Game of the Week · 2026 Week 4
Away
Oregon
No. 20 in the AP poll
2-1 · Big Ten · poll released September 20, 2026
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USC
No. 12 in the AP poll
4-0 · Big Ten · poll released September 20, 2026
Saturday, September 26 · 7:30 p.m. ET
NBC · United Airlines Field at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum · Los Angeles, California
Kickoff, network and venue as announced, confirmed September 22, 2026.
Est. roster value
Each figure is The NIL Standard's estimated total value of that team's 2026 roster, produced by our valuation model across every active player and incoming signee it prices. Read live on September 22, 2026; these move whenever the model runs.
How each roster was built
Share of each roster's estimated value by how the player arrived — retained from the program's own recruiting, acquired through the transfer portal, or an incoming signee. Percentages only.
Oregon
- Retained
- 69.3%
- Portal
- 16.7%
- Recruit
- 14.0%
Across 81 valued roster spots.
USC
- Retained
- 58.9%
- Portal
- 10.4%
- Recruit
- 30.7%
Across 84 valued roster spots.
Both rosters are majority retained, and on that much they agree. What differs is what sits behind it: more than double the share of USC's estimated value belongs to players who arrived with this recruiting class, where Oregon's is concentrated in players it had already developed.
The most expensive QB on each side
These are the highest-valued QBs on the two rosters — a statement about what each player costs, not about who is the better quarterback, and not a prediction about the game. Both are listed first at their slot on their team's depth chart.
$5,000,000
The NIL Standard's estimate
Three games
61 of 89 for 849 yards, 9 touchdowns, 0 interceptions
9.5 yards per attempt, 68.5% completed. Rushing: 9 carries, -17 yards, 0 touchdowns.
- Game 1 vs Boise State:
- 28 of 37 for 378 yards, 3 touchdowns, 0 interceptions
- Game 2 at Oklahoma State:
- 14 of 29 for 191 yards, 2 touchdowns, 0 interceptions
- Game 3 vs Portland State:
- 19 of 23 for 280 yards, 4 touchdowns, 0 interceptions
No interceptions in 89 attempts. His rushing line is negative because college box scores charge sack yardage to rushing.
$2,500,000
The NIL Standard's estimate
Four games
87 of 115 for 1173 yards, 12 touchdowns, 1 interception
10.2 yards per attempt, 75.7% completed. Rushing: 9 carries, -2 yards, 1 touchdown.
- Game 1 vs San José State:
- 25 of 29 for 286 yards, 2 touchdowns, 0 interceptions
- Game 2 vs Fresno State:
- 23 of 25 for 349 yards, 3 touchdowns, 0 interceptions
- Game 3 vs Louisiana:
- 19 of 29 for 261 yards, 5 touchdowns, 1 interception
- Game 4 at Rutgers:
- 20 of 32 for 277 yards, 2 touchdowns, 0 interceptions
Twelve touchdown passes to one interception through four games; the interception was thrown in the Louisiana game.
Both of those figures are editorial overrides rather than model output. Where we hold a specific estimate for a player, it replaces what the model would otherwise calculate, and the team totals above include them. Through Saturday, September 19, lines are from the official box scores, checked September 22, 2026.
Last meeting
Oregon 42 – 27 USC
November 22, 2025 · Autzen Stadium, Eugene
- Dante Moore: 22 of 30 for 257 yards, 2 touchdowns, 1 interception; 2 carries, -3 yards, 0 touchdowns.
- Jayden Maiava: 25 of 43 for 306 yards, 3 touchdowns, 2 interceptions; 4 carries, 16 yards, 0 touchdowns.
Oregon has won the last four meetings:
- November 22, 2025: Oregon 42–27, Eugene
- November 11, 2023: Oregon 36–27, Eugene
- December 18, 2020: Oregon 31–24, Los Angeles (Pac-12 Championship Game)
- November 2, 2019: Oregon 56–24, Los Angeles
The most recent of them played in Los Angeles was on December 18, 2020, the Pac-12 Championship Game.
Official box scores, checked September 22, 2026 — this meeting’s and each earlier one’s.
Roster values and build percentages read live on September 22, 2026. Through Saturday, September 19, figures from the official box scores, checked September 22, 2026. Kickoff, network, venue and both poll standings as announced, confirmed September 22, 2026 and subject to change before kickoff.