Officially official: Hutchings commits verbally to USC.

Officially committed to the USC Trojans! Finally apart of the Trojan Fam. Fight on! Let's make this memorable
— Michael Hutchings (@CaliHutch_17) July 1, 2012

Other USC verbal commits are excited, too (who wouldn't be?)

USC we got another one hahaha
— eldridge massington (@OH_GOTTAMAN) July 1, 2012

This class>>>
— Ty Isaac (@TyIsaac) July 1, 2012

My bro @CaliHutch_17 is apart of the trojan family... We rackin em up over here in so cal!
— Su'a Cravens (@CravenTDs_21) July 1, 2012

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Michael Hutchings, a solid recruit, has pushed USC to #5 on Rivals 2013 class rankings.

PAC-12 Rank	National Rank	School	Rating Ave	# Commits
1	5	USC	4.27	11
2	15	UW	3.36	15
3	20	UA	2.82	21
4	36	UO	3.67	7
5	37	UCLA	3.25	8
6	43	Stanford	4.00	5
7	48	Colorado	3.13	12
8	50	WSU	3.00	10
9	62	ASU	3.20	5
10	63	Cal	3.00	6
11	73	Utah	3.00	5
12	NR	OSU	0.00	1

Worth noting: while ESPN's recruiting rankings are frequently disparaged, the lowest-ranked verbal commit for USC, is #178, Justin Davis; Rivals has Sebastian Larue as USC's lowest-ranked pledge at #162.  No matter how you parse this class, it looks good from the bottom to the top.

USC football, baby.  Fight On!