Aug. 30

 non

at Virginia

 3rd

ABC, ESPN2

 W 52-7

- Attendance: 64,947

- Mark Sanchez debuts as USC's starting QB. 26-35, 338 yards, 3TDs, 1 Int. He launched a short-, a middle-, and a long-ranged missile for touchdowns.

Sep. 13

 5th

Ohio State

 1st

ABC

 W 35-3

- Attendance: sellout 93,607

- First meet for both teams since September 29, 1990

- Sanchez, 4 TDs, Int.

Sep. 25

 non

at Oregon State

 1st

ESPN

 L 21-27

- Attendance: 42,839

- Sanchez 19-29, 227 yds, 3TDs, Int.

Oct. 04

 23rd

Oregon

 9th

ABC

 W 44-10

- Attendance: sellout 82,765

- Sanchez, 19-28, 332 yrds., 3TDs(including a 63-yard ICBM)

Oct. 11

 non

Arizona State

 8th

ABC

 W 28-0

- Attendance: sellout 84,956

Oct. 18

 non

at Washington St.

 6th

FSN

 W 69-0

- Attendance: 25,118

- 400th all-time Pac-10 victory

- largest shutout win and largest margin of victory since 1931.(ESPN)

- Sanchez: 5 TDs (all in 1st half)

- back-to-back shutouts since 1971(ESPN)

Oct. 25

 non

at Arizona

 6th

FSN

 W 17-10

- Attendance: 57,427

- USC's 17 points, its lowest total of the season and lowest output in a win under Pete Carroll.(ESPN)

Nov. 01

 non

Washington

 7th

FSN

 W 56-0

- Homecoming Day

- Attendance: sellout 80,216

- USC hasn't had three shutouts in a season since 1982, and not since 1965 have the Trojans shut out three Pac-10 opponents.(ESPN)

Nov. 08

 21st

California

 7th

ABC

 W 17-3

- Attendance: sellout 88,523

- For the sixth time this season, the Trojans held the opposition to under 10 points, the most games in single-digits for USC opponents since 1976.(ESPN)

Nov. 15

 non

at Stanford

 6th

Versus

 W 45-23

- Attendance: sellout 50,425

- Carroll's November record at USC : 26-0.(ESPN)

- USC defense in its off day : The defense allowed 6.7 points a game in the previous games. Also, total yards a game, 206.4 to 367.(ESPN)

Nov. 29

 non

Notre Dame

 5th

ABC, ESPN

 W 38-3

- Attendance: sellout 90,689

- USC's 7th consecutive victory in the rivalry series

- USC defense allowed only 91 total- yards.

- Average home attendance of the season: 86,793

Dec. 06

 non

at UCLA

 5th

ABC

 W 28-7

- Attendance: 87,790

- The Trojans defense gave up a total of 93 points in 12 regular-season games. The 7.8 points per game average is the lowest since 1988 Auburn 7.2. (ESPN)

- USC will become just the third team to appear in four straight Rose Bowls. (ESPN)

Jan. 01

 6th

 Penn State

 5th

ABC

 W, 38-24

- Rose Bowl Game(95th)

- USC's 33rd appearance in the Game

- Second meet each other in Rose Bowl Game history. First was in 1923.

- Attendance: sellout 93,293

- Mark Sanchez: 28-35, 413yrds, 4TDs, no INT, 1 rushing TD.

- USC's third consecutive Rose Bowl victory, a Rose Bowl record. (AP)

- USC, the 3rd in the final AP ranking