Pac-12Trojans

USC

9th of 12810–3

Rank

9th

of 128 FBS teams

Rating

+22.6

90% range 12.9 to 32.4

Offense

42.6

9th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

20.0

11th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

10–3

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

13 games, 10–3

Schedule

Ranks are retrospective TEMPO estimates, not poll rankings or ranks saved before kickoff.

Wk 1Sep 3 · 8:00 PM ET vs#1

AlabamaNeutral L 6–52

Rating change−3.9

Wk 2Sep 10 · 2:00 PM ET vs

Utah State W 45–7

Rating change+1.0

Wk 3Sep 17 · 8:00 PM ET at#11

Stanford L 10–27

Rating change−1.7

Wk 4Sep 23 · 9:00 PM ET at

Utah L 27–31

Rating change−0.6

Wk 5Oct 1 · 8:30 PM ET vs

Arizona State W 41–20

Rating change+0.2

Wk 6Oct 8 · 4:00 PM ET vs

Colorado W 21–17

Rating change0.0

Wk 7Oct 15 · 3:30 PM ET at

Arizona W 48–14

Rating change+2.2

Wk 9Oct 27 · 10:30 PM ET vs

California W 45–24

Rating change+0.2

Wk 10Nov 5 · 7:00 PM ET vs

Oregon W 45–20

Rating change+0.3

Wk 11Nov 12 · 7:30 PM ET at#6

Washington W 26–13

Rating change+2.6

Wk 12Nov 19 · 10:30 PM ET at

UCLA W 36–14

Rating change+1.5

Wk 13Nov 26 · 3:30 PM ET vs

Notre Dame W 45–27

Rating change+0.1

PostJan 2 · 5:00 PM ET vs#13

Penn StateROSE BOWL GAME PRES. BY NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL W 52–49

Rating change−0.4

With its 90% range at each cutoff

Rating through 2016

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Estimates of how good the team was, not forecasts to grade

Past seasons

Season	Conference	Rank#	Rating	Off.	Def.	RecordW–L	CFP entryCFP
2015	Pac-12	31 of 128	9.6	34.2	24.6	8–6	—

Adjusted for opponents; outward is better on both sides

Profile

USC offenseFBS average

MeasureValue

Points per drive · points per possession.

Profiles and percentiles