Week 2 · 2026 · weekly brief

USC

3–0 overallBig TenTeam page →

OPEN

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What we can verify is that we ingested the provider faithfully and that our own arithmetic agrees with itself. We cannot verify the field.

WITH CAVEATS
  • Integrity job ran recently710 checks, 330 minutes ago.
  • 7 invariants failing site-widemart.drive_scoring_matches_result, game.final_but_incomplete, team_season.no_ties, …. These are not yet scoped to a team, so we cannot say whether they touch this one.
  • Game is finalThe provider has marked it complete.
  • Box score complete65 team rows, 524 player rows, 20 drives, 168 plays.
  • Mart is currentRebuilt 2026-09-18 20:24Z.

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vs Louisiana

09/12/2026 11:00 PMLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum

W 4930

Season record

3–0

3 games played

Points for / against

130–56

Season to date

Point margin

+74

Season to date

Opponent context: Louisiana — 1–1, Sun Belt · Full matchup →

Team box score

Exactly as ingested — no derived column here.

Box score

1234T
UL3771330
USC72171449

General

TOPPLAYSYDSPEN-YDS1ST3RD4TH
UL26:46523586-60173-10 30.0%0-0
USC33:14714838-782511-15 73.3%1-1 100.0%

Passing

C/ATTYDSAVGTDINT
UL16-222129.610
USC20-312698.751

Rushing

CARYDSAVGTD
UL301464.93
USC402145.41

Turnovers

TOFUMLOSTINT
UL0100
USC101

Defense

TCKTFLQB HURSACKSPDINTINT YDSDEF TD
UL491001150
USC3630111

Returns

KRKR YDSAVGKR TDPRPR YDSAVGPR TD
UL2442201220
USC345150399331

Advanced metrics

⚠ Ingested from the provider, not computed here — anyone with a CFBD key has the same numbers.

Advanced statsULUSC
Overall
Plays5375
Drives1010
PPA per play0.310.39
Total PPA16.629.4
Success rate41.5%50.7%
Explosiveness1.581.30
Power success100.0%75.0%
Stuff rate20.0%17.1%
Line yards per rush2.543.38
Line yards76138
Second-level yards per rush1.031.34
Second-level yards3155
Open-field yards per rush1.600.93
Open-field yards4838
Standard downs
PPA per play0.300.16
Success rate48.4%53.8%
Explosiveness1.080.88
Passing downs
PPA per play0.340.92
Success rate31.8%43.5%
Explosiveness2.652.50
Rushing
PPA per rush0.250.18
Total PPA7.47.4
Success rate40.0%48.8%
Explosiveness1.250.88
Passing
PPA per dropback0.760.81
Total PPA16.625.0
Success rate45.5%58.1%
Explosiveness1.971.78

Every column is that team’s offense, which is also what the other team’s defense allowed — CFBD reports a defense as the opponent’s offense restated. Bold marks the better number in a row; a higher stuff rate is a worse offense, so it reads the other way.

What is not here yet

Stated so nobody publishes on the assumption that it is.

  • Written storylines. The generator is not built; this is the evidence it will be written from.
  • Per-team readiness. The checks above are site-wide until mart.product_readiness exists.
  • Coverage boundaries as data — so “first ever” claims are not supported at any confidence yet.