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

 HUNTINGTON — O.J. Mayo spoke last week of visiting the dentist before he graduates from high school and leaves his hometown for the University of Southern California.

"I’m going to be 2,000 miles away and you have a new dentist and a new background," said the Huntington High All-American guard. "Here

Lil’ Romeo says he’s bound for the University of Southern California, where if all goes according to plan, he could be Romeo Miller, Trojans’ basketball player.

The teenage hip-hop star, a high school junior, has committed to play basketball for the Trojans in 2008, Dave Lindsay, a spokesman for Lil’ Romeo’s online label,

USC jerseys are all over the top football high schools as Pete Carroll and his assistants were on the recruiting trail  Top 2 tailbacks. This is not going to be a big class, but it’s certainly impressive. The Trojans really cemented their class by adding the No. 1 player in the country, RB Joe McKnight (Riveridge, La./John Curtis Christian), giving them the top three players in the country. The Trojans signed eight other players to wear USC jerseys who rank in the top five of their

Snoop, wearing an authentic Dwayne Jarrett no. 8 jersey, was arrested wear after appearing with Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show."

Snoop is known as a huge USC fan and what better way to show his affinity for USC Jerseys. He was found in possession of a gun, marijuana and some cocaine. After talking with Leno, Snoop was like, "No better