We’re officially halfway through the 2022 college football season, and it felt like a perfect time to join up with our good friend from USA TODAY’s Trojans Wire, Matt Zemek.
Zemek’s USC Trojans are rolling down in Los Angeles, and have gotten out to a perfect 6-0 start on the season, subsequently being ranked No. 6 in the nation. The Lincoln Riley experiment didn’t take long to get off and running, and it seems like QB Caleb Williams and RB Travis Dye can do anything they want on offense and find success.
We want to talk about more than just USC, though. To take the temperature of the conference as a whole at the midway point in the season, both Zemek and I answered some questions about who we think have surprised us the most, and where we think the balance of power currently stands out west.
Here is our midseason check-in: