usc team most first downs in a game regular season and playoffs

The USC Trojans had their most first downs in a game against Washington State on October 29, 2005, with 40 first downs.

	TEAM	1DWN	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	PASS 1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	TD	OFF	OPP OFF	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	USC	40	10/29/2005	USC	vs	WSU	W 55-13	17	21	17	7	745	284
2	USC	39	8/30/2014	USC	vs	FRES	W 52-13	18	20	1	7	701	317	64.7	60.0
3	USC	39	10/8/2005	USC	vs	ARIZ	W 42-21	18	20	18	6	724	245
4	USC	35	10/30/2021	USC	vs	ARIZ	W 41-34	19	10	6	5	547	466	50.0	100.0
5	USC	35	9/12/2015	USC	vs	IDHO	W 59-9	22	13	0	8	737	311	16.7	100.0
6	USC	35	11/29/2014	USC	vs	ND	W 49-14	18	15	2	7	577	349	72.2	66.7
7	USC	35	12/3/2005	USC	vs	UCLA	W 66-19	14	21	14	9	679	275
8	USC	34	11/23/2019	USC	vs	UCLA	W 52-35	22	9	3	7	643	540	40.0
9	USC	33	1/2/2017	USC	@	PSU	W 52-49	23	6	4	6	575	465	53.3
10	USC	32	9/25/2021	USC	vs	ORST	L 27-45	14	9	9	3	431	535	53.8
11	USC	32	9/17/2005	USC	vs	ARK	W 70-17	19	10	19	10	736	326
12	USC	32	9/11/2004	USC	vs	CSU	W 49-0	13	17	13	7	553	281
13	USC	32	11/15/2003	USC	@	ARIZ	W 45-0	18	12	18	6	587	195
14	USC	31	11/2/2019	USC	vs	ORE	L 24-56	16	6	9	3	355	405	56.3	0.0
15	USC	31	11/19/2016	USC	@	UCLA	W 36-14	14	16	1	4	527	266	57.1	100.0
16	USC	31	10/27/2016	USC	vs	CAL	W 45-24	13	17	1	6	629	475	60.0	100.0
17	USC	31	10/4/2014	USC	vs	ASU	L 34-38	13	15	3	4	493	541	47.8	66.7
18	USC	31	9/24/2005	USC	@	ORE	W 45-13	17	13	17	6	593	262
19	USC	31	11/30/2002	USC	vs	ND	W 44-13	20	8	20	5	610	109
20	USC	31	10/26/2002	USC	@	ORE	W 44-33	20	9	20	6	608	412
21	USC	30	11/19/2022	USC	@	UCLA	W 48-45	18	11	1	6	649	513	40.0	0.0
22	USC	30	10/25/2019	USC	@	COLO	W 35-31	19	8	3	5	518	520	50.0
23	USC	30	11/4/2017	USC	vs	ARIZ	W 49-35	15	14	1	7	642	380	41.7	50.0
24	USC	30	10/14/2017	USC	vs	UTAH	W 28-27	19	10	1	4	532	436	50.0	50.0
25	USC	30	9/10/2016	USC	vs	USU	W 45-7	12	15	3	6	422	253	53.8	100.0

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Team Leaders

PASS

3,711

Maiava

RUSH

972

Miller

REC

1,156

Lemon

Team Rankings

PPG

36.5

14th

OPP PPG

22.4

52nd

RUSH YDS/G

174.3

56th

PASS YDS/G

297.3

13th

2025 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	Oregon	8-1	13-2
4	Michigan	7-2	9-4
5	USC	7-2	9-4
6	Iowa	6-3	9-4
7	Illinois	5-4	9-4

Last Game

USC

0 - 1

Final

TCU

1 - 0

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CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,661

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,276

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.9

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167