to Utah, in the 2001 Las Vegas Bowl.
Other than their PAC 10/12 losses, USC's list of non-conference losses since 2000 is pretty impressive:
- at Texas
- Alabama in Arlington
- at Notre Dame (x3)
- Notre Dame (x3)
- at Boston College
- at Kansas State
- Kansas State
- Texas in National Championship at RoseBowl
- Ohio State in Cotton Bowl
- Wisconsin in Holiday Bowl
- Georgia Tech in Sun Bowl