The bad news is that USC has literally beaten nobody in terms of a quality team. Even the Nebraska game, which seemed huge at the time, adds nothing. And our one loss is to a still terrible Stanford team.

The good news is USC plays highly ranked BCS teams Oregon, Cal, and ASU and could close the gap if it can run the table.

Not likely? Time will tell!

The SOS is going to change REAL quick.

After the Stanford loss I was looking ahead to the games with Oregon, Cal and ASU and thinking what most Trojan faithful were thinking. Crap! These are scary games coming up considering how we are playing.

Now that Cal choked to Oregon State and may be without their starting QB Nate Longshore for most of the season, that game seems to be looking better for SC.

Oregon lost some key players to their offense and if SC can go get a great road win against the Domers this week, momentum and health may help SC get past the Ducks.

The Oregon State game is at home so we should dispose of them which leads to Thanksgiving day with ASU.
I hope the Devils are undefeated by that time! Extra incentive for the Trojan D to make a huge statement nationally leading to our annual showdown with the powder blue pansies from across town!
FIGHT ON TROJANS! From this point on you control your own destiny!

That old strength of schedule formula does not take into consideration home vs. away games, and strength of opponent's schedule. So a home victory by LSU against a 1-loss Division 1-AA team would count as much as a victory on the road against a 1-loss Oregon team.

USCHusbandUCLAWife --
The old BCS formula did not count victories over 1-AA (now FCS) teams. However, if you lost to one of those teams (as Michigan did this year) that loss would be counted against you in the SOS system. Also the formula did take into consideration the strength of the opponents' schedule. The SOS was calculated by taking the record of all of your opponents (x2) and adding the record of all of your opponents' opponents (x1) and then dividing the result by 3. In other words it was based 2/3 on your opponents' record and 1/3 on your opponents' opponents record.
(You are correct, however, when you point out that there was no adjustment for home versus away games.)

Maineiac13, thanks for the correction.