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USC coach Lincoln Riley says he didn't lobby receivers to stay last week, sharing his vision and accepting player exits were part of college football.

JuJu Watkins scored 21 points and Kiki Iriafen finished with 24, leading No. 5 USC to an 89-40 win over Fresno State Tuesday night at the Galen Center.

USC coach Lincoln Riley says the Trojans have been forced to adapt to college football's pro model, letting some players go so they can pay others.

USC will close it season in the same venue it kicked off, taking on Texas A&M in the Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 27.

UNLV, which fell short of a dream College Football Playoff bid, will face off against Cal in the L.A. Bowl hosted by Rob Gronkowski at SoFi Stadium.

Oregon finished atop the final College Football Playoff rankings and earned a Rose Bowl bid. The Ducks will play the Tennessee vs. Ohio State winner.

With the quarterback transfer market expensive and thin on talent, Jayden Maiava and Husan Longstreet likely will remain Lincoln Riley's starting QB options.

A group of lawmakers argues a pending NCAA settlement that proposes limits on NIL collectives is not valid in California and should not limit NIL pay.

USC men's basketball comes close to pulling off what would have been the biggest win of the budding Eric Musselman era before losing 68-60 to Oregon.

Lincoln Riley didn't get all the players he was pursuing, and he had to reiterate his allegiance to USC, during a mixed result for early signing day.