With two months before the start of real football in September, USC football fans can at least dream about the upcoming season via statistical models and projections.
Two of those projections—ESPN’s FPI and S&P+—tell the tale of what may be to come in 2018.
FPI more or less predicts a nine-win season for the Trojans, with just three games below 50 percent win chance. Unfortunately, that could mean another slow start to the season, with expected losses to Stanford and Texas before a season-ending trip up versus Notre Dame. If correct, that would be the first ever home loss for Clay Helton.