The No. 7 Stanford Cardinal (10-2) will travel to take on the No. 24 Southern California Trojans (8-4) this week in a huge matchup. The Pac-12’s leading receiver, JuJu Smith-Schuster (1,302 yards, 10 TDs), and the second-leading rusher, Christian McCaffrey (1,640 yards, 7 TDs), will be featured in this game. It starts at 7:45 p.m. ET on Saturday, Dec 5 and will be available on ESPN.
In last week’s matchup, USC defeated UCLA 40-21. JuJu Smith-Schuster had a quality performance in the victory, pulling in six receptions for 85 yards. Cody Kessler put up 175 yards and two TDs through the air. Stanford also won last week’s performance, just barely getting past Notre Dame 38-36. Devon Cajuste had a great game for the Cardinal, grabbing five receptions for 125 yards and one TD. Kevin Hogan had a great game as well, adding 269 yards and four TDs through the air.
Notes
Stanford is 8-0 SU when leading at the start of the 4th quarter this season. USC is 7-1 SU when leading after three quarters.
Remarkably, USC is winless (0-2 SU) in games where it wins the turnover battle, yet undefeated (5-0 SU) when losing the turnover battle.
Dating back to last season, USC is 12-6 SU against Pac-12 opponents, while Stanford is 13-5 SU against conference foes.
