NEW YORK — After another humiliating loss, Southern California tumbled to its worst ranking since Pete Carroll's Trojans began their run as one of college football's best programs in 2002.
USC is No. 22 in The Associated Press Top 25 released Sunday, dropping 11 spots after losing 55-21 to Stanford. The Trojans have been ranked in 128 consecutive media polls dating to the start of the 2002 season, but never this low.
Meanwhile, Stanford soared up the rankings to No. 14, its best showing since being No. 11 in the last regular-season poll of 2001.
Florida remained No. 1 and Alabama leapfrogged Texas into the No. 2 spot, one of only two small changes to the top 10.
The Gators received 36 first-place votes. Alabama received 14 first-place votes after its most convincing victory — 31-3 at Mississippi State — in more than a month.
Texas got 10 first-place votes. The Crimson Tide and Longhorns are separated by just five points.
The other three undefeated major college teams were next, with TCU at No. 4, Cincinnati at No. 5 and Boise State No. 6 for the second consecutive week.
No. 7 Georgia Tech and No. 8 Pittsburgh also held their places.
No. 9 Ohio State and No. 10 LSU flip-flopped for the only other change in the top 10. Stanford made the biggest move up of all the ranked teams last week, gaining 11 spots.
BCS STANDINGS — TCU's big victory wasn't enough for the Horned Frogs to make a move up the BCS standings. TCU (10-0) on Sunday remained behind Florida, Alabama and Texas in the race to the national title game. The Horned Frogs defeated Utah 55-28 on Saturday in what figured to be the most difficult game left on their schedule. But they remained stuck in fourth place in the Bowl Championship Series standings.
TCU, from the Mountain West Conference, last week became the first team from a league without an automatic BCS bid to break into the top five of the standings.
TEXAS KICKER ARRESTED — Texas freshman kick returner D.J. Monroe has been suspended indefinitely after being arrested on a drunken driving charge. Monroe was arrested on Interstate 35 hours after Texas' win over Baylor and taken to the Hays County jail, said Lt. Leroy Opiela of the Hays County Sheriff's office. He was released Sunday morning after posting $3,000 bond.
GEORGIA HURTING — Georgia will be without Bacarri Rambo and A.J. Green when it plays Kentucky this week. Coach Mark Richt had encouraging news on Sunday regarding Rambo, the safety who was knocked unconscious on his game-saving hit late in Georgia's 31-24 win over Auburn on Saturday night.
QUITE A DAY — Daniel Passafiume was feeling the effects Sunday of the greatest football game he's ever played. His body ached and the pinkie on his left hand was swollen to about three times its normal size. Hey, passing Jerry Rice in the NCAA record book is hard work. Passafiume, a receiver for Division III Hanover College in Indiana, caught 25 passes Saturday to break a record that was shared by Rice, the former San Francisco 49ers star.
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