Ranking Michigan football's 2024 games by difficulty: No. 5, USC
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Part eight of a 12-article series in which we rank Michigan Wolverines football‘s 2024 regular-season games by difficulty — with 12 being the easiest and one the most challenging. Checking in at No. 5, a Sept. 21 showdown with the USC Trojans.