The No. 6 USC Trojans kick off the 2023 season when they host the San Jose State Spartans on Saturday. USC posted an 11-3 record last year, winning 11 of its first 12 contests before losing to Utah in the Pac-12 Championship Game and Tulane in the Cotton Bowl. San Jose State is coming off a 7-5 campaign during which it lost three of its final four games, including a matchup with Eastern Michigan in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.

Kickoff at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is set for 8 p.m. ET. The Trojans are 31-point favorites in the latest USC vs. San Jose State odds, per SportsLine consensus, while the over/under for total points scored is 66. 

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The model knows USC has dominated the Mountain West, going 34-1-1 overall against teams from that conference and 5-0 versus San Jose State. The Trojans also have excelled at home of late. They were a perfect 7-0 at the Coliseum last year and have won 15 consecutive season openers there dating back to 1997. Quarterback Caleb Williams is back for his junior season after finishing third in the nation with 4,537 passing yards and leading the country with 42 touchdown throws en route to the Heisman Trophy last year.

The model also knows San Jose State was first in the Mountain West and third in the nation last season as it committed only nine turnovers, including a program-record two fumbles. The Spartans finished with a plus-11 turnover margin to lead the conference and rank third in the country. Quarterback Chevan Cordeiro set career highs as a junior in 2022 with 3,251 passing yards, 23 TD tosses and nine scoring runs, which were the most by a San Jose State signal-caller in a single season in the modern era.

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