT was a stepchild of SJSU, paid by Cal Berk to keep the technical school away from NorCal…

  6. Andystillain’twinningorrecruiting.

    UCLA losing a meaningless exhibition game is nothing compared to bozo u going ONE & DONE for the 9th time on a last second Providence 1 inch layup.

  7. Andy and USC have Alford on life support. They only got a little taste last year. Enfield will be responsible for running Steve out of town!

  8. As long as Bryce is on the floor Wimpwood won’t go anywhere. He’s the James Harden of College basketball. Only cares about shooting and himself.

  9. Andyain’trecruiting. Only one top 25 2017 BB recruit has bozo u listed as a lukewarm selection.

    Nobody wants to play for choka, choka, choka, No D, ONE & DONE, perennial BB loser.

  10. Funny how a little powder blue troll is arguing with us after USC kicked his a** in football and then 3 more times in basketball.

  11. Alford has a team, all Andyain’twinning has is returning choka, choka, choka ONE & DONE losers.

  12. 3 STRAIGHT by a total of 57 points. Those are called beat downs in a rivalry.

    #57points

  13. Ok, and bozo u choka, choka, choka lost a home game to Stanford, a FORTY-ONE POINT (41 point) DOG.

    SUCC it up Sammy Boy, you look great in humiliation.

    • Did you say Choke? No, choking is losing to Miami and Wisconsin for all marbles. We were uninspired. We were upset. UCLA flat out Choked. Remember that you have to win the big games at the end and not just the ones at the beginning.

      #Bruins hate Winning

      • Sammy boy resorts to bozo u excuses, excuse, excuses mode. Snore

        So, ‘splain the 13 – 9 Little Petey/bozo u choka, choka, choka job at the crumbling mausoleum. All bozo u needed do was defeat an inferior UCLA FB team for a lock bid to the BCS Championship game.

        Not enough bozo u marbles on the line uh Sammy Boy.?

        • Yet we still won the Rose Bowl. We lost that game. But where’d you spend New Years????????????

          • You lost a bozo u lock BCS Championship bid. But you’re happy with a second tier RB win. LOL.

          • Yeah LOL. Did UCLA even make it to a Bowl that year? And don’t say the Toilet Bowl.
            How many Rose Bowls have you been able to say UCLA has won during your day???? How many NC’s????

            I’ll wait…..

          • Bozo hasn’t won a NCAA sanctioned FB NC.

            The bozo’s were voted monopoly $$$$$, cheap toilet tissue NC’s.

            bozo u can’t buy competitive tournament NC’s.

          • Come back and talk to me when you’ve won something respectable. Maybe you can find a DeLorean Time Machine on Craig’s List.

          • UCLA 10 – bozo u 7. UCLA wins it’s 10th WP NC.

            bozo u chicks win the beach blanket bingo, sandbox wallyball nc.

            Sammy, those chicks have more hair than you and your FB team combined.

  14. Don’t forget 31-0 in Pete’s first season. It’s ridiculous. UCLA could punch their way out of a wet paper bag.

  15. Yep. Just Rents will argue that women’s gymnastics, softball, are worth talking about in a heated USC/UCLA discussion. But he loves men’s Water Polo the most for some reason.

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