Our side
MoneylineUSC to win
ours 40%
Projected score
29–23
USC – UCLA
2026-11-28 · kickoff TBD
Rose Bowl · Pasadena, CA
B1G game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
USC lead
54–34–7
· 95 meetings since 1929
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge USC Trojans
201 ranks
USC Trojans #50 rush offense
UCLA Bruins #251 run defense
Pass game
edge USC Trojans
215 ranks
USC Trojans #9 pass offense
UCLA Bruins #224 pass defense
Run game
edge UCLA Bruins
86 ranks
UCLA Bruins #71 rush offense
USC Trojans #157 run defense
Pass game
edge USC Trojans
160 ranks
UCLA Bruins #245 pass offense
USC Trojans #85 pass defense
USC Trojans
Balanced · 52% run
Ball-control
UCLA Bruins
Balanced · 50% run
Ball-control
Dual-threat QB · 46 rush ypg
Lincoln Riley · 90-28 · offense-minded
Tim Skipper · 9-13
Ranked by team-unit strength
(rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265
D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the
2025 season.
The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above
Who carried each team in 2025
USC Trojans
WR
Trent Mosley
13 rec · 255 yds · 4 TD
#13 WR
QB
Jayden Maiava
896 pass yds · 10 TD · 1 INT
#7 QB
TE
Mark Bowman
12 rec · 128 yds · 2 TD
#10 TE
P
Lachlan Carrigan
3 punts · 46.7 yd avg
#8 P
UCLA Bruins
RB
Wayne Knight
168 rush yds · 6 TD · 2 rec
#7 RB
DB
Ta'Shawn James
13 tkl · 1 PD · 2 INT
#16 DB
LB
Sammy Omosigho
19 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 4.0 TFL
#26 LB
LB
Jalen Woods
20 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL
#31 LB
Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their
position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no
2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for
these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.
Power breakdown
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
USC offense vs UCLA defense+6.4 pts
UCLA offense vs USC defense+0.2 pts
An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have
played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.