The No. 16 USC Trojans silenced all the doubters in Week 6 when they came into Beaver Stadium, tuned out the White Out crowd and beat Penn State 31-23. After a much needed rest in Week 7, the Trojans will be back on the road in Week 8 to face the Wisconsin Badgers (Oct. 24).
Wisconsin is coming off a 17-7 loss USC’s crosstown rival, No. 9 UCLA Bruins, falling to a 4-2 record (2-1 in conference). Despite this, Madison is projected to be a tough environment and the Badgers have already pulled off a feat of the Trojans – beating the Nittany Lions at home – making sportsbooks believe this will be a competitive matchup.
Projected Close Victory for The Trojans
ESPN Analytics’ matchup predictor may heavily favor USC, giving them a 60.5 percent chance to win, but sportsbooks are giving them a smaller margin for victory. BetMGM, Bet365 and DraftKings currently have Southern Cal moneyline set at -130 and +110 for Wisconsin. Both FanDuel (+112 Wisconsin) and Caesars (+109 Wisconsin) are giving USC -134 odds to win, but have different odds listed for the Badgers.
On prediction markets, there is only a one percent difference between traders – 55 percent Kalshi traders believe the Trojans will win while 56 percent of traders on Kalshi are also riding with the Trojans.
Over/Under and Points Spread
DraftKings (-110), BetMGM (-105), Caesars (-113) and Bet365 (-110) all have the total points listed at 49.5, but are giving Southern Cal different odds to hit the over. FanDuel has their total points set at 48.5 and are giving Southern Cal -114 odds to hit the over. On prediction markets, 83 percent of Polymarket traders believe over 49.5 points will be scored while 46 percent of Kalshi traders believe there will be over 50.5 points…