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USC Football Schedule 2023: Analysis, Breakdown, 3 Things To Know

USC football schedule 2023. Analysis, breakdown, 3 things to know

USC football schedule 2023: Who do the Trojans miss on the Pac-12 schedule and what are 3 things to know?

USC Football Schedule 2023: 3 Things To Know

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Aug 26 San Jose State

Sept 2 Nevada

Sept 9 Stanford

Sept 16 OPEN DATE

Sept 23 at Arizona State

Sept 30 at Colorado

Oct 7 Arizona

Oct 14 at Notre Dame

Oct 21 Utah

Oct 28 at Cal

Nov 4 Washington

Nov 11 at Oregon

Nov 18 UCLA

Nov 25 OPEN DATE

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USC Football Schedule What To Know: Who do the Trojans miss from the Pac-12 slate?

In one of the more unfortunate scheduling quirks of of 2022, USC was able to miss both Oregon and Washington. That was a huge part of the puzzle to get the Trojans within a hamstring of the College Football Playoff.

The two other big boys are back on the slate now in back-to-back weeks in November. That stinks, but missing both Oregon State – who was a nasty out in 2022 – and Washington State isn’t a bad deal.

USC Football Schedule What Really Matters

Yeah, having Oregon and Washington back on the schedule is a big deal, but … boo hoo. If USC really is improved enough defensively to be back in the Pac-12 Championship and CFP mix, there’s no real problem with the conference slate.

There are only four Pac-12 road games and five away dates overall. Washington has to come to LA, UCLA has to make the trip down the road, and best of all, Utah is a home game. Three of the conference road games against Cal, Arizona State, and Colorado are about as manageable as they get. The date at Oregon isn’t.

USC Football Schedule What To Know: What does it all really mean?

San Jose State, Nevada, Stanford, a week off, at Arizona State, at Colorado, Arizona. That means USC plays one team that went bowling in 2022 before the middle of October, and San Jose State is hardly anything to get into a twist over.

However, there’s a run of three road games in four weeks, and the end of the fun is Notre Dame. The finishing kick is rough with that date against the Irish, Utah, at Cal, Washington, at Oregon, UCLA, but is USC is that good, getting back to the Pac-12 Championship at 11-1 is possible.

With Washington and Oregon back in the mix, though – along with the road game at Notre Dame – it might not be probable.

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2023 College Football Schedules: All 131 Teams

2023 USC Trojans football schedule

The full 2023 #USC football schedule has been released. We have every opponent and every date, plus some other notes.

The Pac-12 2023 football schedule has been released, and this is the final one that will include the USC Trojans and UCLA Bruins before they move to the Big Ten.

We knew, thanks to some schedule leaks in advance of the Wednesday release, that USC would visit the Oregon Ducks in Eugene on November 11, 2023. We knew that USC would get an off week in both Week 3 (September 16) and Week 13 (November 25). The Trojans, if they are able to make the Pac-12 Championship Game, would get a week of rest before that game. USC’s chief competitors for the Pac-12 title would all be playing that weekend, so the Trojans know that if they can return to the Pac-12 title game, they will likely be favored.

The obvious point of difficulty for the Trojans in their pursuit of the College Football Playoff is the fact that they have to visit Notre Dame in the middle of October. Even if USC wins that game, it will face a physical challenge in the weeks following the Notre Dame game. Utah is the week after the Notre Dame game. The depth of this team will be sorely tested from mid-October through early November.

Here is the full USC football schedule for 2023, shown below: