No. 3 USC makes statement with 44-24 win (AP)

AP - Too much speed too much defense and too much Dwayne Jarrett. With all that Southern California didn't need last-second heroics to beat Notre Dame this year. John David Booty passed for 265 yards and three touchdowns to Jarrett as USC overpowered the sixth-ranked Fighting Irish 44-24 Saturday night and likely leapfrogged Michigan in the race for the national championship.