Is USC's (SoCal) schedule harder than LSU's?

Some of the ysts are claiming that USC's schedule is harder than LSU's. How is this so? LSU plays 5 ranked teams. The one that are unranked are still solid, ie Mid Tenn State and Miss State. USC plays three ranked teams and Pac-10 garbage. I cannot wait until the National Title game when either Florida or LSU put an SEC shellacking on the Trojan latex.