Amon-Ra St. Brown is one of 39 blue-chipers on USC football's roster. (Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)
With a strong blue-chip ratio, USC football is one of 15 teams with national title talent.
USC football certainly isn’t in the “will” or “are likely” category of national championship contenders for 2020, but their Blue-Chip Ratio suggests they’re in a small pool of teams with the talent to get it done.
What is the Blue-Chip Ratio? It’s the brainchild of Bud Elliott of 247Sports who determined the “minimum required level of recruiting necessary to win a title” is a ratio of four- and five-star recruits above 50 percent over the last four classes.