Postseason ·
Ohio State beat USC
No. 8 USC11-37
No. 5 Ohio State12-224Final
Records are after this game. Rankings are the AP poll before it.
No. 5 Ohio State beat No. 8 USC by 17 points.
It was played at a neutral site: AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX.
How the lead changed
Ohio State led after every score.
It was Ohio State's first win over USC since the 1973 season, after 7 straight losses in the series, counted since 1970 in our games data.
What happened next
Ohio State finished the 2017 season 12-2, No. 5 in the last AP poll before the bowls.
USC finished the 2017 season 11-3, No. 8 in the last AP poll before the bowls.
Ohio State's first game of the 2018 season: W 77-31 vs Oregon State, Sep 1, 2018
about 8 months laterUSC's first game of the 2018 season: W 43-21 vs UNLV, Sep 1, 2018
about 8 months later
Related pages
Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN.