USC football head coach Clay Helton. (Alicia de Artola/Reign of Troy)
USC football made it through sanctions as a Top 20 program. Now it’s time to rise.
The 10-year anniversary of USC football’s devastating sanctions just passed. So that’s the lens through which a recent ranking of the Top 25 programs in college football can be viewed by Trojan fans.
Sporting News dropped their ranking of the “top 25 programs of the past 10 years” on Tuesday. They used a formula factoring in national titles, title game appearances, playoff appearances, BCS bowl appearances, Heisman Trophy winners, winning percentage, All-Americans and first-round draft picks.