The South Carolina Gamecocks knocked off the Vanderbilt Commodores this weekend in dominating fashion, and it was enough to propel them into the AP poll ranking

This week, On3’s Charles Power published a hypothetical “re-ranking” of the top players in the class of 2024. The national recruiting guru took last cycle’s recruits and ordered them based on what the now-freshmen have shown through the first couple of months of their college career.

It’s the first time since 2022 that USC has cracked the Top 25. USC in 2022 moved into the USA Today rankings after wins over Tennessee and Clemson, climbing as high as No. 19 before finishing No. 23 in the final poll of that season.