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Ranked in the top five in all AP polls in recent memory, how long can they hold up the bar for the Pac 10 and college football?

Is it the team or the coaching?

Is Pete Carroll the best modern day college football coach, or is it the depth of so much talent assembled year after year?

Having said that, last season USC needed Oregon to stumble in order to reach the Rose Bowl, and this year the team features an untested quarterback replacing Mark Sanchez as the Trojans' starter, and eight new defensive starters. Stay tuned!

2009 USC football schedule (all times ET)

09/05/09 vs. San Jose State L.A. Coliseum 3:30 p.m. TV: FSN
09/12/09 at Ohio State Columbus, Ohio 8:00 p.m. TV: ESPN
09/19/09 at Washington Seattle, Wash. 3:30 p.m. TV: ABC
09/26/09 vs. Washington State L.A. Coliseum TBA
10/03/09 at California Berkeley, Calif. 8:00 p.m. TV: ABC
10/17/09 at Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. 3:30 p.m. TV: NBC
10/24/09 vs. Oregon State (Parents' Weekend) L.A. Coliseum 8:00 p.m. TV: ABC/ESPN/ESPN2
10/31/09 at Oregon Eugene, Ore. 8:00 p.m. TV: ABC/ESPN/ESPN2
11/07/09 at Arizona State Tempe, Ariz. 8:00 p.m. TV: ABC/ESPN/ESPN2
11/14/09 vs. Stanford (Homecoming) L.A. Coliseum TBA
11/28/09 vs. UCLA L.A. Coliseum 10:00 p.m. TV: FSN
12/05/09 vs. Arizona L.A. Coliseum 3:30 p.m. TV: ABC

More about USC football around the Web:

University Southern California Official Athletic Site - Football - News headlines, schedule & scores, stats, team history, photos, related resources.

SI.com University of Southern California - Sports Illustrated team page for The USC Trojans featuring comprehensive information on the USC Trojans schedule, roster, standings, stats, rankings, game-by-game, conference page and conference scores.

Yahoo! Sports College Football - USC Trojans - Visit this site to get scores, schedule rankings, standings, stats, team photos and live broadcasts..

We Are SC Forum - Scout.com - Message boards, intense trash talk and up-to-the-minute questions, answers, and rumors on the USC Trojans. Discuss last years highs and lows or just gloat about the team's unrivaled success.

USC Trojans Football News - All Trojan news, all the time, with links to breaking stories, player profiles and magazine articles around the Web, from Topix.com.

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