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USC is finalizing a deal to play a game in Las Vegas against Texas Tech next year, according to On3's Wilson Alexander.
This comes after the College Football Playoff announced it would expand the field to 24 teams starting in 2027. Alexander says the USC-Texas Tech game would be a 2027 season opener, and it has been in the works for months. A formal announcement is expected soon.
USC and Texas Tech are still in the hunt for this year's College Football Playoff. The Trojans are currently 7-2 and 4-2 in the Big Ten. Texas Tech is 8--1 and 5-1 in the Big 12. Both teams are ranked inside the top 20 of the College Football Playoff rankings.
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On Saturday, USC takes on defending national champion Indiana. With two losses already this season, the Trojans are feeling the pressure to win so they don't fall out of the playoff race.
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"This is where some of my experience of being a head coach in a lot of these different CFP races, or whatever you want to call it, is helpful for our team because I have been through this a lot," USC head coach Lincoln Riley said, per R.J. Abeyita of USCFootball.com. "The reality is, you just have to keep winning, and you want to win enough early in the season that, obviously, at the end of the year, that you control your own destiny. And we certainly, without any doubt, control our own destiny."
Texas Tech is no stranger to the playoffs, as the team reached the College Football Playoff for the first time last year. The Red Raiders lost in the quarterfinals, so they are looking to make a deeper run this season.
“We have a great product in the Big 12,” Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire said in October about the Big 12's national perception, per L. Selph of Red Raider Sports. “And for whatever reason – not for whatever reason, we know the reason – there’s different networks that want to push a narrative, and there’s different people that want to push a narrative.”
USC and Texas Tech have faced each other three times in their history. The Trojans have won all three matchups, and the last meeting was on Jan. 2, 1995. In that game, USC won 55-14 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.
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