TROJAN ATHLETICS – pictures 7, 8, 12
The University of Southern California has a proud athletic heritage — and with good reason. Arguably, Troy could be regarded as the "Collegiate Athletic Program of the 20th Century." Consider: Trojan teams have won more national championships, 86 men’s (including a national-best 73 NCAA titles) and 20 women’s, than all but 1 other university totaling 106 overall national championships.
USC athletics participates in the NCAA Division I-A Pacific Ten Conference and has won 106 total team national championships, 86 of which are NCAA National Championships. USC's cross-town rival is UCLA, with whom there is fierce athletic and scholastic competition. However, USC's rivalry with Notre Dame predates the UCLA rivalry by three years. The Notre Dame rivalry stems mainly from the annual football game played between these two universities and is considered the greatest intersectional rivalry of all college athletics.
The USC Football team has been voted National Champions 11 times. With the awarding of the 2005 Heisman to Reggie Bush, USC and Notre Dame are tied for the most Heisman winners at 7. Three of the last four Heisman winners have been Trojans - Reggie Bush (recently drafted by the New Orleans Saints) in 2005, Matt Leinart (drafted shortly after Bush by the Arizona Cardinals) in 2004, and Carson Palmer (now with the Cincinnati Bengals) in 2002. Four other Trojan tailbacks have won the coveted Heisman Trophy as college football’s outstanding player: Mike Garrett in 1965, O.J. Simpson in 1968, Charles White in 1979 and Marcus Allen in 1981.
USC Trojans Baseball has a notable history in baseball: With 12 baseball national championships, Troy is far and away the leader in that category, no other school has more than 6! Some famous Trojan Baseball Alumni include Mark McGwire, Barry Zito, Randy Johnson, and Mark Prior.
Men's National Championships
Women's National Championships
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