THIRD AND DATA

Week 8 · 2025

#20 USC at #13 Notre Dame

Notre Dame–USC rivalry · Jeweled Shillelagh, held by Notre DameSat 10/18/2025 07:30 PMNotre Dame StadiumNotre Dame pregame78% — Pregame win probability: 78% for Notre Dame. Notre Dame favored, and won.

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#20 USC

24

9–4

#13 Notre Dame

34

10–2

Attendance

77,622

reported

Each room is drawn against the one it plays: the away offensive line beside the home defensive front, and back again. Quarterbacks, kickers and punters have no opposing room and face their own. Players are ordered exactly as they are on a team's roster tab — by position, then by who has played this season, then production, then recruiting stars, then seasons on a roster — so an offensive line, for which no production is published, runs on stars and then experience. A player who has appeared this season shows that season's totals; everyone else shows career totals through 2025, marked career, at every school he has played for. Long snappers and returners are not drawn.

USCQuarterbacks2 blue chips5
  • 33-star recruitQB14Jayden Maiava6'4"·2304yr
    3,711 Pass yds24 TD10 Int65.8 Cmp%157 Rush yds
  • 55-star recruitQB8Husan Longstreet6'1"·1951yr
    103 Pass yds1 TD0 Int86.7 Cmp%76 Rush yds
  • 55-star recruitQB7Sam Huard ← Utah6'1"·2055yr
    10 Pass yds0 TD0 Int100.0 Cmp%
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB12Gage Roy6'2"·2104yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB26Dylan Gebbia6'0"·1853yr
NDQuarterbacks3 blue chips4
  • 44-star recruitQB13CJ Carr6'2"·2152yr
    2,741 Pass yds24 TD6 Int66.6 Cmp%33 Rush yds
  • 44-star recruitQB3Kenny Minchey6'2"·2113yr
    196 Pass yds0 TD0 Int76.9 Cmp%84 Rush yds
  • 44-star recruitQB12Blake Hebert6'2"·2161yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB5Anthony Rezac6'3"·2052yr
USCOffensive line4 blue chips20
NDDefensive line9 blue chips21
  • 44-star recruitDE41Junior Tuihalamaka6'2"·2554yr
    12 Tackles3.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDL5Boubacar Traore6'5"·2533yr
    37 Tackles10.0 TFL6.5 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL47Jason Onye6'5"·2954yr
    26 Tackles1.5 TFL1.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL56Elijah Hughes ← USC6'3"·2953yr
    21 Tackles3.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDL12Jordan Botelho6'3"·2606yr
    20 Tackles1.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDL95Bryce Young6'6"·2602yr
    20 Tackles2.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL93Jared Dawson ← Louisville6'1"·2886yr
    20 Tackles3.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDL8Josh Burnham6'4"·2604yr
    16 Tackles6.0 TFL3.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDL97Gabriel Rubio6'5"·3225yr
    13 Tackles0.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL41Donovan Hinish6'2"·2774yr
    12 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL88Armel Mukam6'3"·3003yr
    5 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL42Cole Mullins6'4"·2802yr
    4 Tackles0.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL90Kobi Onyiuke6'4"·2613yr
    3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDL10Loghan Thomas6'3"·2212yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDL6Christopher Burgess Jr.6'4"·2951yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL59Sean Sevillano Jr.6'2"·3132yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL91Gordy Sulfsted6'5"·2801yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDL17Brenan Vernon6'6"·2933yr
    career 2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL60Davion Dixon6'2"·3161yr
  • 33-star recruitDL40Dominik Hulak6'3"·2601yr
  • 33-star recruitDL94Joe Reiff6'5"·2641yr
USCDefensive line8 blue chips16
  • 44-star recruitDE6Anthony Lucas6'5"·2854yr
    37 Tackles3.5 TFL3.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDE1Kameryn Crawford6'5"·2552yr
    37 Tackles10.5 TFL5.5 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDE10Braylan Shelby6'5"·2603yr
    27 Tackles6.0 TFL4.5 Sacks1 Int
  • 33-star recruitDE95Jadyn Ramos6'4"·2501yr
    3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDE39Garrett Pomerantz6'2"·2254yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks1 Int
  • 33-star recruitDL1Devan Thompkins6'5"·3004yr
    30 Tackles6.5 TFL3.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDL91Carlon Jones6'2"·3272yr
    3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL40Gus Cordova6'4"·2701yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDT97Jide Abasiri6'5"·2802yr
    26 Tackles4.0 TFL3.5 Sacks
  • 55-star recruitDT9Keeshawn Silver ← Kentucky6'4"·3305yr
    19 Tackles2.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDT4Jahkeem Stewart6'5"·2951yr
    18 Tackles7.5 TFL1.5 Sacks1 Int
  • 33-star recruitDT88Floyd Boucard6'3"·3151yr
    9 Tackles2.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDT99Jamaal Jarrett ← Georgia6'5"·3603yr
    3 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks1 Int
  • 33-star recruitDT94Kobe Pepe6'2"·3406yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDT89Brendan Cho6'3"·3001yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDT58Kash Amos6'2"·2901yr
NDOffensive line14 blue chips18
USCBacks & tight ends4 blue chips14
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB8King Miller6'0"·2251yr
    156 Car972 Rush yds8 TD6.2 Rush avg
    16 Rec111 Rec yds6.9 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB2Waymond Jordan5'10"·2101yr
    88 Car576 Rush yds5 TD6.5 Rush avg
    7 Rec55 Rec yds7.9 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB1Eli Sanders ← New Mexico5'10"·2005yr
    44 Car258 Rush yds2 TD5.9 Rush avg
    8 Rec126 Rec yds15.8 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB21Bryan Jackson II6'2"·2382yr
    36 Car123 Rush yds4 TD3.4 Rush avg
    2 Rec17 Rec yds8.5 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitRB25Harry Dalton III5'10"·2041yr
    8 Car44 Rush yds0 TD5.5 Rush avg
  • 33-star recruitRB27Riley Wormley5'9"·1901yr
    5 Car18 Rush yds0 TD3.6 Rush avg
    2 Rec26 Rec yds13.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB41Cian McKelvey5'9"·1851yr
    1 Car4 Rush yds0 TD4.0 Rush avg
  • 33-star recruitTE87Lake McRee6'4"·2505yr
    30 Rec450 Rec yds4 TD15.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitTE7Walker Lyons6'4"·2452yr
    20 Rec223 Rec yds2 TD11.2 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE24Carson Tabaracci6'1"·2304yr
    3 Rec32 Rec yds1 TD10.7 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE88Taniela Tupou6'3"·2551yr
    2 Rec26 Rec yds0 TD13.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitTE23Walter Matthews6'6"·3052yr
  • 44-star recruitTE4Joey Olsen6'5"·2462yr
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedTE83Fisher Melton6'4"·2451yr
NDLinebackers6 blue chips12
  • 44-star recruitLB34Drayk Bowen6'2"·2343yr
    67 Tackles4.5 TFL3.5 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB4Jaiden Ausberry6'1"·2263yr
    51 Tackles4.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB27Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa6'3"·2342yr
    48 Tackles7.5 TFL3.0 Sacks1 Int
  • 55-star recruitLB3Jaylen Sneed6'1"·2274yr
    35 Tackles5.0 TFL3.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB19Madden Faraimo6'2"·2351yr
    16 Tackles3.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB43Kahanu Kia6'2"·2283yr
    9 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB35Teddy Rezac6'3"·2262yr
    4 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB36Bodie Kahoun6'2"·2252yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB16Ko'o Kia6'2"·2251yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB38Tommy Powlus6'1"·2152yr
    career 1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB39Anthony Sacca6'3"·2421yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB46Jerry Rullo6'1"·2333yr
USCLinebackers4 blue chips10
  • 44-star recruitLB8Desman Stephens II6'3"·2502yr
    86 Tackles3.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB18Eric Gentry6'6"·2255yr
    71 Tackles7.0 TFL3.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB15Jadyn Walker6'2"·2402yr
    33 Tackles4.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB14Ta'Mere Robinson ← Penn State6'3"·2403yr
    10 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB26Elijah Newby6'3"·2352yr
    7 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB57Roman Marchetti6'2"·2254yr
    6 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB15Garrison Madden6'3"·2354yr
    4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB2Anthony Beavers6'2"·2375yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB9AJ Tuitele6'2"·2201yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB51Ryan Quintanar5'10"·2203yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
NDBacks & tight ends11 blue chips17
  • 44-star recruitRB4Jeremiyah Love6'0"·2143yr
    199 Car1,372 Rush yds18 TD6.9 Rush avg
    27 Rec280 Rec yds10.4 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitRB24Jadarian Price5'11"·2094yr
    113 Car674 Rush yds11 TD6.0 Rush avg
    6 Rec87 Rec yds14.5 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitRB22Aneyas Williams5'10"·2102yr
    24 Car224 Rush yds5 TD9.3 Rush avg
    2 Rec40 Rec yds20.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitRB6Gi'Bran Payne5'10"·2084yr
    9 Car53 Rush yds0 TD5.9 Rush avg
  • 44-star recruitRB2Nolan James Jr.5'10"·2151yr
    14 Car37 Rush yds0 TD2.6 Rush avg
  • 44-star recruitRB21Kedren Young5'11"·2342yr
    career 21 Car116 Rush yds1 TD5.5 Rush avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB26Jake Tafelski6'0"·2035yr
    career 8 Car23 Rush yds1 TD2.9 Rush avg
    7 Rec56 Rec yds8.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB25Dylan Devezin6'2"·2163yr
  • 44-star recruitTE9Eli Raridon6'7"·2514yr
    32 Rec482 Rec yds0 TD15.1 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE7Ty Washington ← Arkansas6'4"·2534yr
    5 Rec34 Rec yds1 TD6.8 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE85Jack Larsen6'3"·2502yr
    3 Rec30 Rec yds0 TD10.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE9Preston Zinter6'1"·2543yr
  • 44-star recruitTE87Cooper Flanagan6'6"·2553yr
    career 5 Rec74 Rec yds3 TD14.8 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitTE84Kevin Bauman6'5"·2536yr
    career 6 Rec67 Rec yds1 TD11.2 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitTE32Justin Fisher6'3"·2334yr
    career 1 Rec16 Rec yds0 TD16.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitTE88James Flanigan6'6"·2531yr
  • 33-star recruitTE42Henry Garrity6'4"·2303yr
USCReceivers6 blue chips19
  • 44-star recruitWR6Makai Lemon5'11"·1953yr
    79 Rec1,156 Rec yds11 TD14.6 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR8Ja'Kobi Lane6'4"·2003yr
    49 Rec745 Rec yds4 TD15.2 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR16Tanook Hines6'0"·1901yr
    34 Rec561 Rec yds2 TD16.5 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR15Jaden Richardson6'1"·2052yr
    12 Rec148 Rec yds1 TD12.3 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR0Zacharyus Williams ← Utah6'2"·2002yr
    3 Rec80 Rec yds0 TD26.7 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR4DJ Jordan6'0"·1902yr
    4 Rec35 Rec yds0 TD8.8 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR17Prince Strachan ← Boise State6'5"·2153yr
    1 Rec25 Rec yds0 TD25.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR10Corey Simms6'3"·2051yr
    1 Rec6 Rec yds0 TD6.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR19DJ Jordan6'0"·1751yr
    1 Rec3 Rec yds0 TD3.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR9Jay Fair5'10"·1904yr
    1 Rec0 Rec yds0 TD0.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR44Josiah Zamora5'8"·1855yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR86Asante Das5'11"·2003yr
    career 6 Rec64 Rec yds1 TD10.7 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR18Romero Ison6'0"·1851yr
  • 33-star recruitWR81Cameron Sermons5'10"·1601yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR46Corey Nerhus5'9"·1953yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR82Collin Fasse5'10"·1852yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR83Donovan Wood6'0"·2102yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR31Seth Zamora5'9"·1752yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR90Brady Jung6'0"·1701yr
NDDefensive backs9 blue chips21
USCDefensive backs11 blue chips22
NDReceivers6 blue chips15
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR6Jordan Faison5'11"·1853yr
    49 Rec640 Rec yds4 TD13.1 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR0Malachi Fields ← Virginia6'4"·2235yr
    36 Rec630 Rec yds5 TD17.5 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR2Will Pauling ← Wisconsin5'10"·1905yr
    26 Rec381 Rec yds6 TD14.7 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR8KK Smith6'0"·1803yr
    8 Rec123 Rec yds2 TD15.4 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR14Micah Gilbert6'2"·2052yr
    9 Rec93 Rec yds1 TD10.3 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR1Jaden Greathouse6'1"·2123yr
    4 Rec73 Rec yds0 TD18.3 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR33Matt Jeffery5'11"·1952yr
    1 Rec37 Rec yds0 TD37.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR17Elijah Burress6'1"·1901yr
    3 Rec21 Rec yds0 TD7.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR87Leo Scheidler6'1"·1954yr
    2 Rec12 Rec yds0 TD6.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR5Cam Williams6'2"·2012yr
    1 Rec6 Rec yds0 TD6.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR8Jerome Bettis Jr.6'2"·2071yr
    1 Rec6 Rec yds0 TD6.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR10Tyler Buchner6'1"·2155yr
  • 44-star recruitWR19Logan Saldate5'11"·1852yr
    1 Rec2 Rec yds0 TD2.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR6Alex Whitman6'2"·1953yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR31Xavier Southall6'0"·1802yr
USCKickersNo blue chips1
  • 33-star recruitPK45Caden Chittenden ← UNLV5'10"·1902yr
    career 26 FG33 FGA52 Long133 Pts
NDKickersNo blue chips2
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedPK98Noah Burnette ← North Carolina5'10"·1796yr
    5 FG6 FGA48 Long36 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK49Marcello Diomede6'1"·1973yr
    0 FG0 FGA0 Long2 Pts
USCPuntersNo blue chips4
  • —No recruiting profile foundP80Sam Johnson6'3"·2255yr
    23 Punts42.0 Avg9 In 20
  • —No recruiting profile foundP48Ryon Sayeri5'11"·1852yr
    20 FG24 FGA54 Long103 Pts
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedP93William Weisberg6'3"·1901yr
    0 FG0 FGA0 Long2 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundP36Rey Sanchez6'2"·2252yr
NDPuntersNo blue chips2
  • 33-star recruitP18Erik Schmidt6'2"·2111yr
    0 FG3 FGA0 Long40 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundP16James Rendell6'6"·2232yr
    25 Punts44.6 Avg13 In 20

Previous 10 meetings vs. USC

Notre Dame 7–3 vs USC

  • 2024 · wk 14Notre Dame 49 @ USC 35
  • 2023 · wk 7USC 20 @ Notre Dame 48
  • 2022 · wk 13Notre Dame 27 @ USC 38
  • 2021 · wk 8USC 16 @ Notre Dame 31
  • 2019 · wk 7USC 27 @ Notre Dame 30
  • 2018 · wk 13Notre Dame 24 @ USC 17
  • 2017 · wk 8USC 14 @ Notre Dame 49
  • 2016 · wk 13Notre Dame 27 @ USC 45
  • 2015 · wk 7USC 31 @ Notre Dame 41
  • 2014 · wk 14Notre Dame 14 @ USC 49

Previous 4 meetings vs. Marcus Freeman

USC 1–3 vs Marcus Freeman

  • 2024 · wk 14Notre Dame 49 @ USC 35
  • 2023 · wk 7USC 20 @ Notre Dame 48
  • 2022 · wk 13Notre Dame 27 @ USC 38
  • 2021 · wk 8 (coaching change that season)USC 16 @ Notre Dame 31

† That school changed coaches during the season and the loader cannot say which games he took.

Previous 3 meetings vs. Lincoln Riley

Notre Dame 2–1 vs Lincoln Riley

  • 2024 · wk 14Notre Dame 49 @ USC 35
  • 2023 · wk 7USC 20 @ Notre Dame 48
  • 2022 · wk 13Notre Dame 27 @ USC 38

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