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USC’s odds of winning championship fall despite victory, website says

Hayes Pullard and the USC Trojans won Saturday, but it didn't improve their odds of winning the national championship, according to a betting website.
Hayes Pullard and the USC Trojans won Saturday, but it didn’t improve their odds of winning the national championship, according to a betting website.
(Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press)
By Lindsey Thiry 

USC was better off after a bye week than after a victory.

At least that’s how oddsmakers see it.

After defeating Oregon State, 35-10, on Saturday, USC’s odds of winning the College Football Playoff narrowed to 33-1, according to the betting website Bovada.

USC was listed at 40-1 after losing to Boston College on Sept. 13. With an open date last week, the Trojans’ odds improved to 25-1.

USC plays Arizona State on Saturday at the Coliseum.

Arizona State was 100-1 to win the championship before a 62-27 defeat by UCLA. The Sun Devils are no longer on the board.

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UCLA is listed at 12-1 to win the College Football Playoff. Oregon is 8-1.

Questions about USC? Email me at LNThiry@gmail.com or tweet @LindseyThiry and I will answer questions in a weekly USC Now mailbag.

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Lindsey Thiry

Lindsey Thiry is a former general assignment multimedia sports reporter for the Los Angeles Times. She began working for The Times as a contributor to the digital sports report, with a focus on USC football, and left in 2018. Thiry has appeared on nationally televised sports broadcasts on Fox Sports 1. She grew up in Seattle and graduated from the University of Washington.

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