For the third time in the last four years, USC begins the college football season No. 1 in The Associated Press top 25.

"It’s exactly where we hope and expect to be," Carroll said. "It’s a symbol of what we’re all about."

USC received 62 of a possible 65 first-place votes from a nationwide media panel and earned a

In search of a salve for last season’s oft-ailing running game, USC is turning to a familiar page in its playbook - Student Body Right. As in, line up a veritable student body of candidates at tailback and everything should be right.

When the Trojans, who are finishing up spring practice this week, return in August, there figures to