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

Brian Maddox Touted as one of the top backfield prospects in America this past recruiting year, Maddox, who possesses a good combination of size and speed for an incoming freshman, hopes to make an immediate contribution in the USC offense this fall. Read inside for the full transcript from this extensive interview.

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 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

The kickoff times and television plans for 8 of USC’s 2007 football games have been determined.

USC’s Sept. 15 game at Nebraska, Troy’s first visit to Lincoln since 1969, will kick off at 7 p.m. Central/5 p.m. Pacific and be shown live nationally on ABC.

The Trojans will have 6 other live appearances on ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 in 2

The "S" in USC is starting to stand for "slipping" on NFL draft day.

For the second year in a row, a prominent Trojans football player plummeted down the draft Saturday. This time it was Dwayne Jarrett, the Pacific-10 Conference’s all-time leader in touchdown receptions, who suffered th