How to read this: every angle below is a true fact about these teams — and there are hundreds, so some will look striking by pure chance. Each side's combinations carry a chance baseline telling you how good the best one would look if nothing were going on. FBS teams carry far less history than NFL ones (a median of 148 graded games vs ~435), so that baseline runs higher here — a perfect record is cheaper in college. Signals disagreeing is normal; weigh them yourself.
USC — the basics
145 graded games since 2014
| on the road | 22-36 | 38% | -2.1 | n=58 |
| vs UCLA | 6-6 | 50% | -4.3 | n=12 |
| in a conference game | 44-60 | 42% | -1.7 | n=104 |
| vs an FBS opponent | 63-81 | 44% | -1.3 | n=144 |
| vs a P5 opponent | 54-76 | 42% | -2.4 | n=130 |
| vs the Big Ten | 7-16 | 30% | -2.9 | n=23 |
| in November | 21-22 | 49% | -0.7 | n=43 |
| at this venue | 4-3 | 57% | -1.9 | n=7 |
| in the last 5 seasons | 29-36 | 45% | -2.0 | n=65 |
record vs the closing number · pts = avg margin vs the line
USC — form & streaks
| Last 12 games: -0.0 pts vs their number per game | n=12 |
| All 145 graded games: -1.2 pts vs their number per game | n=145 |
| USC has failed to cover 4 straight | n=4 |
USC — combinations
52 lean USC · 97 lean against
Read this first. 172 combinations shown. The best one here is 67%. With this many combinations you'd expect the best to be about 64% by chance alone, and about 0 perfect records — this matchup has 0.
| Combination | Rec | % | Pts | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| on the road + vs UCLA | 4-2 | 67%from 38% | -1.7 | n=6 |
| + in a conference game | 4-2 | 67%from 67% | -1.7 | n=6 |
| + vs an FBS opponent | 4-2 | 67%from 67% | -1.7 | n=6 |
| + vs a P5 opponent | 4-2 | 67%from 67% | -1.7 | n=6 |
| + at this venue | 4-2 | 67%from 67% | -1.7 | n=6 |
| + in November | 3-2 | 60%from 67% | -2.3 | n=5 |
| + vs an FBS opponent | 4-2 | 67%from 67% | -1.7 | n=6 |
| + vs a P5 opponent | 4-2 | 67%from 67% | -1.7 | n=6 |
| + at this venue | 4-2 | 67%from 67% | -1.7 | n=6 |
| + in November | 3-2 | 60%from 67% | -2.3 | n=5 |
| + vs a P5 opponent | 4-2 | 67%from 67% | -1.7 | n=6 |
| + at this venue | 4-2 | 67%from 67% | -1.7 | n=6 |
| + in November | 3-2 | 60%from 67% | -2.3 | n=5 |
| + at this venue | 4-2 | 67%from 67% | -1.7 | n=6 |
| + in November | 3-2 | 60%from 67% | -2.3 | n=5 |
| + at this venue | 3-2 | 60%from 60% | -2.3 | n=5 |
| on the road + at this venue | 4-2 | 67%from 38% | -1.7 | n=6 |
| vs UCLA + at this venue | 4-2 | 67%from 50% | -1.7 | n=6 |
| in a conference game + at this venue | 4-2 | 67%from 42% | -1.7 | n=6 |
| in November + at this venue | 3-2 | 60%from 49% | -2.3 | n=5 |
| vs an FBS opponent + at this venue | 4-3 | 57%from 44% | -1.9 | n=7 |
| vs a P5 opponent + at this venue | 4-3 | 57%from 42% | -1.9 | n=7 |
| on the road + in November | 9-9 | 50%from 38% | +1.1 | n=18 |
| + at this venue | 3-2 | 60%from 50% | -2.3 | n=5 |
| + in the last 5 seasons | 3-4 | 43%from 50% | -1.1 | n=7 |
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