USC·Pac-12

2020 — The 2020 Season

USC's 2020 season (5-1) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 5-1
Final result Non-bowl season
AP final #13 post-bowls
SP+ +6.4 last-week
Era The Post-Sanctions Wilderness
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Ariz Sta 28-27 W @ Arizona 34-30 W @ Utah 33-17 W vs Wash St 38-13 W @ UCLA 43-38 L vs Oregon 24-31

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2020.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2020 season's largest margin: USC 38, Washington State 13. A 25-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: USC 24, Oregon 31. A 7-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Fight On."
— USC fanbase voice · 2020· synthesized
What it meant

2020 is a middle chapter for USC — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.