USC at UCLA

This annual rivalry game finds only USC with a shot at a Bowl Game as UCLA has been awful under coach Chip Kelly. After a rough September schedule, Southern California has won five of eight. USC has the far better defense, ranked #48 in yards allowed. The Trojans are 8-3 ATS against losing teams and a strong bounce-back squad at 15-7 ATS when following a straight-up loss. UCLA's defense is terrible, ranked #102 in yards allowed, #100 in points (33.3 per game), while the offense is #95 in total yards, and #117 in points (21.6 pg). UCLA is on an 8-17 spread run, including 5-17 ATS after allowing more than 450 total yards in their previous game. UCLA has won just four of the last 19 meetings in the series with USC and the Trojans have won two-thirds of the time against unranked UCLA teams, including when USC itself was unranked. Back the Men of Troy to cover against the struggling Bruins. Play Southern California.