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USC No. 1 from start to finish in AP pollBy RALPH D. RUSSOAP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) -- Southern California joined some elite company with its latest AP national title. The Trojans became just the second team to go No. 1 wire-to-wire in The Associated Press Top 25, and the 10th team to repeat as national champs.Following a resounding 55-19 victory over Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl, USC received all but three first-place votes early Wednesday to easily outdistance Auburn.The Trojans (13-0) are the first back-to-back AP champs since Nebraska in 1994-95."I know right now I'm in the middle of...

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NEW YORK Fox will be the new television home of the Bowl Championship Series. The network and the B-C-S announced a four-year, 80 (m) million dollar deal today that gives Fox the broadcast rights to the Fiesta, Orange and Sugar bowls from 2007-to-2010 and the national title game from 2007-to-2009. A-B-C has held the broadcast rights to the B-C-S since college football's major conferences implemented the system to crown a national champion in 1998. A-B-C withdrew from the bidding last week, with network officials saying they were unhappy with the new B-C-S structure, which added a fifth game. Starting with...

RANK TEAM RECORD PTS PVS 1. USC (48) 12-1 1,608 1 Last game: Def. Michigan 28-14 (Jan. 1) 2. LSU (17) 13-1 1,576 2 Last game: Def. Oklahoma 21-14 (Jan. 4) Next game: vs. Oklahoma (Jan. 4) 3. Oklahoma 12-2 1,476 3 Last game: Lost to LSU 21-14 (Jan. 4) Next game: vs. LSU (Jan. 4) 4. Ohio State 11-2 1,411 7 Last game: Def. Kansas State 35-28 (Jan. 2) 5. Miami 11-2 1,329 10 Last game: Def. Florida State 16-14 (Jan. 1) 6. Michigan 10-3 1,281 4 Last game: Lost to USC 28-14 (Jan. 1) 7. Georgia 11-3 1,255...

LOS ANGELES -- Southern California believes it should be in the BCS. "I hope everyone was paying attention and saw the score," said Trojans quarterback Carson Palmer after his team's 44-13 demolition of Notre Dame on Saturday. "They need to know that we're for real now. We are definitely worthy of being a BCS team." Stop the stumping, for now. The Trojans are a BCS bowl team. Locked in, as a matter of fact, unless Miami loses its season finale to Virginia Tech. The new BCS ratings Monday will most likely show the Trojans have moved up to No. 4....

Rank, name, # of 1st place votes, 2001 record, # of total votes. 1. Miami (Fla.) (34) 12-0 1,444 2. Texas (9) 11-2 1,399 3. Oklahoma (11) 11-2 1,397 4. Florida State (7) 8-4 1,357 5. Tennessee 11-2 1,255 6. Colorado 10-3 1,010 7. Florida 10-2 972 8. Nebraska 11-2 951 9. Washington 8-4 914 10. Michigan 8-4 894 11. Georgia 8-4 858 12. Ohio State 7-5 761 13. LSU 10-3 749 14. Washington State 10-2 748 15. Oregon 11-1 663 16. Virginia Tech 8-4 550 17. Louisville 11-2 378 18. Michigan State 7-5 371 19. Southern California 6-6 20....