Nope, no college football games in the 2018 season have been played to this point.
That will not stop someone somewhere from projecting teams into bowls. And Athlon in its national preview put USC in a spot fans will probably see as a disappointment.
Athlon placed the Gamecocks in the Music City Bowl, a game in Nashville on Dec. 28. Considering USC is coming off a nine-win season, returning a good bit and went to the Outback Bowl on New Year’s Day last year, that would qualify as falling short of expectations.
Looking at the outlet’s projections, the reason for USC’s slip rests in the Dan Mullen move this offseason and the fallout from that.