Coaches can’t vote for USC

LOS ANGELES – Southern California is ineligible for the USA Today coaches’ poll for the upcoming season.

Grant Teaff, the executive director of the American Football Coaches Association, issued a statement to USA Today on Thursday confirming that his organization’s members aren’t allowed to vote for any school on major probation, such as a bowl ban.

USC is appealing some aspects of the numerous penalties handed down by the NCAA last month, but agreed to serve the first year of its two-year bowl ban after the upcoming season.