Big Ten · 2026

USC

6–2

CFPi+ rank#32of 138 FBS teams

+10.3CFPi+ rating

#9Best: TPi+ talent

#49Weakest: Defense

4Games left

CFPi+ index

Where the team ranks

CFPi+#32+10.3

Offense#23+33.4

Defense#49+23.1

EPi+ efficiency index

How efficiently it plays

EPi+#20+13.7

Off EPi+#2+16.9

Def EPi+#96+3.2

Advanced stats

Offense and defense

Stat	Offense	Defense
Success rate	#651.0%	#5940.4%
Explosiveness	#105+1.175	#97+1.289
Havoc rate	#1611.7%	#12112.8%
Pass PPA	#15+0.432	#120+0.365
Rush PPA	#88+0.058	#46+0.000

Raw season splits, not opponent-adjusted. Defense #1 is the stingiest in the country.

TPi+ talent index

The roster and the staff

TPi+#9+20.8

Recruiting#13+19.5

Returning#38+10.7

247 talent#9899.0

Head coach#21+12.3

National composite

What other systems say

Composite#32+11.1

SP+#18+14.2

SP+ off#9+36.6

SP+ def#39+22.4

ESPN FPI#25+12.7

Traditional stats

The box-score view

Yards/G#34434.8

Yards/G allowed#45331.3

Pass yards/G#10303.6

Rush yards/G#106131.1

3rd down#1450.5%

3rd down allowed#3834.4%

Sacks/G#662.1

Takeaways/G#1220.8

Ranks are national out of 138 FBS teams and #1 is best. The bar shows where a rank sits in the field; the rating is the source beneath it.

2026 schedule

Every game, with the model's read

Wk	Opponent	Result	Projected
0	vsSan José State	W 42–26	Final
1	vsFresno State	W 39–0	Final
2	vsLouisiana	W 49–30	Final
3	@Rutgers	W 42–35	Final
4	vs#11Oregon	L 27–41	Final
5	vsWashington	W 25–21	Final
6	@Penn State	W 31–23	Final
8	@Wisconsin	L 7–24	Final
9	vs#3Ohio State	—
11	@#8Indiana	—
12	vsMaryland	—
13	@#18UCLA	—

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