Rankings
BOA Team Profile
USC
Big Ten · Current BOA team profile
BOA Rank
#18
Power Rating
1723.9
Ranking score 1679.9 · résumé -67.6
Offense
93.1
#7 nationally · 96th percentile
Defense
56.9
#56 nationally · 60th percentile
Schedule Strength
88.3
#17 nationally · 88th percentile
Recent Form
17.4
National Component Profile
How USC compares with the FBS
138-team active BOA publication
Offensive Strength
93.1
#7 nationally96th percentile
Defensive Strength
56.9
#56 nationally60th percentile
Schedule Strength
88.3
#17 nationally88th percentile
Component ratings use a 0–100 national-strength scale. Higher offense and defense mean stronger units; higher schedule strength means a more difficult schedule.
Advanced Team Intelligence
CFBD advanced game performance
Measured game performance is displayed separately from BOA model ratings.
2 completed games with advanced data
Season PPA / Play
+0.429
Play-weighted
Season Success Rate
54.5%
Play-weighted
Season Explosiveness
1.274
Play-weighted
Points / Opportunity
5.38
Opportunity-weighted
Latest advanced game
Week 2 · vs Louisiana
49–30 · Data quality: advanced box
Source: CFBD advanced box
Efficiency · EPA / Play
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Value created per play
Consistency · Success Rate
50.7%
How often the offense stayed on schedule
Big-Play Threat · Explosiveness
1.300
Damage created on successful plays
Disruption · Havoc Rate
11.9%
Negative events created by the defense
Field Position
Own 30
BOA Expected Win Share
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How often this performance profile would be expected to win
Advanced details
PPA / Play
+0.392
Pass PPA / Play
+0.806
Rush PPA / Play
+0.181
Cumulative PPA
+29.40
Standard-Down Success
53.8%
Passing-Down Success
43.5%
Stuff Rate
17.1%
Power Success
75.0%
Line Yards / Rush
3.40
2nd-Level Yards / Rush
1.30
Open-Field Yards / Rush
0.90
Points / Opportunity
7.00
Pass EPA / Play
—
Rush EPA / Play
—
Advanced game log
| Week | Opponent | PPA/Play | Success | Explosive | Havoc | Pts/Opp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W2 | vs Louisiana | +0.392 | 50.7% | 1.300 | 11.9% | 7.00 |
| W1 | vs Fresno State | +0.506 | 62.2% | 1.220 | 33.3% | 4.00 |
CFBD Passing Intelligence
Passing production + efficiency
PPA, success, explosiveness, aDOT, air yards, YAC and location availability.
full
Offense PPA
0.732
67 attempts
Success Rate
73.1%
49 successful
aDOT
6.7
99% air-yard coverage
Explosiveness
1.211
97% location coverage
PPA Allowed
0.266
Opponent passing production
Success Allowed
46.8%
Opponent success rate
aDOT Allowed
9.0
100% coverage
Expl. Allowed
1.165
Opponent explosiveness
Passing PPA by game
Field View
USC passing map
Deep ↑
Behind LOS ↓
Behind LOS ↓
Deep
Left
1att
Comp 0%
YPA 0.0
PPA -0.534
Success 0%
aDOT 25.0
YAC —
Middle
3att
Comp 67%
YPA 29.3
PPA 2.168
Success 67%
aDOT 24.3
YAC 39
Right
2att
Comp 100%
YPA 25.5
PPA 2.267
Success 100%
aDOT 25.5
YAC 0
Short
Short
Left
19att
Comp 84%
YPA 8.6
PPA 0.474
Success 68%
aDOT 4.6
YAC 98
Middle
14att
Comp 93%
YPA 11.4
PPA 0.776
Success 93%
aDOT 7.5
YAC 71
Right
26att
Comp 96%
YPA 10.8
PPA 0.641
Success 69%
aDOT 3.8
YAC 193
Line of Scrimmage
Behind LOS
Left
Play-level
charting only
charting only
Middle
Play-level
charting only
charting only
Right
Play-level
charting only
charting only
Backfield / screen area
Unclassified: 2 attempts · 50% comp · 1.010 PPA/play
Behind LOS includes only passes with negative charted air yards. Missing play-level charting is shown as unavailable, never as zero.
Movement Intelligence
Rank + Rating History
Published BOA position and rating by week.
Week 0
#19
1706.4
Week 0
#19
1706.4
-0.0 rating
No rank change
Week 1
#17
1709.6
+3.3 rating
▲ 2 spots
Rating History
Each bar shows that week's rating relative to this team's highest published rating.
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2026 Model Schedule
Week 0
vs San José State#110 BOA
Final 42–26
Week 1
vs Fresno State#59 BOA
Final 39–0
Week 2
vs Louisiana#73 BOA
Final 49–30
Week 3
at Rutgers#90 BOA
Final 35–42
Week 4
vs Oregon#9 BOA
Final 27–41
Week 5
vs Washington#44 BOA
63.4% win
View prediction →
Week 6
at Penn State#21 BOA
No active forecast
Week 8
at Wisconsin#33 BOA
No active forecast
Week 9
vs Ohio State#3 BOA
No active forecast
BOA rating context
BOA team profiles use the current published ratings and forecasts. They update automatically as new game results are processed.