LOS ANGELES (AP) - Before Saturday night, Notre Dame had played 1,081 games since the school first put a football team on the field in 1887. And the Fighting Irish had never been so overrun as they were by Southern California.

Carson Palmer threw for 425 yards and four touchdowns, and Southern Cal. outgained Notre Dame by an astounding 610 yards to 109 as the sixth-ranked Trojans beat the No. 7 Irish 44-13.

Both the passing yards and the total yards were the most ever against Notre Dame.

"After the way we played, we don't deserve to play in the Orange Bowl," Irish offensive tackle Jordan Black said. "This wasn't this year's team, it was last year's team that showed up tonight ... I just want to go home and throw up.''

The Trojans (10-2, 7-1 Pac-10) also dominated the Irish offense, allowing just 70 yards passing and 39 rushing, and giving up just two field goals. Notre Dame's touchdown came on a blocked punt, and the Irish didn't score in the second half.

With Notre Dame (10-2) still under consideration for a Bowl Championship Series at-large berth, Irish coach Tyrone Willingham did a bit of lobbying.

"I can make a case to the BCS," said Willingham, who has turned the Notre Dame program around in his first year as its coach. "We played 12 games. We won 10 of them. We've been very good and very sound. This game is not a true indicator of what kind of team we can be.

"Our team had a heck of a season, nothing to sneeze at. It's disappointing tonight, without question. Now we have to be patient and wait until someone makes a decision."

The Trojans, meanwhile, believed their performance should enhance their standing in the BCS rankings.

"It proved we're a heck of a team. I couldn't imagine why somebody wouldn't want us to play in their game, although I know that some people might not want to play us," Carroll said.

In his final game at the Coliseum, Palmer completed 32-of-46 passes and was intercepted twice.