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2001 USC

6–⁠6 (5–⁠3 Pac-10), coached by Pete Carroll.

Schedule and results

USC in 2001, game by game: won vs. San José State 21–10; lost vs. No. 12 Kansas State 6–10; lost at Oregon 22–24; lost vs. Stanford 16–21; lost at No. 11 Washington 24–27; won vs. Arizona State 48–17; lost at Notre Dame 16–27; won at Arizona 41–34; won vs. Oregon State 16–13; won at California 55–14; won vs. No. 20 UCLA 27–0; lost vs. Utah 6–10+41−11Won 21–10 vs. San José State+11San José StateLost 6–10 vs. No. 12 Kansas State-4No. 12 Kansas StateLost 22–24 at Oregon-2OregonLost 16–21 vs. Stanford-5StanfordLost 24–27 at No. 11 Washington-3No. 11 WashingtonWon 48–17 vs. Arizona State+31Arizona StateLost 16–27 at Notre Dame-11Notre DameWon 41–34 at Arizona+7ArizonaWon 16–13 vs. Oregon State+3Oregon StateWon 55–14 at California+41CaliforniaWon 27–0 vs. No. 20 UCLA+27No. 20 UCLALost 6–10 vs. Utah-4Utah
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vsSan José StateW 21–⁠1061%
Sep 8vs12Kansas StateL 6–⁠1037%
Sep 22atOregonL 22–⁠2422%
Sep 29vsStanfordL 16–⁠2147%
Oct 6at11WashingtonL 24–⁠2719%
Oct 13vsArizona StateW 48–⁠1749%
Oct 20atNotre DameL 16–⁠2734%
Oct 27atArizonaW 41–⁠3444%
Nov 3vsOregon StateW 16–⁠1351%
Nov 10atCaliforniaW 55–⁠1470%
Nov 17vs20UCLAW 27–⁠049%
Dec 25Bowls & playoffvsUtahLas Vegas BowlL 6–⁠1050%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Utah 10–⁠6 in the Las Vegas Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 84th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

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 2001.

Record
6–⁠6
Conference
5–⁠3 5th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
298–⁠207
Coach
Pete Carroll
Elo
1564 +77 this season
SP+ rating
13.7 No. 25 of 117; offense No. 65, defense No. 8
SRS
11.1 No. 24 of 117 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 20
Offensive coordinator
Norm Chow
Captains
Charlie Landrigan, Troy Polamalu and Antuan Simmons
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense-0.3own 33— allowed
Defense-0.1own 34— caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Top recruits in the 2001 class

Shaun Cody DT★★★★★No. 5
Matt Leinart PRO★★★★No. 58

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2001 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks14.00.979
Defensive line15.00.997
Whole class24.50.988

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2002

The 2002 draft
Rd 3Kris Richard DBSeattle Seahawks
Rd 6Chris Cash DBDetroit Lions

All-Pac-10

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 2001 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2001 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon7–⁠111–⁠12
Washington State6–⁠210–⁠210
Stanford6–⁠29–⁠316
Washington6–⁠28–⁠419
USC5–⁠36–⁠6
UCLA4–⁠47–⁠4
Oregon State3–⁠55–⁠6
Arizona2–⁠65–⁠6
Arizona State1–⁠74–⁠7
California0–⁠81–⁠10

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