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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 25:00 PMAuburn*No. 18

ABCW 24–17 63,269[1] September 1412:30 PMat No. 18 Colorado*No. 17

ABCW 40–3 53,119[1] September 214:00 PMat No. 25 Kansas State*No. 11

TBSL 20–27 49,276[1] September 283:30 PMNo. 23 Oregon StateNo. 18

  • Los Angeles Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA

FSNW 22–0 56,417[1] October 54:00 PMat No. 18 Washington StateNo. 20

TBSL 27–30 36,861[1] October 123:30 PMCaliforniaNo. 20

  • Los Angeles Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA

FSNW 30–28 63,113[1] October 1912:30 PMNo. 22 WashingtonNo. 19

  • Los Angeles Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA

ABCW 41–21 52,961[1] October 2612:30 PMat No. 14 OregonNo. 15

ABCW 44–33 56,754[1] November 95:00 PMat StanfordNo. 10

ABCW 49–17 44,950[1] November 164:00 PMArizona StatedaggerNo. 8

  • Los Angeles Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA

TBSW 34–13 73,923[1] November 2312:30 PMat No. 25 UCLANo. 7

ABCW 52–21 91,084[1] November 305:00 PMNo. 7 Notre Dame*No. 6

  • Los Angeles Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA

ABCW 44–13 91,432[1] January 25:00 PMvs. No. 3 Iowa*No. 5

ABCW 38–17 75,971[1]

Template:CFB Schedule End

2002 Team Players in the NFL

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Cumulative Season Statistics". University of Southern California.
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