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Reign #254 of 328 · USC’s 13th reign

USC, 2004–2006

734Days held
25Defenses
#11Longest of 328
#7Most defended of 328
How it started

January 1, 2004

Took the belt from Michigan 28–14 at a neutral site on January 1, 2004.

Defenses

The belt on the line, 25 times

August 28, 2004 · at Virginia Tech 24–13DefendedSeptember 11, 2004 · vs. Colorado State 49–0DefendedSeptember 18, 2004 · at BYU 42–10DefendedSeptember 25, 2004 · at Stanford 31–28DefendedOctober 9, 2004 · vs. California 23–17DefendedOctober 16, 2004 · vs. Arizona State 45–7DefendedOctober 23, 2004 · vs. Washington 38–0DefendedOctober 30, 2004 · at Washington State 42–12DefendedNovember 6, 2004 · at Oregon State 28–20DefendedNovember 13, 2004 · vs. Arizona 49–9DefendedNovember 27, 2004 · vs. Notre Dame 41–10DefendedDecember 4, 2004 · at UCLA 29–24DefendedJanuary 4, 2005 · vs. Oklahoma 55–19DefendedSeptember 3, 2005 · at Hawai'i 63–17DefendedSeptember 17, 2005 · vs. Arkansas 70–17DefendedSeptember 24, 2005 · at Oregon 45–13DefendedOctober 1, 2005 · at Arizona State 38–28DefendedOctober 8, 2005 · vs. Arizona 42–21DefendedOctober 15, 2005 · at Notre Dame 34–31DefendedOctober 22, 2005 · at Washington 51–24DefendedOctober 29, 2005 · vs. Washington State 55–13DefendedNovember 5, 2005 · vs. Stanford 51–21DefendedNovember 12, 2005 · at California 35–10DefendedNovember 19, 2005 · vs. Fresno State 50–42DefendedDecember 3, 2005 · vs. UCLA 66–19Defended
How it ended

January 4, 2006

Lost the belt to Texas 38–41 at a neutral site on January 4, 2006, after 734 days.