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USC adds FBS newcomer to fill 2025 season opener

Paul Harvey

By Paul Harvey

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USC has filled its season-opening slot on the 2025 schedule, the program announced on Wednesday.

That game will feature the Trojans facing Missouri State, a program currently positioned in the FCS. However, the Bears are completing their final year in the Missouri Valley Conference before making the jump to Conference USA as an FBS program beginning in 2025.

USC is 99-24-8 overall in season openers, including 36 shutout victories. The Trojans are 3-0 in season-opening games under Lincoln Riley, but they have yet to pitch a shutout in the first game of the season. USC has just 1 shutout overall in Riley’s 31 games coached with the program.

The game with Missouri State rounds out another tough schedule for the Trojans in 2025. The nonconference slate will include the traditional matchup vs. Notre Dame along with a game against Georgia Southern and former Trojan head coach Clay Helton.

In the Big Ten slate, USC will face Oregon, UCLA, Nebraska, Iowa and Michigan among others. There are currently 3 road trips scheduled to the middle of the country via road games against Illinois, Nebraska and Purdue.

Paul Harvey

Paul is a lifelong fan and student of all things college football. He has been covering college football since 2017 and the B1G since 2018.