Record: 10-2, .833 W-L% (7th of 105) ▪ Rank: 7th in Final AP Poll
Conference: Pac-10
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Larry Smith (10-2)
PS/G: 30.8 (18th of 105) ▪ PA/G: 15.3 (11th of 105)
SRS: 22.20 (3rd of 105) ▪ SOS: 9.37 (1st of 105)
| Pre | 8/30 | 9/6 | 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 |
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| 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| G | Date | Day | School | Opponent | Conf | Pts | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 1, 1988 | Thu | (8) Southern California | @ | Boston College | Ind | W | 34 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Sep 10, 1988 | Sat | (6) Southern California | @ | Stanford | Pac-10 | W | 24 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 3 | Sep 24, 1988 | Sat | (5) Southern California | (3) Oklahoma | Big 8 | W | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Oct 1, 1988 | Sat | (3) Southern California | @ | Arizona | Pac-10 | W | 38 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | W 4 | |
| 5 | Oct 8, 1988 | Sat | (3) Southern California | (18) Oregon | Pac-10 | W | 42 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | W 5 | ||
| 6 | Oct 15, 1988 | Sat | (3) Southern California | (16) Washington | Pac-10 | W | 28 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | W 6 | ||
| 7 | Oct 29, 1988 | Sat | (3) Southern California | @ | Oregon State | Pac-10 | W | 41 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | W 7 | |
| 8 | Nov 5, 1988 | Sat | (2) Southern California | California | Pac-10 | W | 35 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | W 8 | ||
| 9 | Nov 12, 1988 | Sat | (2) Southern California | @ | Arizona State | Pac-10 | W | 50 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | W 9 | |
| 10 | Nov 19, 1988 | Sat | (2) Southern California | @ | (6) UCLA | Pac-10 | W | 31 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | W 10 | |
| 11 | Nov 26, 1988 | Sat | (2) Southern California | (1) Notre Dame | Ind | L | 10 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Jan 2, 1989 | Mon | (5) Southern California | (11) Michigan | Big Ten | L | 14 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 0 | L 2 | Rose Bowl (Pasadena, CA) |