USC football schedule for 2022 season

How do things look for USC in the Pac-12 and College Football Playoff race this year? Let's take a look at the full USC football schedule for the Trojans in the 2022 season.

2022 USC Trojans Football Schedule

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All times Eastern

Week 1, Sept. 3 vs. Rice
Score: USC 66, Rice 14

Week 2, Sept. 10 at Stanford
Score: USC 41, Stanford 28

Week 3, Sept. 17 vs. Fresno State
Score: USC 45, Fresno State 17

Week 4, Sept. 24 at Oregon State
Score: USC 17, Oregon State 14

Week 5, Oct. 1 vs. Arizona State
Score: USC 42, Arizona State 25

Week 6, Oct. 8 vs. Washington State
7:30 p.m. on Fox

Week 7, Oct. 15 at Utah

Week 8, Oct. 22 Idle

Week 9, Oct. 29 at Arizona

Week 10, Nov. 5 vs. California

Week 11, Nov. 11 vs. Colorado

Week 12, Nov. 19 at UCLA

Week 11, Nov. 26 vs. Notre Dame

Dec. 2 Pac-12 Championship Game

USC football schedule overview

Rice Owls
2021 record: 4-8 (3-5 C-USA)
All time series: USC leads, 2-0-1
Last meeting: USC won, 24-0 (1971)

Stanford Cardinal
2021 record: 3-9 (2-7 Pac-12)
All time series: USC leads, 62-24-3
Last meeting: Stanford won, 42-28 (2021)

Fresno State Bulldogs
2021 record: 10-3 (6-2 Mountain West)
All time series: USC leads, 3-1
Last meeting: USC won, 31-23 (2019)

Oregon State Beavers
2021 record: 7-6 (5-4 Pac-12)
All time series: USC leads, 63-12-4
Last meeting: Oregon State won, 45-27 (2021)

Arizona State Sun Devils
2021 record: 8-5 (6-3 Pac-12)
All time series: USC leads, 23-14
Last meeting: Arizona State won, 31-16 (2021)

Washington State Cougars
2021 record: 7-6 (6-3 Pac-12)
All time series: USC leads, 61-10-4
Last meeting: USC won, 45-14 (2021)

Utah Utes
2021 record: 10-4 (8-1 Pac-12)
All time series: USC leads, 13-7
Last meeting: Utah won, 42-26 (2021)

Arizona Wildcats
2021 record: 1-11 (1-8 Pac-12)
All time series: USC leads, 36-8
Last meeting: USC won, 41-34 (2021)

California Golden Bears
2021 record: 5-7 (4-5 Pac-12)
All time series: USC leads, 71-31-5
Last meeting: Cal won, 24-14 (2021)

Colorado Buffaloes
2021 record: 4-8 (3-6 Pac-12)
All time series: USC leads, 15-0
Last meeting: USC won, 37-14 (2021)

UCLA Bruins
2021 record: 8-4 (6-3 Pac-12)
All time series: USC leads, 49-33-7
Last meeting: UCLA won, 62-33

Notre Dame Fighting Irish
2021 record: 11-2
All time series: Notre Dame leads, 48-36-5
Last meeting: Notre Dame won, 31-16 (2021)

USC football 2021 scores

Week 1, Sept. 4
San Jose State at No. 15 USC
Final score: USC 30, San Jose State 7

Week 2, Sept. 11
Stanford at No. 14 USC
Final score: Stanford 42, USC 28

Week 3, Sept. 18
USC at Washington State
Final score: USC 45, Washington State 14

Week 4, Sept. 25
Oregon State at USC
Final score: Oregon State 45, USC 27

Week 5, Oct. 2
USC at Colorado
Final score: USC 37, Colorado 14

Week 6, Oct. 9
Utah at USC
Final score: Utah 42, USC 26

Week 7, Oct. 16
Idle

Week 8, Oct. 23
USC at No. 13 Notre Dame
Final score: Notre Dame 31, USC 16

Week 9, Oct. 30
Arizona at USC
Final score: USC 41, Arizona 34

Week 10, Nov. 6
USC at Arizona State
Final score: Arizona State 31, USC 16

Week 11, Nov. 13
USC at Cal (Postponed)

Week 12, Nov. 20
UCLA at USC
Final score: UCLA 62, USC 33

Week 13, Nov. 27
No. 13 BYU at USC
Final score: BYU 35, USC 31

Week 14, Dec. 4
USC at Cal (Re-scheduled)
Final score: Cal 24, USC 14

College Football Playoff 2022-23 Schedule

Dec. 31, 2022 Fiesta Bowl

Dec. 31, 2022 Peach Bowl

Jan. 9, 2023 National Championship

This is the ninth year that college football has a playoff system, which replaced the former Bowl Championship Series (BCS) ahead of the 2014 season.

Ohio State won the first championship under the current system. Alabama (2015, ’17, ’20) and Clemson (2016 and ’18) are the only programs to win multiple titles in the playoff era.

Here's a rundown of every College Football Playoff to date.

2014

Rose Bowl — No. 2 Oregon 59, No. 3 Florida State 20

Sugar Bowl — No. 4 Ohio State 42, No. 1 Alabama 35

CFP National Championship — No. 4 Ohio State 42, No. 2 Oregon 20

2015

Orange Bowl — No. 1 Clemson 37, No. 4 Oklahoma 17

Cotton Bowl — No. 2 Alabama 38, No. 3 Michigan State 0

CFP National Championship — No. 2 Alabama 45, No. 1 Clemson 40

2016

Fiesta Bowl — No. 2 Clemson 31, No. 3 Ohio State 0

Peach Bowl — No. 1 Alabama 24, No. 4 Washington 7

CFP National Championship — No. 2 Clemson 35, No. 1 Alabama 31

2017

Rose Bowl — No. 3 Georgia 54, No. 2 Oklahoma 48 ( 2 OT)

Sugar Bowl — No. 4 Alabama 24, No. 1 Clemson 6

CFP National Championship — No. 4 Alabama 26, No. 3 Georgia (OT)

2018

Orange Bowl — No. 1 Alabama 45, No. 4 Oklahoma 34

Cotton Bowl — No. 2 Clemson 30, No. 3 Notre Dame 3

CFP National Championship — No. 2 Clemson 44, No. 1 Alabama 16

2019

Peach Bowl — No. 1 LSU 63, No. 4 Oklahoma 28

Fiesta Bowl — No. 3 Clemson 29, No. 2 Ohio State 23

CFP National Championship — No. 1 LSU 42, No. 3 Clemson 25

2020

Rose Bowl — No. 1 Alabama 31, No. 4 Notre Dame 14

Sugar Bowl — No. 3 Ohio State 49, No. 2 Clemson 28

CFP National Championship — No. 1 Alabama 52, No. 3 Ohio State 24

2021

Cotton Bowl — No. 1 Alabama 27, No. 4 Cincinnati 6

Orange Bowl — No. 3 Georgia 34, No. 2 Michigan 11

CFP National Championship — No. 3 Georgia 33, No. 1 Alabama 18

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