The Trojans haven’t given up completely on their enemies of yore.
In the Pac-12 of yesteryear, USC was the crown jewel, winning 39 titles—19 more than the team with the second-most championships.USC plans to play former Pac-12 rivals out of conference starting in 2027, according to a Wednesday afternoon report from, USC has few non-conference games scheduled for the years to come—just three beyond 2026, in fact, against UNLV, Nevada and Fresno State.
To fill out those available slots, the Trojans will apparently be looking to some old foes. In `26, the Trojans—looking to build on a 9–4 season—will meet San Jose State, Fresno State and Louisiana in non-conference play.Here, in tabular form, is a snapshot of the Trojans’ series against eight ex-conference rivals. Oregon, UCLA and Washington—Big Ten teams USC regularly plays—are not included. The table shows the start and end of each series, the Trojans’ all-time record in the series, and a notable meeting between the two constituent teams.Of these eight series, the two most essential to the Trojans’ football history were those against the Golden Bears and Cardinal. USC’s series with California was traditionally referred to as the Weekender, due to USC students’ habit of turning the trip north to Berkeley into a Bay Area weekend. Nearby Stanford was long a thorn in the Trojans’ side, pulling era-defining upsets of USC in 1933 and 2007. The Beavers could make the same claim—unranked Oregon State teams beat No. 1 Trojans teams in both 1967 and 2008. In contemporary times, the Trojans and Utes fought frequently for custody of the Pac-12 South Division, and Utah’s `22 victory in the conference championships probably cost USC a trip to the College Football Playoff.Patrick Andres is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI in December 2022, having worked for The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword and Diamond Digest. Andres has covered everything from zero-attendance Big Ten basketball to a seven-overtime college football game. He is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism with a double major in history .
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