Last week, USC’s average seed was a 7.90, per BracketMatrix.com, which takes a look at each team’s bracketology based on a large collection of brackets from around the web.
Now the Trojans average seed is down to 8.79, following a 32-point loss to UCLA.
USC’s seed was always likely to slip during this stretch of three consecutive games against teams ranked in the nation’s Top 6, but the Trojans still have some work to do to ensure a place in the Big Dance.
The latest bracket projection from CBS Sports still lists the Trojans as a No.