With college football season on the horizon, ESPN Chalk's college football experts -- Phil Steele, "Stanford Steve" Coughlin and Chris Fallica -- combine to give you betting previews of the top 25 teams, according to the ESPN College Football Rankings. They break down each team's strengths and weaknesses, along with season win total bets and national title odds.
Odds from Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook as of Aug. 28.
USC Trojans
National title odds: 7-1 (opened 8-1)
Season win total: 10.5
FPI win total projection: 9.1
Phil Steele
Strengths: Once Sam Darnold took over as the starting quarterback and the defensive line matured, the Trojans were the one non-playoff team that no one wanted to play at the end of the year. I rate them top 10 in the country on both offense and defense this season.