Ohio State has multiple blunders in USC loss. See grades

In their first game this season without Julian Sayin as the starting quarterback, the Buckeyes lost to an unranked opponent for just the second time in the Ryan Day era. Freshman Luke Fahey found star wide receiver Jeremiah Smith 10 times while passing for 260 yards and a touchdown, but he struggled with accuracy and completed just 55.3% of his throws. Fahey showed impressive in-game awareness considering he was making his first start, but he lacked precision when throwing to the end zone and he has yet to build chemistry with some of his receivers.