2025 USC Soccer Predictions: Trojans Ranked twenty sixth in RJ Younger’s Final 136

This is not your common school soccer rating.

My Final 136 is a set of rankings that’s fluid, but it surely’s my job to look forward and make a declare for all FBS groups primarily based on what I do know and why I do know it. Listed here are the three urgent questions I began by asking when placing collectively this listing:

Who do I believe is nice?Why do I believe they’re good?What are the probabilities they are going to end above or under my expectations?

Here’s a take a look at the place USC lands in my Final 136.

USC rating: 26Last yr’s rating: 17 Prime participant: WR Makai Lemon: Recorded 764 receiving yards together with 514 kick return yards, rating tenth amongst all Massive Ten gamers in all-purpose yards (1,278); his eight receptions of 30-plus yards ranked fifth within the Massive Ten.

[USC’s 2025 schedule]

RJ’s take: Lincoln Riley returns Jayden Maiava, who threw for 1,201 yards, 11 TDs and 6 INTs in 4 video games final season. He bombarded Notre Dame for 360 passing yards and led a comeback win towards Texas A&M within the Las Vegas Bowl.

USC’s 4-5 begin final yr may’ve simply been a 9-0 begin if simply half-a-dozen performs went the opposite approach. The Trojans may’ve been the workforce we talked about like we did Indiana, who made the CFP earlier than USC did. And that, like every part you add to the Web, actually is perpetually.

This season, the Trojans will not must play towards Ohio State, Penn State or the aforementioned Hoosiers. They go to Purdue, Illinois, Nebraska and Oregon for Massive Ten video games, so the journey throughout two time zones may cost a little them one or two video games. 

[Check out RJ Young’s Ultimate 136 College Football Rankings here]

USC Win Whole Odds: Over 7.5 (-158) Underneath 7.5 (+128)

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RJ Younger is a nationwide school soccer author and analyst for FOX Sports activities. Comply with him at @RJ_Young.

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