AP Poll Summary
| Pre | 9/11 | 9/18 | 9/25 | 10/2 | 10/9 | 10/16 | 10/23 | 10/30 | 11/6 | 11/13 | 11/20 | 11/27 | 12/4 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
13 Games
| G | Date | Day | School | Opponent | Conf | Pts | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 9, 1978 | Sat | (9) USC | Texas Tech | SWC | W | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sep 16, 1978 | Sat | (8) USC | @ | Oregon | Pac-10 | W | 37 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 3 | Sep 23, 1978 | Sat | (7) USC | @ | (1) Alabama | SEC | W | 24 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | W 3 | |
| 4 | Sep 29, 1978 | Fri | (3) USC | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 30 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Oct 14, 1978 | Sat | (2) USC | @ | Arizona State | Pac-10 | L | 7 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Oct 21, 1978 | Sat | (7) USC | Oregon State | Pac-10 | W | 38 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 7 | Oct 28, 1978 | Sat | (6) USC | California | Pac-10 | W | 42 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 8 | Nov 4, 1978 | Sat | (6) USC | @ | Stanford | Pac-10 | W | 13 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | W 3 | |
| 9 | Nov 11, 1978 | Sat | (5) USC | (19) Washington | Pac-10 | W | 28 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 10 | Nov 18, 1978 | Sat | (5) USC | @ | (14) UCLA | Pac-10 | W | 17 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | W 5 | |
| 11 | Nov 25, 1978 | Sat | (3) USC | (8) Notre Dame | Ind | W | 27 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 0 | W 6 | ||
| 12 | Dec 2, 1978 | Sat | (3) USC | @ | Hawaii | Ind | W | 21 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | W 7 | |
| 13 | Jan 1, 1979 | Mon | (3) USC | (5) Michigan | Big Ten | W | 17 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | W 8 | Rose Bowl (Pasadena, CA) |
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