USC not ranked among top 25 teams in EA Sports College Football 26
With release date drawing closer and closer, last week, EA released the top 25 teams in the game. Coming off of a 7-6 season, USC did not make the cut.
The Trojans do have one of the top 25 offenses in the game. USC has an 85 ranked offense, tied with seven other teams for 19th. In terms of the top 25 overall teams, however, the Trojans are on the outside looking in.
Based on this, it seems as though EA Sports believes that defense will hold USC back this season. It will be up to Lincoln Riley and D'Anton Lynn to prove them wrong on the field.
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