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By Matt Audilet
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The historic rivalry between the USC Trojans and Notre Dame Fighting Irish will resume with a four-game series beginning in 2030, both programs announced on Monday.
Each of these four games will take place in the opening weeks of the season, before the start of conference play for USC.
The rivalry will resume with a Week 1 matchup at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 2030. The following year, Notre Dame will host USC for a Week 1 clash in South Bend.
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These early-season matchups came at USC's request.
“We felt like the best thing for our program was to play this game early in the season," Trojans head coach Lincoln Riley said in response to the news, via Kendell Hollowell of SI. "We're a part of a conference, we have a conference schedule to answer to. We don't make our own schedule.
“It made more sense for us to play this game in a traditional non-conference window," he added. "As I've said always, we want to play this game. That has never changed. That will never change. But we also want to stand up for USC and do what's right for us.
“I just want it to make sense for our team in terms of playing the rest of the Big Ten and Big Ten travel," Riley continued. "We don't have the same flexibility with our schedule. As long as we can get the game in early, play it in a traditional window, we want to play it as long as we can.”
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USC will open up its 2026 schedule with a matchup against San Jose State on Aug. 29.
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