The Trojans finished their regular season with a 7-2 conference record in the Pac-12. That currently stands in third place overall, two games ahead of 4-4 Oregon State and UCLA, neither of whom are bowl eligible yet.
This means USC, Oregon and Utah are guaranteed to be the first three Pac-12 schools assigned to bowl games, in an order decided between now and the December 8th bowl selection show.
It’s clarity that provides rather simple explanations for where and how the Trojans will go bowling. Let’s run through the only three possibilities.
USC goes to the Rose Bowl if…
Because of USC’s 30-23 win over Utah at the Coliseum in September, the Trojans hold a tiebreaker over the No.