USC

Big Ten · 18–14

Power+8.7#75 of 365

Résumé+8.49#61 · wins above average

Trendrating by week

Best winWisconsin (73–71)
Worst lossOregon (70–71)
Schedule faced+8.5 avg opponent

Results

Expected is the margin the model's ratings imply for that matchup and site. Perf is how far the actual margin beat it — the number that moves a rating, rather than the win or loss alone.

Wk		Opponent	Result	Expected	Perf
1	vs	Cal Poly	W 94–64	+16.8	+13.2
1	vs	Manhattan	W 114–83	+24.4	+6.6
2	N	Illinois State	W 87–67	+2.0	+18.0
3	vs	Troy	W 107–106	+7.9	-6.9
4	N	Boise State	W 70–67	-2.2	+5.2
4	N	Seton Hall	W 83–81	-1.5	+3.5
4	N	Arizona State	W 88–75	+0.4	+12.6
5	at	Oregon	W 82–77	-1.2	+6.2
5	vs	Washington	L 76–84	+0.6	-8.6
6	at	San Diego	W 94–81	+14.3	-1.3
7	vs	Washington State	W 68–61	+10.3	-3.3
7	vs	UTSA	W 97–70	+26.2	+0.8
7	vs	UC Santa Cruz non-D1	W 102–63	+49.3	-10.3
9	at	Michigan	L 66–96	-26.6	-3.4
10	at	Michigan State	L 51–80	-18.3	-10.7
10	at	Minnesota	W 70–69	-1.1	+2.1
11	vs	Maryland	W 88–71	+6.2	+10.8
11	vs	Purdue	L 64–69	-14.1	+9.1
12	vs	Northwestern	L 68–74	+1.1	-7.1
12	at	Wisconsin	W 73–71	-13.5	+15.5
13	at	Iowa	L 72–73	-11.8	+10.8
13	vs	Rutgers	W 78–75	+8.7	-5.7
14	vs	Indiana	W 81–75	-2.8	+8.8
14	at	Penn State	W 77–75	+3.5	-1.5
15	at	Ohio State	L 82–89	-11.6	+4.6
16	vs	Illinois	L 65–101	-15.1	-20.9
16	vs	Oregon	L 70–71	+4.3	-5.3
17	at	UCLA	L 62–81	-11.0	-8.0
17	vs	Nebraska	L 67–82	-9.5	-5.5
18	at	Washington	L 72–91	-4.8	-14.2
18	vs	UCLA	L 68–89	-5.6	-15.4
19	N	Washington	L 79–83	-2.1	-1.9

Remaining schedule

Wk		Opponent	Projected	Win prob
Season complete.

Season by season

Best finish: #6 in 2020–21. 22 rated seasons. Two ratings appear here and their numbers are not comparable; the rank is. Season links open that year's game log.

Finishing rank, best at the top, on an axis running to 300 — this team's own range, not the size of the field. Each row below says what its rank was out of. Hover a point for the season.

Season	Rank	Rec	Rating
2025–26	75 of 365	18–14	8.74	Power
2024–25	64 of 364	17–18	9.94	Power
2023–24	79 of 362	15–18	7.89	Power
2022–23	43 of 363	22–11	11.76	Power
2021–22	29 of 358	26–8	13.38	Power
2020–21	6 of 347	25–8	17.53	Power
2019–20	63 of 353	22–9	85.60	MRI
2018–19	109 of 353	16–17	59.76	MRI
2017–18	38 of 351	24–12	118.81	MRI
2016–17	52 of 351	26–10	99.65	MRI
2015–16	68 of 351	21–13	95.34	MRI
2014–15	230 of 351	12–20	12.35	MRI
2013–14	246 of 351	11–21	5.95	MRI
2012–13	197 of 347	14–18	19.87	MRI
2011–12	288 of 345	6–25	-22.00	MRI
2010–11	75 of 346	19–15	82.68	MRI
2009–10	97 of 335	16–14	70.16	MRI
2008–09	46 of 330	22–13	107.20	MRI
2007–08	67 of 328	21–12	88.72	MRI
2006–07	57 of 326	25–12	100.13	MRI
2005–06	141 of 326	17–13	41.08	MRI
2004–05	145 of 326	13–16	39.80	MRI