ASU vs. USC: The Statistical Head-to-Head Preview

For Sun Devil fans, the second team on the "Most Hated List" behind Arizona is the USC Trojans, and this Saturday, the Sun Devils will travel to Pasadena to battle the Trojans in a match-up of teams looking to snap some late season skids.

We compiled the key numbers from each team into one handy chart to see which team had the advantages. Taking a look at the chart, a few things jump out:

• The ASU pass defense was torched last week, and face their toughest test of the year. Can the Sun Devils shut down Marqise Lee and Robert Woods? No. But how much can they limit their damage?
• Thanks to the utter blitzkrieging at the hands of Oregon, USC's defensive ranks are all behind the Sun Devils, who have struggled in their own right over the last three weeks.
• Both teams are in the top 10 in both sacks and tackles-for-loss. This could be a battle of big plays, both offensively and defensively.

Advantage	Conf	National	Actual	Category	Actual	National	Conf
	Rank	Rank				Rank	Rank
	4th	41st	187.7	Rushing Offense	152.0	75th	7th
	6th	40th	270.1	Passing Offense	312.7	17th	3rd
	5th	31st	457.8	Total Offense	464.7	25th	4th
	2nd	22nd	37.0	Scoring Offense	36.9	24th	4th
	8th	75th	171.8	Rushing Defense	156.9	61st	6th
	1st	13th	105.90	Pass Efficiency Defense	123.21	45th	6th
	1st	7th	161.6	Pass Defense	249.6	77th	7th
	2nd	24th	333.3	Total Defense	406.4	65th	8th
	5th	42nd	23.2	Scoring Defense	24.2	49th	7th
	2nd	2nd	4.22	Sacks	3.33	7th	4th
	2nd	2nd	9.11	Tackles for Loss	7.56	8th	3rd
PUSH	5th	40th	+.33	Turnover Margin	+.33	40th	5th
	10th	83rd	7.13	Punt Returns	8.6	62nd	8th
	4th	30th	24.0	Kickoff Returns	27.4	8th	2nd
	2nd	14th	40.4	Net Punting	40.6	11th	1st
	8th	Tied - 100th	2.89	Sacks Allowed	1.33	24th	2nd
	3rd	70th	39.4%	3rd Down Conversions	35.9%	94th	5th

Thanks to our friends at Ralphie Report for the inspiration for this feature (and HTML code).

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