USC

PAC · 2012 Season · Final

Season

Struggling ＋

Record

7–6

0.538 Win %

Conference

7th

5–4 in PAC

All-Time Resume

Ranked Seasons

105

1922–2026

All-Time Record

811–337–40

0.699 Win %

Peak Final Rank

1931, 1932, 1962 +6

#1 Finishes

Top 5: 25 · Top 10: 35 · Top 25: 64

12-Team Playoff & Revenue Era · 2 seasons
Limited Playoff Era · 26 seasons · 9 Top 10 · 2× #1
Independents & Bowl Tie-In Era · 16 seasons · 3 Top 10
Divisional Era · 26 seasons · 11 Top 10 · 5× #1
AP Poll & Postwar Era · 20 seasons · 4 Top 10
Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 14 seasons · 8 Top 10 · 2× #1

Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare USC head-to-head · History & Eras

2012 Schedule & Results

Wk	Date	Opponent	Conf	Opp. Record	Result
2	Week 2 · Sep 4	Hawai'i (HAWAII)H2H	MWC	3–9	W 49–10
3	Week 3 · Sep 11	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)H2H	IND BE	8–5	W 42–29
4	Week 4 · Sep 18	Stanford (STANFORD)H2H	PAC	12–2	L 14–21
5	Week 5 · Sep 25	California (CALIFORNIA)H2H	PAC	3–9	W 27–9
7	Week 7 · Oct 9	Utah (UTAH)H2H	PAC	5–7	W 38–28
8	Week 8 · Oct 16	Washington (WASHINGTON)H2H	PAC	7–6	W 24–14
9	Week 9 · Oct 23	Colorado (COLORADO)H2H	PAC	1–11	W 50–6
10	Week 10 · Oct 30	Arizona (ARIZONA)H2H	PAC	8–5	L 36–39
11	Week 11 · Nov 6	Oregon (OREGON)H2H	PAC	12–1	L 51–62
12	Week 12 · Nov 13	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)H2H	PAC	8–5	W 38–17
13	Week 13 · Nov 20	UCLA H2H	PAC	9–5	L 28–38
14	Week 14 · Nov 27	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)H2H	IND FBSI	12–1	L 13–22
4	Post-Season Week 4 · Jan 1	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)H2H	ACC	7–7	L 7–21

Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.

Rating Tier Spectrum

2.805

Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).

NOW — Net Opponent Wins

+14

-21+35

Syracuse +8
Arizona State +8
Washington +7
Utah +5
Hawai'i +3
California +3
Colorado +1
Oregon -1
Notre Dame -1
Stanford -2
Arizona -5
UCLA -5
Georgia Tech -7

Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.

National Standing

Rank #52Better than 63%

Win % Place 58thBetter than 58%

0.538 Win % · Change -1

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins

+39

+13

-7

+18

+10

+44

-3

-11

+21

-10

-9

-14

Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.

Final Rank by Season

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.