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Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 4
2002 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 10 Washington State $+   7 1     10 3  
No. 4 USC  %+   7 1     11 2  
Arizona State   5 3     8 6  
UCLA   4 4     8 5  
Oregon State   4 4     8 5  
California   4 4     7 5  
Washington   4 4     7 6  
Oregon   3 5     7 6  
Arizona   1 7     4 8  
Stanford   1 7     2 9  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 2002-2003 NCAA Division I-A college football season.

USC ended the regular season ranked #5 in both the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll. Trojans quarterback Carson Palmer won the 2002 Heisman Trophy as the best college football player in America. During the bowl games, USC had a convincing 38–17 win over #3 Iowa in the Orange Bowl. USC became #4 in the final AP Poll and Coaches' Poll.

Recruiting

USC was ranked highly (#12 by Scout, #13 by Rivals) for getting Darnell Bing, Manuel Wright, Winston Justice, Fred Matua, Tom Malone, Jason Mitchell, Hershel Dennis, Kyle Williams, Dominique Byrd, Dallas Sartz, Justin Wyatt, Chris McFoy, Mike Williams, LaJuan Ramsey, Oscar Lua and Brandon Hancock among others.

Schedule

The Trojans finished the season with a 11–2 record, 7–1 in the Pac-10.[1]

September 2Auburn*No. 18

W 24–17 September 14at No. 18 Colorado*No. 17

W 40–3 September 21at No. 25 Kansas State*No. 11

L 20–27 September 28No. 23 Oregon StateNo. 18

  • Los Angeles Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA

W 22–0 October 5at No. 18 Washington StateNo. 20

L 27–30 October 12CaliforniaNo. 20

  • Los Angeles Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA

W 30–28 October 19No. 22 WashingtonNo. 19

  • Los Angeles Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA

W 41–21 October 26at No. 14 OregonNo. 15

W 44–33 November 9at StanfordNo. 10

W 49–17 November 16Arizona StatedaggerNo. 8

  • Los Angeles Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA

W 34–13 November 23at No. 25 UCLANo. 7

W 52–21 November 30No. 7 Notre Dame*No. 6

  • Los Angeles Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA

W 44–13 January 2vs. No. 3 Iowa*No. 5

W 38–17

Template:CFB Schedule End

2002 Team Players in the NFL

References