Some comments:
I would imagine that the vast majority of USC alumni live in Southern California. Stanford was never a strong football school for most of its history. Most top programs have all of their football games televised. Michigan has been horrible in football for most of the past decade. Stating that fact, the school still averages over 100K/ game and will more than likely lead the country again in attendance this year with the addition of Harbaugh.
@rjkofnovi Just curious- what do you have against USC? Obviously, OP loves the school, so I fear your comments may be falling on deaf ears.
@Qwerty568 you’re right! literally skimmed through the comment because I don’t even care to read it. I love USC!! haha 
my dream school
@booboojr a lot of people, mostly teachers have recommended UTAustin, but, I’m wondering is it prestigious enough that it is worth paying out of state tuition to go to? I live in California.
I would probably rather go to a UC than pay for UT. UT is expensive OOS and why bother when you have so many great in state schools?
There might be more widely distributed televised USC/ Pac-12 games if the Pac-12 didn’t insist on having 7 channels instead of one or two like most other league networks.
Alumni go for the big game like USC vs UCLA or USC vs Stanford. But who wants to go see USC vs Cal. Sorry @UCBChemEGrad.
@Qwerty568 i agree, but the only UC I would want to go to is UCLA, UCB is too close to home, and UCSB is too crazy, UCD smells like cows, and all the rest I don’t want to consider. lol
I’m not sure why you are asking this question with what you’ve just wrote. You seem pretty set, USC or UCLA.
The Cal/ USC game is always popular. Granted, Cal’s team hasn’t been competitive in recent years against the Trojans. Cal is USC’s oldest rivalry.
Jealousy. USC is where the glamorous and beautiful people go to school. Michigan, not so much.
I’ve got tickets for USC-Cal this year.
Usually when SC plays at either Cal or Stanford, about 35%-40% of the stadium is wearing USC gear.
@DrGoogle but it’s hard to get into those schools. Just because Im set on them doesn’t mean ill get in. That was the point of this thread, trying to expand my options when it comes to schools, I am afraid I won’t get in and then ill be crushed so i want to have a school similar to those two that i can potentially go to if everything doesn’t go as planned
Less competitive for admissions and also private?
BC
Miami
Tulane
SMU
Syracuse
BC and Tulane, from that list, are about at USC’s level in terms of academic quality, and SMU is very good in business/econ/finance.
BC has more of a sports culture than Tulane, but the Green Wave do field teams…
Here is a list of average SAT scores for schools. Coming in below USC with D-1 athletics and private school is BC, Miami, Tulane, SMU. Adding in public schools you get Michigan, UVA, Maryland, Illinois. Add in D1-AA football programs or D1 bball and you get W+M, Richmond, Lehigh. Schools with slightly higher SAT scores than USC and you get Northeastern, Georgetown, and Notre Dame
The vast majority of USC alumni live in Southern California as well as the vast majority of UCLA alumni. Despite its congestion and expense, Southern California is a wonderful place to live, and USC is relatively close to the Pacific ocean, has no smog issues (unlike the Inland Empire), and is situated in an urban but relatively safe area, as compared to Chicago, Penn, Yale, Harvard, and Columbia. In fact, the campus has a lower crime rate than many other schools, check the Clery stats.
Hope one day, op will come back.
“,and is situated in an urban but relatively safe area, as compared to Chicago, Penn, Yale, Harvard, and Columbia”
http://www.latimes.com/local/crime/la-me-usc-killing-20150116-story.html
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-usc-double-murder-sentencing-20141117-story.html
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/12/23/woman-62-fatally-stabbed-near-usc-campus/
Its location is not any better than the above mentioned schools when it comes to safety.
A part of their campus spills over into the 110 freeway. I am exaggerating a bit but it’s an ok looking campus.
re post #57
and there haven’t been more deaths in Harlem and Hyde Park in the last 3 years? right…give me a break…
go find something else to do with your time rjkofnovi…