I’m telling you’ll, USC is the most consistently overrated team in the nation.
Meh - since you're a sperglord, ill let you do the legwork of comparing preseason rankings against actual rank at season end over the last 50 years and then you tell me if USC is actually #1 on that list.
I'd imagine USC is definitely up there, but that's true of any blueblood program that consistently rakes in solid CROOTS based solely on their brand, but suffers through eras of mediocre or below-mediocre coaches. Michigan was like that for a time, as was Notre Dame. Flazzu and Ass2Mouth probably up there, too.