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Penn State has traveled across the country to play USC at the Los Angeles Coliseum on Saturday. It's a Big Ten battle between the two schools with Penn State coming in at No. 4 in the AP poll while USC is unranked. USC was ranked to start the season but dropped out of the AP poll this week after ...

Oregon has intervened and is landing players from Mater Dei, which has a long heritage of recruits going to USC.

Narbonne and Birmingham hold down the top two spots this week in The Times' City Section football rankings.

Three-star defensive lineman, Viliami Moala took to social media to announce he has de-committed from the USC Trojans. Just hours later, Moala flipped to the Oregon Ducks.

A look at the L.A. Times' top 25 high school football teams in the Southland heading into Week 8.

Not many were giving the UCLA Bruins a chance against the Minnesota Golden Gophers, but at halftime, the Bruins lead,

Former UCLA water polo champion Patrick Woepse has died at 31 after a 13-month battle with aggressive stage 4 lung cancer. Surrounded by family and friends at a Newport Beach hospital on October 10, Woepse was integral to UCLA's back-to-back NCAA Championships in 2014 and 2015, achieving a record 57 consecutive wins. He was recognized not just for his athletic prowess but also for his leadership and character, which deeply influenced his teammates and the program's culture. Woepse is survived by his wife, Olympic MVP Maddie Musselman, and his family, who described him as an eternal inspiration. A foundation has been established in his name to honor his legacy and support future student-athletes.

Lincoln Riley is no closer to bringing a national championship to USC than Clay Helton. If I’m a blue high schooler I’m going with Oregon too. They had a tough fought game against Ohio St and WON! We have little chance of beating these teams with Riley. Riley needs to go!

College football saw a new level of balance on Saturday, with four games involving ranked teams going into overtime and another four decided by three points or fewer. This tied the record for the most overtime games in one day since Sportradar began tracking this data in 2000. The only other day with four overtime games was September 27, 2003. It was also only the tenth time Sportradar recorded at least three overtime games on the same day.

On Saturday, Oct. 5, the Santa Monica College (SMC) Corsairs’ football team was gearing up to head to their non-conference match against the Compton College Tartars. The Corsairs began their drive on the Interstate 405 southbound freeway early in the afternoon. However, what might have been an anticipatory pre-game...