Who: USC at Cal
Time: December 4, 2021 11:00 EST
Venue: California Memorial Stadium – Berkeley, CA
USC vs California Odds:
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Moneyline: USC -120 | Cal +100
Spread: USC -2.0 (-110) | Cal +2.0 (-110)
Total: Under 52.5 (-110) | Over 52.5 (-110)
USC vs California Betting Preview
The Pac-2 regular season isn’t over quite yet as the USC Trojans (4-7, 3-5) visit the Cal Golden Bears (4-7, 3-5) on Saturday night. This game was postponed in early November due to COVID issues with the Cal team. FS1 will be airing this game live.
Through 11 regular season games, the USC offense is averaging 30.0 points per game and 447.1 yards per game, 301.4 through the air and 145.7 on the ground. Defensively, the Trojans are allowing 32.5 points and 422.1 yards, 247.7 passing and 174.4 rushing.
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The Cal offense is averaging 23.7 points per game and 396.7 yards per game, 225.6 through the air and 171.1 on the ground. Defensively, the Golden Bears are allowing 23.0 points and 362.8 yards, 226.3 passing and 136.5 rushing.
Below is my pick, and preview, for the battle between the USC Trojans and Cal Golden Bears.
USC vs California Betting Stats
USC
- Southern California are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games.
- The total has gone OVER in 4 of Southern California’s last 6 games.
- Southern California are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games.
- Southern California are 11-4 ATS in their last 15 games against California.
- Southern California are 15-1 SU in their last 16 games against California.
- Southern California are 7-2 SU in their last 9 games on the road.
- Southern California are 8-0 SU in their last 8 games when playing on the road against California.
- Southern California are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games this season.
- Southern California are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games against an opponent in the Pac-12 conference.
- The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Southern California’s last 17 games played in December.
Cal
- California are 4-2 ATS in their last 6 games.
- The total has gone UNDER in 5 of California’s last 7 games.
- California are 5-10 SU in their last 15 games.
- The total has gone UNDER in 5 of California’s last 6 games against Southern California.
- The total has gone UNDER in 10 of California’s last 13 games at home.
- California are 0-8 SU in their last 8 games when playing at home against Southern California.
- The total has gone UNDER in 5 of California’s last 7 games against an opponent in the Pac-12 conference.
- California are 3-6 ATS in their last 9 games played in December.
- California are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games played in week 14.
- California are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing as the underdog.
USC vs California Betting Pick
Last time out, USC hosted the BYU Cougars and suffered a 35-31 defeat. USC overcame a 28-13 deficit to led 3128 early in the fourth quarter, but BYU scored with 3:57 remaining to get the win. Jaxson Dart went 23-35 for 248 yards, one touchdown, zero interceptions, and added one touchdown on the ground. Vavae Malepeai rushed the ball 20 times for 99 yards, a 5.0 average, and one touchdown. Defensively, the Trojans allowed 465 total yards and forced two BYU interceptions.
Cal visited the UCLA Bruins and were blown out, losing 42-14. The Golden Bears were losing 17-14 at the half, but UCLA scored the only 25 points of the second half to get the comfortable win. Chase Garbers went 16/31 for 125 yards, zero touchdowns, two interceptions, and added 20 rushing yards and a touchdown on the ground. Christopher Brooks had 12 carries for 61 yards, a 5.1 average, and one touchdown. Defensively, Cal allowed 446 total yards and recovered one UCLA fumble.
USC vs Cal Series History: USC won the most recent meeting, back in 2019, to take a 71-30-5 all-time series lead.