The 2022 season's largest margin: USC 66, Rice 14. A 52-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2022 — The Top-10 Year
USC finished 2022 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Caleb WilliamsQB4,535 passing yards
- Travis DyeRB884 rushing yards
- Austin JonesRB705 rushing yards
- Raleek BrownRB227 rushing yards
- Jordan AddisonWR875 receiving yards
- Tahj WashingtonWR785 receiving yards
- Brenden RiceWR611 receiving yards
- Shane LeeLB68 tackles
- Max WilliamsS61 tackles
- Eric GentryLB60 tackles
- Tuli TuipulotuDL13.5 sacks
- Nickolas FigueroaDL5.5 sacks
- Tyrone TaleniDL5 sacks
Season leaders, 2022.
The season's deepest loss: USC 24, Utah 47. A 23-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: USC fell to Tulane 45-46 in the postseason.
"Fight On."
2022 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.