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1992 USC

6–⁠5–⁠1 (5–⁠3 Pac-10), coached by Larry Smith.

Schedule and results

USC in 1992, game by game: tied at San Diego State 31–31; won at No. 13 Oklahoma 20–10; lost at No. 1 Washington 10–17; won vs. Oregon 32–10; won vs. California 27–24; won vs. No. 13 Washington State 31–21; won at Arizona State 23–13; lost at No. 21 Stanford 9–23; won vs. No. 9 Arizona 14–7; lost at UCLA 37–38; lost vs. No. 5 Notre Dame 23–31; lost vs. Fresno State 7–24+22−17Tied 31–31 at San Diego State0San Diego StateWon 20–10 at No. 13 Oklahoma+10No. 13 OklahomaLost 10–17 at No. 1 Washington-7No. 1 WashingtonWon 32–10 vs. Oregon+22OregonWon 27–24 vs. California+3CaliforniaWon 31–21 vs. No. 13 Washington State+10No. 13 Washington StateWon 23–13 at Arizona State+10Arizona StateLost 9–23 at No. 21 Stanford-14No. 21 StanfordWon 14–7 vs. No. 9 Arizona+7No. 9 ArizonaLost 37–38 at UCLA-1UCLALost 23–31 vs. No. 5 Notre Dame-8No. 5 Notre DameLost 7–24 vs. Fresno State-17Fresno State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atSan Diego StateT 31–⁠3137%
Sep 19at13OklahomaW 20–⁠1022%
Oct 3at1WashingtonL 10–⁠1718%
Oct 10vsOregonW 32–⁠1066%
Oct 17vsCaliforniaW 27–⁠2451%
Oct 24vs13Washington StateW 31–⁠2158%
Oct 31atArizona StateW 23–⁠1349%
Nov 7at21StanfordL 9–⁠2340%
Nov 14vs9ArizonaW 14–⁠751%
Nov 21atUCLAL 37–⁠3857%
Nov 28vs5Notre DameL 23–⁠3141%
Dec 29Bowls & playoffvsFresno StateFreedom BowlL 7–⁠2445%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Fresno State 24–⁠7 in the Freedom Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 83rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 22
  2. Wk 6: 20
  3. Wk 7: 20
  4. Wk 8: 18
  5. Wk 9: 15
  6. Wk 10: 13
  7. Wk 11: 11
  8. Wk 12: 18
  9. Wk 13: 15
  10. Wk 14: 19
  11. Wk 15: 23
  12. Wk 16: 23

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1992.

Record
6–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 11
Points
264–⁠249
Coach
Larry Smith
Elo
1570 +63 this season
SP+ rating
18.6 No. 12 of 105; offense No. 25, defense No. 9
SRS
12.1 No. 17 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Ray Dorr
Captain
Stephon Pace

Drafted in 1993

The 1993 draft
Rd 1Curtis Conway WRChicago Bears
Rd 4Travis Hannah WRHouston Oilers

All-Pac-10

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1992 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1992 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford6–⁠210–⁠39
Washington6–⁠29–⁠311
Washington State5–⁠39–⁠315
USC5–⁠36–⁠5–⁠1
Arizona4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠5–⁠1
Arizona State4–⁠46–⁠5
Oregon4–⁠46–⁠6
UCLA3–⁠56–⁠5
California2–⁠64–⁠7
Oregon State0–⁠7–⁠11–⁠9–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.