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Pac-12Trojans

USC

19th of 1338–5

Rank

19th

of 133 FBS teams

Rating

+13.5

90% range 4.1 to 22.8

Offense

42.3

4th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

28.8

82nd: points allowed vs an average team

Record

8–5

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

Schedule

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

Week and dateOpponentResult or win chancePlayoff stakes or rating change
Wk 1Aug 26 · 8:00 PM ET vs San José State W 56–28
Rating change−0.7
Wk 1Sep 2 · 6:30 PM ET vs Nevada W 66–14
Rating change+2.1
Wk 2Sep 9 · 10:30 PM ET vs Stanford W 56–10
Rating change+2.2
Wk 4Sep 23 · 10:30 PM ET at Arizona State W 42–28
Rating change−1.1
Wk 5Sep 30 · 12:00 PM ET at Colorado W 48–41
Rating change−2.3
Wk 6Oct 7 · 10:30 PM ET vs Arizona W 43–41
Rating change−2.4
Wk 7Oct 14 · 7:30 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#16 Notre Dame L 20–48
Rating change−1.3
Wk 8Oct 21 · 8:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#19 Utah L 32–34
Rating change−0.6
Wk 9Oct 28 · 4:00 PM ET at California W 50–49
Rating change−1.2
Wk 10Nov 4 · 7:30 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#14 Washington L 42–52
Rating change−0.4
Wk 11Nov 11 · 10:30 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#2 Oregon L 27–36
Rating change+0.8
Wk 12Nov 18 · 3:30 PM ET vs UCLA L 20–38
Rating change−1.9
PostDec 27 · 8:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#17 LouisvilleDIRECTV Holiday Bowl W 42–28
Rating change+1.2

Rating through 2023

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Past seasons

SeasonConferenceRank#RatingOff.Def.RecordW–LCFP entryCFP
2022Pac-1232 of 1318.838.129.311–3—
2021Pac-1261 of 1302.431.429.04–8—
2020Pac-1216 of 12714.837.422.55–1—
2019Pac-1225 of 13010.238.027.98–5—
2018Pac-1236 of 1307.631.523.95–7—
2017Pac-1215 of 13015.335.620.311–3—
2016Pac-129 of 12822.642.620.010–3—
2015Pac-1231 of 1289.634.224.68–6—

Profile

USC offenseFBS average
MeasureValue

Points per drive · points per possession.

Profiles and percentiles

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TEMPO v12Updated Oct 20, 2026Data from CollegeFootballData.com