The Trojans will do battle with the visiting Syracuse Orange on Saturday, looking to bolster their record and fatten the pocketbooks of bettors who back them.

They battle the Orange, currently with a 2-0 mark (1-1 ATS). The over under records, important for totals bettors, are 0-2 for the Trojans and 1-1 for the Orange.



View Syracuse vs Southern Cal Odds and Stats.

Betting Line: If you're going with the Trojans in this one, they're listed as 14.5-point favorites on the betting line for the contest. Totals bettors have seen that number set at 999 for Monday.

Power Rankings / Prediction: It's a betting matchup between the No. 72-rated Trojans and the No. 82-ranked Orange, according to the NCAAF Power Rankings here at Odds Shark. Predictive-scoring models run on this game indicate a potential 29-27 result in favor of the Orange.



How They Match Up:
The game also pits Southern Cal's #91-ranked offense, averaging 21 PPG, against a Orange defense that ranks #54 this week at 21.5 PPG. The Trojans aerial game is averaging 284 yards per game, more than the Orange secondary allows through the air, 240 YPG per game.



Syracuse was a 21-14 Sportsbook in their most recent outing at home against Rhode Island. They failed to cover the 26–point spread as favorites, while the total score (35) made Sportsbooks of UNDER bettors.

In their last action, Southern Cal was a 17-14 Sportsbook at home against Utah. They failed to cover the 7.5–point spread as favorites, while the combined score (31) was profitable news for UNDER bettors.


Syracuse Orange Trends:
When playing in September are 7-3
When playing on grass are 3-7
After outgaining opponent are 4-6
When playing outside the conference are 8-2

Southern Cal Trojans Trends:
When playing in September are 9-1
When playing on grass are 6-4
After outgaining opponent are 7-3
When playing outside the conference are 9-1

A few Orange at Trojans trends to consider:
Syracuse is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Syracuse's last 6 games on the road
Syracuse is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Syracuse's last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Southern Cal's last 5 games
Southern Cal is 20-5 SU in its last 25 games at home
Southern Cal is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
Southern Cal is 8-15 ATS in its last 23 games


Next up:
Syracuse home to Toledo, Saturday, September 24
Southern Cal at Arizona State, Saturday, September 24