San Jose State vs USC Prediction: Best Odds, Betting Picks: College Football August 26th

San Jose State vs USC Prediction: Betting Preview and Analysis

The Goldsheet offers their expert betting predictions and picks for San Jose State vs USC Week 0 kicking off on August 26th at 7:00pm ET. What are they looking at from a betting perspective on various aspects of the San Jose State vs USC game? Get their college football betting analysis now on San Jose State vs USC.

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San Jose State vs USC Prediction: Info And Betting Odds

Saturday, August 26	College Football Betting Notes (Courtesy of Caesars)
Spread:	San Jose State Spartans +30 vs USC Trojans
Total:	67 (Over -110 / Under -110)
Game Time:	8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT
Arena:	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, CA
TV:	Pac 12 Network

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San Jose State vs USC Betting Analysis

These Golden State acquaintances have previously met five times, and not surprisingly, USC has won them all. The most recent meeting came in 2021 with the Trojans winning 30-3 as 13.5-point favorites.

That game easily stayed under the total of 61, but Lincoln Riley is bringing a much different offense to the table than the one Clay Helton was running two years ago.

The largest margin of victory in this series came back in 2009 as the Trojans won 56-3 when Pete Carroll was still at the helm in the LA Memorial Coliseum.

San Jose State vs USC Pick: San Jose State Football Preview

After winning the Mountain West Championship in 2020, San Jose State looked like it might be heading toward another very strong season in 2022.

The Spartans held their own at Jordan–Hare Stadium in an eight-point loss at Auburn before winning their first two conference games by a combined score of 73-23. Then tragedy struck.

Freshman running back Camdan McWright was killed in an accident, and the wheels came off the season in a hurry. San Jose State failed to cover the point spread in each of its final seven games.

Can Brent Brennan get things back on track this year? He should have the pieces on offense to do so. The Spartans have nine returning starters on offense, including QB Chevan Cordeiro.

The questions will come on the defensive side where the Spartans are light on returning production, particularly in the trenches. Going up against the returning Heisman Trophy winner in your opening game is a tough place to start.

San Jose State vs USC Prediction: USC Football Preview

Caleb Williams threw for over 4,500 yards with 42 touchdowns compared to just five interceptions last season.

Lincoln Riley has assembled a dream team on offense, but the Trojans will still have some questions to answer on defense. USC gave up 29.2 points and 424 yards per game last season.

The other unknown is how much the Trojans benefitted from turnover luck. USC led the country in turnover margin (+22) by a fairly wide margin.

San Jose State vs USC Week 0 Prediction

How much of that was Williams doing a great job of avoiding mistakes? How much of that was the defense aggressively hunting turnovers? And how much of that was simply luck? We’ll find out shortly.

On the offensive side, Coach Riley and Williams should be able to put up whatever number they’d like against the Spartans defense, but until we see some improvements from the Trojans’ defense, we’re fine with being casual observers in this aspect of the San Jose State vs USC picks.

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