SC invested heavily in NIL, the coaching staff, and spectacular, state-of-the-art football facilities on campus to attract recruits and enhance their rest and recovery.A vital step as the Trojans travel nearly 20,000 round trip miles for road games this year in the Big Ten Conference.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.
If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.After years of middling-to-poor performances, this was supposed to be head coach Lincoln Riley's statement to the rest of college football that the Trojans were back.
SC's first four games provided little opportunity, coming against overmatched opponents like San Jose State, Fresno State, Louisiana, and Rutgers.Still, SC's defense, always a topic of discussion, did little to show fans that the changes had "worked."DAN LANNING BLASTS USC AFTER OREGON'S WIN, AS LINCOLN RILEY OFFICIALLY ENTERS HOT SEAT IN LAHead coach Lincoln Riley of the USC Trojans reacts against the UCLA Bruins in the second half of a NCAA football game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles on Saturday, Nov.
29, 2025.(Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News)While the first unit mostly played well in the first three games, the backups put up little resistance against overmatched offenses.
Rutgers moved the ball at will, racking up 460 yards on offense while averaging 6.7 yards per play.That set up a gigantic matchup Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles against the Oregon Ducks.Oregon, expected to be one of the top few teams in the country, had shown some vulnerability with a blowout loss to Oklahoma State.
The game was in Los Angeles, seemingly giving the Trojans an advantage.For a team with aspirations of reaching the College Football Playoff, it was a golden opportunity to make the case to a national audience while giving themselves some breathing room with tough games coming up ...