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Lincoln Riley and the USC Trojans are officially under the HOF Top 12+ microscope.
Jason Watkins revisits one of the most fascinating storylines in college football: Lincoln Riley’s pressure-packed future at USC, the Trojans’ push to finally make a College Football Playoff run and the unavoidable comparison to the Oklahoma Sooners program Riley left behind after the 2021 Bedlam loss.
USC enters the latest HOF Top 12+ rankings at No. 11, and this may be Riley’s best roster since Caleb Williams won the Heisman Trophy in his first season at Southern Cal. But after narrowly missing the CFP last season, continued defensive questions and D’Anton Lynn’s departure to Penn State, Riley has turned to former TCU head coach Gary Patterson to help solve the same problem that followed him from Oklahoma to Los Angeles: Can a Lincoln Riley team finally field a championship-level defense?
Meanwhile, Brent Venables and Oklahoma are fresh off the Sooners’ first College Football Playoff appearance without Riley in the building. OU fixed the defensive issues that haunted the Riley era, but now Venables, Ben Arbuckle and John Mateer must prove the Sooners offense can deliver in the biggest moments after Alabama erased a 17-0 deficit and knocked Oklahoma out of last year’s playoff.
Tonight on the HOF Top 12+ Show:
— Updated HOF Top 12 + First Four Out rankings
— Why USC checks in at No. 11
— Lincoln Riley’s playoff-or-pressure season at Southern Cal
— Can Gary Patterson fix USC’s defense?
— Riley vs. Venables: two coaches chasing opposite answers
— Oklahoma’s offensive pressure entering a brutal early 2026 schedule
— Special guest USC-J, host of the USCJ Lost in the Sauce Show
— Is USC a real CFP contender or another Lincoln Riley mirage?
This is not just an Oklahoma conversation. This is a national college football conversation about USC, Oklahoma, the Big Ten, the SEC, the College Football Playoff and two head coaches still trying to prove they can build complete championship programs.
Join Jason live, drop your Top 12 rankings in the chat and tell us whether USC belongs in the playoff conversation — or whether Lincoln Riley is officially running out of time.
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