The Trojans will have the best player on the field in quarterback Caleb Williams.
In any evaluation of the three teams, the underlying question is this:
If the committee had the option to replace two-loss USC with a one-loss conference champion, the answer would be clear. But the choices in this case are all non-champions. The Trojans led by 10 at that same stage, then took a 17-point lead before the Irish scored a meaningless touchdown.The Buckeyes would have fewer defeats, but only because of USC’s loss in a game the Buckeyes didn’t play.
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