Record: 6-4-1, .591 W-L% (46th of 128) ▪ Rank: 20th in Final AP Poll
Conference: Pac-8
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: John McKay (6-4-1)
PS/G: 20.8 (52nd of 128) ▪ PA/G: 14.9 (23rd of 128)
SRS: 16.63 (12th of 128) ▪ SOS: 11.08 (5th of 128)
| Pre | 9/13 | 9/20 | 9/27 | 10/4 | 10/11 | 10/18 | 10/25 | 11/1 | 11/8 | 11/15 | 11/22 | 11/29 | 12/6 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 20 |
| G | Date | Day | School | Opponent | Conf | Pts | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 10, 1971 | Fri | (5) Southern California | (16) Alabama | SEC | L | 10 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Sep 18, 1971 | Sat | (17) Southern California | @ | Rice | SWC | W | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 3 | Sep 25, 1971 | Sat | (16) Southern California | Illinois | Big Ten | W | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 4 | Oct 2, 1971 | Sat | (17) Southern California | @ | (8) Oklahoma | Big 8 | L | 20 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | L 1 | |
| 5 | Oct 9, 1971 | Sat | Southern California | Oregon | Pac-8 | L | 23 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | L 2 | ||
| 6 | Oct 16, 1971 | Sat | Southern California | (15) Stanford | Pac-8 | L | 18 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 0 | L 3 | ||
| 7 | Oct 23, 1971 | Sat | Southern California | @ | (6) Notre Dame | Ind | W | 28 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 8 | Oct 30, 1971 | Sat | (20) Southern California | @ | California | Pac-8 | W | 28 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 9 | Nov 6, 1971 | Sat | (17) Southern California | Washington State | Pac-8 | W | 30 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 10 | Nov 13, 1971 | Sat | (15) Southern California | @ | (19) Washington | Pac-8 | W | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | |
| 11 | Nov 20, 1971 | Sat | (15) Southern California | UCLA | Pac-8 | T | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | T 1 |