The crosstown rivalry between the USC Trojans and UCLA Bruins is one of the better rivalries on the West Coast. The two teams fight for Southern California supremacy and will join each other in the Big Ten starting in 2024.
For now, they’re both in the PAC-12, where Lincoln Riley’s Trojans are the favorites to win the division with their college football odds at +200. Chip Kelly’s Bruins have the fourth-lowest odds in the conference at +1000.
Only 11 miles separate these two campuses, and naturally, proximity breeds contempt. The first showdown on the football field occurred in 1929 when the Trojans routed the Bruins by a score of 76-0.