THE POLL / Big Ten / 2026

USC.

Every game. Every component. Every point accounted for.

COMPUTER RANK

#11

AP RANK

#19

RECORD

5–1

COMPUTER SCORE

87.07

USC is #11 with a 5–1 record. Results contributes 20.83 points to its 87.07 total. Its most valuable win is over Fresno State (39–0), worth 2.32 résumé units. Loss quality is its lowest component at 65.0/100. The next team, Mississippi State, scores 86.09.

THE SCORE, DISASSEMBLED.

v1.0.0

Results · 25%

83.3 / 100

+20.833 points

Quality wins · 20%

89.1 / 100

+17.810 points

Strength of schedule · 20%

96.4 / 100

+19.270 points

Strength of record · 15%

90.5 / 100

+13.577 points

Road / neutral · 8%

85.8 / 100

+6.861 points

Capped dominance · 7%

78.1 / 100

+5.467 points

Loss quality · 5%

65.0 / 100

+3.248 points

SUM OF WEIGHTED CONTRIBUTIONS = 87.06690998
Adjusted OWP: 0.739130 · OOWP: 0.594660 · Raw SOS: 0.695789

THE SEASON SO FAR.

WEEKLY COMPUTER RANK

Movement history appears after the next published week.

THE RECEIPTS.

WK	OPPONENT	SITE	RESULT	OPP. QUALITY	WIN VALUE	LOSS PENALTY
1	Fresno State	home	W 39–0	0.8989	+2.3237	—
2	Louisiana	home	W 49–30	0.8331	+2.2223	—
3	Rutgers	Road	W 42–35	0.3006	+1.6425	—
4	Oregon	home	L 27–41	0.6190	—	1.6524
5	Washington	home	W 25–21	0.6821	+1.8908	—
1	San José State	home	W 42–26	0.6533	+1.9691	—

Résumé units feed the quality-win and loss components before percentile normalization. They are not direct additions to the final score.

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