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No. 1 USC, No. 2 Oklahoma top poll again\nNo. 1 University of Southern California and No. 2 University of Oklahoma have been the top two men's football teams in The Associated Press Top 25 since the preseason, a nine-poll run that is the longest to start a season in nine years.\nThere were few changes in the media poll Sunday with no movement among the first 11 teams.\nThe Trojans and Sooners both improved Saturday to 7-0 with blowout victories. The last time the preseason top two went deeper into a season unchanged was 1995, when Florida State was No. 1 and Nebraska was No. 2 for the first 10 polls.\nNot only did USC and Oklahoma's places in the poll stay the same, but this week, so did their points.\nThe Trojans maintained their 43-point lead over the Sooners, getting 1,610 points and 50 first-place votes. Oklahoma got 13 first-place, just like last week, and 1,567 points.\nNo. 3 Auburn again received the other two first-place votes.