You’ve probably heard some talking heads and journalists calling Stanford-USC the biggest upset in the sport’s history. Apparently just comparing point spreads is the most efficient way to determine that, but in case you’re one of those rare college football fans who consider more than Vegas odds, here are a few fun factoids: in 2004 undefeated USC’s closest game was against Stanford. Their last previous home loss was against Stanford. Stanford has won the Pac-10 and played in the Rose Bowl in the past decade (unlike, say, Cal). The coaches and Harris poll voters apparently realized this: USC fell seven spots, while Michigan plummeted from #5 out of the polls altogether following the App State loss. You can even make a case that USC’s loss to UCLA at the end of last season was more stunning: that Trojan team rolled in off double-digit wins over three ranked teams, with the national title on the line. This Trojan team came in overrated, injury depleted, wildly mistake-prone and having barely escaped the clutches of the man who ruined Notre Dame football, Ty Willingham. Not that the media ever jumps to conclusions or gets consumed by hyperbole.