USC

USC football is locked in that preseason nightmare where every pundit has them missing the playoff before Week 1 even kicks off, the schedule is brutal, and four years of Riley football without a playoff berth is starting to feel like a pattern nobody in LA wants to admit out loud—elite recruiting copium is working overtime just to keep the lights on. Meanwhile, basketball is doing absolutely nothing in August, which is fine, because Andy Enfield's roster quietly assumes talent will figure it out come November and nobody's bothered to ask harder questions yet.

🔥 Lincoln Riley heads into Year Five with national media already writing off the Trojans while basketball quietly hopes talent saves the rebuild.