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SALT LAKE CITY — After the Utah offense had gashed USC to the tune of 562 yards and six touchdowns, the last on a Cam Rising keeper on fourth-and-goal from the one, the Utes gave the Trojans one last chance.

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There are six games on the schedule in which both teams are ranked in the AP Top 25. In four of those games, both teams are undefeated.

LOS ANGELES — Three weeks into his debut season at USC, Caleb Williams seemed well on his way to soaring past even the highest of expectations set upon his high-profile arrival. The sophomore quarterback was completing better than 74% of his passes and averaging better than 10 yards per attempt.…

USC demolished Oklahoma to win the (since vacated) national championship in 2004.

LOS ANGELES — The last time Mark Dye lost a game of ping-pong, he proudly proclaims, was back in 1987, years before his sons were born and his prowess became a point of family contention. Each of the Dye boys, all five of who would go on to play college…

USC vs Utah game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 7 game on Saturday, October 15

Lincoln Riley against Chip Kelly. Two offensive wizards, one expected to eventually become an NFL head coach, the other been-there-done-that and settling into his collegiate second act.

Undefeated records are at risk as teams like Tennessee, Alabama and Clemson compete in what should be the most exciting weekend for college football fans this month.

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LOS ANGELES — The emotional leader of the defense was sidelined, his arm in a cast. The team’s top safety was disqualified for targeting, left to watch from the locker room. At the start of a two-week stretch that almost certainly would define USC’s season, its defense was depleted, its…