MRI Champion · 1 football title 2004

USC

Big Ten · 3–0 · MRI Classic #5

Power+18.6#17 of 138

Résumé+0.64#20 · wins above average

Movement-2down from #15 last week

Best winFresno State (39–0)
Schedule faced-6.7 avg opponent
Schedule ahead+14.0 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	Fresno State	W 39–0	+23.2	+15.8
1	vs	San Jose State	W 42–26	+35.0	-19.0
2	vs	Louisiana	W 49–30	+30.4	-11.4

Remaining schedule

Wk		Opponent	Projected	Win prob
3	at	Rutgers	+23.2	92%
4	vs	Oregon	+2.7	56%
5	vs	Washington	+10.5	74%
6	at	Penn State	-7.7	32%
8	at	Wisconsin	+14.4	81%
9	vs	Ohio State	-9.9	27%
11	at	Indiana	-20.2	11%
12	vs	Maryland	+15.3	82%

Season by season

Best finish: #1 in 2004. 23 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 100 — 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	14 of 136	9–4	19.06	Power
2024	18 of 134	7–6	15.63	Power
2023	20 of 133	8–5	12.02	Power
2022	19 of 131	11–3	13.68	Power
2021	67 of 130	4–8	1.50	Power
2020	25 of 128	5–1	10.94	Power
2019	35 of 130	8–5	40.60	MRI
2018	78 of 130	5–7	15.91	MRI
2017	14 of 130	11–2	72.73	MRI
2016	11 of 128	10–3	74.77	MRI
2015	25 of 128	8–6	64.61	MRI
2014	15 of 128	9–4	67.47	MRI
2013	24 of 126	10–4	63.29	MRI
2012	43 of 124	7–6	41.31	MRI
2011	15 of 120	10–2	67.80	MRI
2010	42 of 120	8–5	42.53	MRI
2009	27 of 120	9–4	50.90	MRI
2008	2 of 120	12–1	130.36	MRI
2007	4 of 120	11–2	105.26	MRI
2006	7 of 119	11–2	102.08	MRI
2005	2 of 119	12–1	136.77	MRI
2004	1 of 117	13–0	151.53	MRI
2003	2 of 117	12–1	128.72	MRI