Pac-12Trojans

USC

36th of 1305–7

Rank

36th

of 130 FBS teams

Rating

+7.6

90% range −2.1 to 17.3

Offense

31.5

46th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

23.9

35th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

5–7

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

12 games, 5–7

Schedule

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

Wk 1Sep 1 · 4:00 PM ET vs

UNLV W 43–21

Rating change−1.1

Wk 2Sep 8 · 8:30 PM ET at#12

Stanford L 3–17

Rating change−0.1

Wk 3Sep 15 · 8:00 PM ET at#22

Texas L 14–37

Rating change−1.8

Wk 4Sep 21 · 10:30 PM ET vs

Washington State W 39–36

Rating change−0.1

Wk 5Sep 29 · 10:30 PM ET at

Arizona W 24–20

Rating change+0.3

Wk 7Oct 13 · 10:30 PM ET vs

Colorado W 31–20

Rating change−0.2

Wk 8Oct 20 · 8:00 PM ET at#21

Utah L 28–41

Rating change−2.1

Wk 9Oct 27 · 3:30 PM ET vs

Arizona State L 35–38

Rating change−0.3

Wk 10Nov 3 · 10:00 PM ET at

Oregon State W 38–21

Rating change−0.2

Wk 11Nov 10 · 10:30 PM ET vs

California L 14–15

Rating change−0.3

Wk 12Nov 17 · 3:30 PM ET at

UCLA L 27–34

Rating change−0.5

Wk 13Nov 24 · 8:00 PM ET vs#7

Notre Dame L 17–24

Rating change+0.8

With its 90% range at each cutoff

Rating through 2018

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
2017	Pac-12	15 of 130	15.3	35.6	20.3	11–3	—
2016	Pac-12	9 of 128	22.6	42.6	20.0	10–3	—
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