Who To Watch
California at USC (Thu 9:00pm ET ESPN)
Southern Cal QB Cody Kessler
(Photo: AP)
Still having Pac-12 nightmares, Irish fans? Well, we have one more clash with our arch rival coming up, and you’ll get to see how USC fares against a volatile offense and mostly nonexistent defense…of course I’m describing Cal. Depth across the field will be a challenge for the Trojans as the long season takes its toll, but their top line players are as talented as any ND has faced this year.
Strength-of-Schedule Rankings
Rank |
Team |
Record |
Weekly Change |
| 17 | North Carolina | 4-5 | -1 |
| 21 | Purdue | 3-7 | -6 |
| 26 | Southern Cal | 6-3 | +7 |
| 27 | Arizona State | 8-1 | -3 |
| 30 | Syracuse | 3-7 | +6 |
| 31 | Stanford | 5-4 | +10 |
| 34 | Northwestern | 3-6 | +9 |
| 36 | Notre Dame | 7-2 | -13 |
| 47 | Michigan | 5-5 | -3 |
| 51 | Florida State | 9-0 | +11 |
| 57 | Louisville | 7-3 | +3 |
| 83 | Navy | 4-5 | -7 |
| 144 | Rice | 6-3 | +9 |
Past Opponents
- Pittsburgh at North Carolina (Sat 12:30pm ET ESPN Gameplan)
- Rice at Marshall (Sat 2:30pm ET)
- Georgia Southern at Navy (Sat 3:30pm ET CBS Sports Network)
- Utah at Stanford (Sat 6:00pm ET Pac-12 Network)
- Florida State at Miami (Sat 8:00pm ET ABC)
- Arizona State at Oregon State (Sat 10:45pm ET ESPN)
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Utah/Stanford is potentially HUGE. That would be a pretty solid win that might shove Stanford back into the top 25 if we are lucky.