How to Watch USC Football Without Cable

You can watch every USC Trojans football game during the 2024 season without signing up for a cable or satellite contract. Read on to get all the details!

In a hurry? USC is featured on network TV a lot. You can get all the channels you need with these services:

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When Is the Next USC Trojans Football Game?

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Which Channels Show USC Trojans Games?

With the Trojans having moved to the Big Ten in 2024, they are now a part of that conference’s television contract. As a result, USC football games will almost all be on CBS (sometimes CBS Sports Network), FOX (sometimes FS1), NBC, and Big Ten Network (BTN). Some games may be streaming only on Peacock or Paramount+.

Note that some inter-conference games might appear elsewhere — especially the ESPN network including ABC and the conference channels. One channel that has been important for the USC in the past, Pac-12 Network, has shut down.

Before the season starts, games are scheduled for ABC, BTN, CBS, and FOX.

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Streaming Services for USC Football

There are several options to watch USC Trojans football games. You can watch many games with a digital antenna. But if you want them all as well as the 40+ Bowl games, you should get a streaming service.

The following table provides the basics of all the streaming services that show Trojans games:

Service	Price	Channels	Trojans Channels	Reviews
	$79.99/mo	150+	CBS, FOX, NBC, BTN	Fubo
	$108.99/mo	125+	CBS, FOX, NBC, BTN	DIRECTV
	$76.99/mo	95+	CBS, FOX, NBC, BTN	Hulu
	$72.99/mo	100+	CBS, FOX, NBC, BTN	YouTube
	$40.00/mo	40+	FOX, NBC‡	Sling
	$12.99/mo	NA	CBS	Paramount
	$7.99/mo	NA	NBC	Peacock

All the live TV streaming services (the first five rows) come with a cloud DVR so you can record games to watch later.

All streaming services allow you to watch on multiple devices so you aren’t stuck with everyone having to watch the same thing.

If you are a big fan of MLB, NBA, or NHL, you should look closely at Fubo and DIRECTV STREAM. Both of them provide access to almost all of the RSNs that broadcast local team games.

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How to Stream USC Football

You can start watching the Trojans within minutes. First, you sign up with one or more of the streaming services above. Then you install its app on your streaming device and log in.

Once you have the app installed on your devices, you are ready to go. With a live TV streaming service, you can search for the game or go to the channel airing it. With the on-demand services, you just search for the teams.

What streaming devices can I use to watch USC football games?

All the streaming services that show USC football games allow you to live stream on Amazon Fire TV, Android mobile devices, Android TV-based smart TVs, Apple TV, Chromecast, iOS devices (eg, iPhone), Roku devices and TVs, Samsung smart TVs, and web browsers. Other smart TVs and various gaming systems are also supported by some of the services.

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Our Choice

Fubo is our top choice for USC fans. Fubo allows you to try out its service with a free trial.

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2024 USC Trojans Football Overview

University of Southern California (USC) has one of the most storied football programs in the nation. The program’s history dates to 1888, when the team took to the field for the first time. Since then, USC has claimed 11 national championships with its most recent undisputed title coming in 2003. Although the team did win the 2004 BCS title game, it was stripped of that championship by many selectors because of questions surrounding Reggie Bush and his eligibility

The Trojans have also won 39 conference championships, dating to its first in 1927 and most recently in 2017. USC was especially impressive in conference play in the 2000s, winning seven straight league titles from 2002-08.

In 2024, USC have taken their talents to the Big 10 from the Pac-12. USC fans were likely frustrated about how the team finished as the Trojans lost five of their final six regular season games. Their lone win during that stretch was a 50-49 victory over Cal.

Ultimately, the team would finish the year with a victory over Louisville in the Holiday Bowl. Head coach Lincoln Riley will need to bounce back this year without the services of Caleb Williams, the 2022 Heisman Trophy winner who was taken first overall by the Chicago Bears in this year’s NFL draft.

Miller Moss is likely going to be the team’s quarterback this year, and his performance in the Holiday Bowl should give the fanbase confidence. He threw for six touchdowns, which was a record for a USC quarterback in a bowl game.

“This team feels a little different than any of the teams that we’ve had right now at this point, so I’m excited about that.”

Lincoln Riley, USC Trojans head coach (Source: USC Today)

USC will have a number of significant games this year including home games against Penn State and Notre Dame. They will start the season with a neutral site game against LSU in Las Vegas and will travel to Michigan for a game against the Wolverines in late September.

USC will also take on its closest rival UCLA just before Thanksgiving at the Rose Bowl Stadium. The two schools are only 10 miles apart and spent many years both calling the Rose Bowl home. Stanford and Cal are also considered rivals of the school along with Notre Dame. In fact, USC fans refer to any day in which USC wins, Notre Dame loses and UCLA loses as a perfect day.

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Memorial Coliseum: Home of Trojans

USC plays home games in one of sport’s most prestigious venues, the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, which most famously played host to the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics. The 93,607-capacity stadium, which is adjacent to campus, was built in 1923 and has been the home of the Trojans ever since.

Who are USC’s biggest rivals?

USC shares a fierce cross-city rivalry with the UCLA Bruins, who are just 15 miles away, as well as a cross-country one with Notre Dame. The former is more so based on geography while the latter features two of the sport’s most storied programs. Both of these rivalries are renewed every year.

2024 USC Trojans Football Schedule

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Other Popular Sports Programs at USC

USC has one of the country’s best overall athletics departments as its 113 national championships rank third, only behind Stanford (136) and UCLA (123).

The school’s men’s track & field program leads the way as far as NCAA titles are concerned with 28 although the most recent one was claimed in 1976. Next on that list is the men’s tennis program, which has 21 trophies, including four in the previous decade, won in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2014. Meanwhile, USC’s baseball program has the most titles of any in the country with 12; its most recent was in 1998.

Of course, with all of that said, USC’s men’s basketball team receives a lot of interest despite having never won an NCAA championship thanks to how popular that sport is nationwide. The squad’s high water mark was reached in 1940 and 1954 when it played in the Final Four. However, much more recently, the 2020-21 Trojans team advanced to within a game of its third Final Four trip, falling in the Elite Eight.

USC Athletics’ women’s program has two sports with the most national titles at six each. First is water polo. But USC’s women’s beach volleyball team has been incredibly strong winning the title the last four straight years. Meanwhile, the Trojans women’s track & field, volleyball, and golf teams have three titles each, and its basketball and soccer programs have two apiece. This year, the women’s basketball team made the Elite Eight.

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FAQs

Why is USC leaving the Pac-12?

Since USC leaving the Pac-12 for the Big Ten does not make any geographical sense, most believe that the move was primarily or solely related to the financial implications as the Big Ten television contract far surpasses what USC would have experienced while remaining a Pac-12 member.

Can I stream USC Trojans football games online for free?

No, there are no services that offer free live streaming of USC Trojans games online. However, you can stream games for a limited time by using free trials from services like Fubo. Alternatively, you can watch local channels that broadcast USC Trojans games on TV for free through an antenna.

Is USC football on Hulu?

Yes, you can watch USC Football games on Hulu through their Live TV plan. The plan costs $76.99/mo and offers 95+ channels including ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, FS1, and BTN which air all USC Trojans games. The plan also comes with the Hulu On-Demand library, Disney+, and ESPN+ — the last of which streams many other Trojans sports.

How can I watch college sports beyond the Trojans?

We have written guides about watching college football and college bowl games without cable. Here are guides for popular football teams:

And we have guides for college basketball and March Madness. Here are our team guides:

Featured image cropped from USC vs UCLA Football 2012 by Neon Tommy under CC BY-SA 2.0.

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Frank Moraes is Content Editor at HotDog where he specializes in sports streaming and its various technical issues. He is responsible for the site’s thorough coverage of the regional sports networks (RSNs) — essential for MLB, NBA, and NHL fans.

He got his start in Atmospheric Physics and remote sensing where he created software for point-to-point streaming of video and other data. Since that time, Frank has worked as a tech writer specializing in the nexus of technology and entertainment. His other passion is low-budget and "weird" films, which you can read about at Psychotronic Review.

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