From the booth

The model favored USC to win, and the call missed.

This one's a coin flip in the Coliseum, folks. Our model's got USC at 52 percent to win, but Vegas and the sharp money are actually leaning Oregon here, making this about as close as it gets. The Trojans do have a slight edge in offensive efficiency over their last five games, but Oregon's been the better team overall recently, which is why you're seeing the Ducks getting those three and a half points on the road. When the chalk and the algorithms nearly cancel each other out, you know we're in for a battle between two ranked Big Ten teams that have plenty to prove.