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NEW YORK - Southern California's impressive performance Saturday did not earn any extra love from the media.

The Trojans, who handed Washington its first shutout in 23 years, retained its 50 first-place votes and top spot in the latest Associated Press college football poll released Sunday.

On Saturday, the defending co-national champion Trojans (7-0) blanked the Huskies, 38-0, snapping their Pac-10 Conference foe's NCAA-best 271-game streak of games without being shut out.

But USC did not pick up any first-place votes and retained its 1,610-point total from last week.

In a week with extremely little movement, the top 11 teams maintained their positions from the previous poll.

Oklahoma (7-0), which pulled away from Kansas, 41-10, is second with 13 first-place votes and 1,567 points - its same numbers from last week.

Auburn (8-0) again is third and has the remaining two first-place votes, though it fell one point to 1,486 this week.

Miami (6-0), Florida State (6-1), Wisconsin (8-0), California (5-1), Texas (6-1), Utah (7-0), Georgia (6-1) and Tennessee (6-1) are fourth through 11th, respectively.

Michigan (7-1) moved up one spot to 12th after edging Purdue, 16-14, in a key Big 10 contest.

Virginia (6-1) is 13th, followed by Louisville (5-1), West Virginia (6-1), Texas A&M (6-1), while Purdue (5-2) slipped five spots to 17th.

Boise State (7-0), LSU (4-2), Arizona State (6-1), Oklahoma State (6-1), Virginia Tech (5-2), Iowa (5-2), Minnesota (6-2) and Southern Mississippi (5-1) complete the poll.

Minnesota and Southern Miss entered the poll while Florida and Notre Dame dropped out after their losses Saturday.

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