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Welcome back to the Times of Troy newsletter, where we have officially reached the end of the USC’s regular season. A 9-3 finish for USC is better than we predicted in this space. But the season played out largely the way we expected. The one win we missed — Michigan — we acknowledged, at the time, was a toss-up.

We talked last week about whether USC could consider its season a success with a win over UCLA. So before we turn the page to 2026, let’s take a deeper look at each position group, who stood out, who surprised, a

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