by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at University of Southern California, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. USC competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The USC men’s football team lists 116 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 368. The most recent cohort included 447 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 16 varsity sports USC sponsors, football sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program is staffed by 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. Of those, 11 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Lincoln Riley.
Across the school’s 16 sports, football ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The USC men’s football program brought in $74,014,972 in revenue against $74,014,972 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $49,717 in operating expense per athlete, or $5,767,186 per team.
Against the school’s 16 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 32% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 978 (970 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 85%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 990, football trails the average at 978.
When USC places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.