USC Claims 14th Crosstown Cup In 2024-25 Rivalry Competition With UCLA
May 27, 2025 | Baseball, Football, USC Athletics, Men's Basketball, Men's Golf, Men's Tennis, Men's Volleyball, Men's Water Polo, Track & Field, Women's Basketball, Women's Cross Country, Women's Golf, Women's Rowing, Women's Soccer, Women's Swimming & Diving, Women's Tennis, Women's Volleyball, Women's Water Polo, Women's Beach Volleyball
Trojans have clinched the Cup victory with their powerful performances in the all-sports rivalry.
LOS ANGELES — For the 14th time in 23 years of competition, USC has won back the rights to the Crosstown Cup — the annual head-to-head all-sports competition with crosstown rival UCLA. The Trojans now hold a 14-9 all-time lead over the Bruins in the history of the Cup competition.
With baseball final points still pending potential NCAA meetings, USC has already pocketed the 100 points required to clinch the Crosstown Cup, boasting a 110-70 advantage over the Bruins in this 2024-25 campaign.
To date, USC has had 10 teams claim the full 10 points on head-to-head battles with UCLA. Women's volleyball recorded the first win of the season over the Bruins, going on to secure 10 points for the Trojan cause in the fall, while women's water polo tallied the latest beating of the Bruins in securing a full 10 points on the Trojans' win over UCLA in the NCAA semifinals. Also bringing home 10 points for USC in 2024-25 were soccer, football, women's swimming and diving, rowing, women's golf, women's basketball, men's tennis and beach volleyball. Scoring five points apiece for USC with season splits against UCLA were men's volleyball and women's tennis.
In the case of a tie, USC also had the 2024-25 advantage on the first tiebreaker, with the Trojans edging out the Bruins in regular-season head-to-head competition 17-13. In all head-to-head competition to date, USC posted a 20-18 record against UCLA.
Each of the 19 sports in which both USC and UCLA field teams counts for 10 points. All 10 points for a sport are awarded to the winner of the most head-to-head contests in that sport (if both schools win an equal number of matchups in a sport, the 10 points are split). For sports that do not feature a head-to-head competition between the schools (cross country and men's golf in 2024-25, the highest finisher in Big Ten or Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championship play determines which team gets the 10 points.
The winner of the Crosstown Cup alternated for the first six years of the competition. After USC captured the inaugural trophy in 2001-02, the Cup traded hands through 2006-07 before the Trojans went on a five-year winning streak from 2007-08 to 2011-12. UCLA won it back in 2012-13, and then the schools traded it again through 2015-16. UCLA then claimed it back-to-back in 2016-17 and 2017-18. The Trojans were victorious in 2018-19 before 2019-20 competition was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. USC won again in 2020-21, and Cup has since exchanged hands for the past five years.
2024-25 SCORING : USC 110, UCLA 70
Men's Water Polo: UCLA — 10 (4-1)
Women's Volleyball: USC — 10 (2-0)
Women's Cross Country: UCLA — 10
Women's Soccer: USC — 10 (1-0)
Football: USC — 10 (1-0)
Women's Swimming & Diving: USC — 10 (1-0)
Women's Rowing: USC — 10 (1-0)
Men's Basketball: UCLA — 10 (2-0)
Women's Golf: USC — 10
Women's Basketball: USC — 10 (2-1)
Men's Volleyball: UCLA — 5, USC — 5 (1-1)
Men's Golf: UCLA — 10
Beach Volleyball: USC — 10 (2-1)
Men's Tennis: USC — 10 (2-1)
Women's Tennis: UCLA — 5, USC — 5 (1-1)
Men's Track & Field: UCLA — 10
Women's Track & Field: UCLA — 10
Women's Water Polo: USC — 10 (2-1)
Baseball: series tied 2-2 with potential NCAA competition pending
With baseball final points still pending potential NCAA meetings, USC has already pocketed the 100 points required to clinch the Crosstown Cup, boasting a 110-70 advantage over the Bruins in this 2024-25 campaign.
To date, USC has had 10 teams claim the full 10 points on head-to-head battles with UCLA. Women's volleyball recorded the first win of the season over the Bruins, going on to secure 10 points for the Trojan cause in the fall, while women's water polo tallied the latest beating of the Bruins in securing a full 10 points on the Trojans' win over UCLA in the NCAA semifinals. Also bringing home 10 points for USC in 2024-25 were soccer, football, women's swimming and diving, rowing, women's golf, women's basketball, men's tennis and beach volleyball. Scoring five points apiece for USC with season splits against UCLA were men's volleyball and women's tennis.
In the case of a tie, USC also had the 2024-25 advantage on the first tiebreaker, with the Trojans edging out the Bruins in regular-season head-to-head competition 17-13. In all head-to-head competition to date, USC posted a 20-18 record against UCLA.
Each of the 19 sports in which both USC and UCLA field teams counts for 10 points. All 10 points for a sport are awarded to the winner of the most head-to-head contests in that sport (if both schools win an equal number of matchups in a sport, the 10 points are split). For sports that do not feature a head-to-head competition between the schools (cross country and men's golf in 2024-25, the highest finisher in Big Ten or Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championship play determines which team gets the 10 points.
The winner of the Crosstown Cup alternated for the first six years of the competition. After USC captured the inaugural trophy in 2001-02, the Cup traded hands through 2006-07 before the Trojans went on a five-year winning streak from 2007-08 to 2011-12. UCLA won it back in 2012-13, and then the schools traded it again through 2015-16. UCLA then claimed it back-to-back in 2016-17 and 2017-18. The Trojans were victorious in 2018-19 before 2019-20 competition was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. USC won again in 2020-21, and Cup has since exchanged hands for the past five years.
2024-25 SCORING : USC 110, UCLA 70
Men's Water Polo: UCLA — 10 (4-1)
Women's Volleyball: USC — 10 (2-0)
Women's Cross Country: UCLA — 10
Women's Soccer: USC — 10 (1-0)
Football: USC — 10 (1-0)
Women's Swimming & Diving: USC — 10 (1-0)
Women's Rowing: USC — 10 (1-0)
Men's Basketball: UCLA — 10 (2-0)
Women's Golf: USC — 10
Women's Basketball: USC — 10 (2-1)
Men's Volleyball: UCLA — 5, USC — 5 (1-1)
Men's Golf: UCLA — 10
Beach Volleyball: USC — 10 (2-1)
Men's Tennis: USC — 10 (2-1)
Women's Tennis: UCLA — 5, USC — 5 (1-1)
Men's Track & Field: UCLA — 10
Women's Track & Field: UCLA — 10
Women's Water Polo: USC — 10 (2-1)
Baseball: series tied 2-2 with potential NCAA competition pending
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