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USC football holds first practice of its 2025 preseason camp
USC football's 2025 preseason camp is officially underway! On Wednesday, the Trojans held their first official practice of the buildup to the coming season. This marks the start of a 4.5-week ramp-up period leading up to the season opener against Missouri State at the Coliseum exactly one month from Wednesday. The practice marked the first of 26 camp sessions for USC. Some of those will be open to the media, while others will be closed. Head coach Lincoln Riley and defensive coordinator D'Anton Lynn will both give interviews at least once per week, with other coaches and players potentially available to speak at various points throughout camp. 'Great first day,' Riley said following Wednesday's practice. 'Thought the staff, guys, really attacked it. Was really impressed with the conditioning level, discipline of the team coming out of the summer. 'Guys came in in shape, ready to go. We're pretty healthy right now.' The Trojans are coming off a year in which they finished 7-6 with a Las Vegas Bowl victory over Texas A&M. Heading into year two in the Big Ten, USC will look to demonstrate a significant improvement on the field in 2025.
USA Today
02-07-2025
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USC not ranked among top 25 teams in EA Sports College Football 26
The start of the 2025 college football season continues to draw closer and closer. One sign that the season is just around the corner is the upcoming release of EA Sports College Football 26. After the popular college football video game franchise returned from a decade-long hiatus last year, the revamped version is back for round two this year, with release set for next week. With release date drawing closer and closer, last week, EA released the top 25 teams in the game. Coming off of a 7-6 season, USC did not make the cut. The Trojans do have one of the top 25 offenses in the game. USC has an 85 ranked offense, tied with seven other teams for 19th. In terms of the top 25 overall teams, however, the Trojans are on the outside looking in. Based on this, it seems as though EA Sports believes that defense will hold USC back this season. It will be up to Lincoln Riley and D'Anton Lynn to prove them wrong on the field.
USA Today
05-06-2025
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USC not ranked in top 20 of ESPN's preseason FPI
USC not ranked in top 20 of ESPN's preseason FPI The start of the 2025 college football season continues to draw closer. This week, we got another sign that kickoff is just around the corner with the release of ESPN's annual preseason Football Power Index (FPI) rankings. Coming off of a 7-6 season last year, USC did not make the top 20 of the rankings. Perhaps more interesting, however, was the conference makeup of the list. Of ESPN's top 20 teams, 11 are from the SEC, compared to just four from the Big Ten. Given ESPN's well-established relationship with the SEC, many fan bases may very well accuse the FPI rankings of being biased towards the conference. This group includes USC fans, who certainly feel as though there are not 11 SEC teams better than the Trojans. ESPN's FPI did have USC as a top-20 team on offense, with the Trojans tied with Tennessee at No. 12. It seems as though the computers have more faith in Lincoln Riley's offense than they do in D'Anton Lynn's defense. Regardless, it is clear that ESPN's FPI is not particularly high on USC heading into this fall. It will be up to the Trojans to try and use this as motivation and prove their doubters wrong on the field.
