Lincoln Riley will coach in his first Pac-12 conference matchup on Saturday at Stanford Stadium.

The newest Pac-12 head coach will square off against one of the longest-tenured coaches in the league in one of the oldest and most storied rivalry games the league has to offer.

The 10th-ranked Trojans face the Stanford Cardinal on Saturday in primetime. USC is coming off a 66-14 win over Rice while Stanford will look to spoil the fun. Stanford won its opener over Colgate last week 41-10.

USC’s opener got off to a bit of a sluggish start, but things got weird as USC’s defense started turning Rice over and turning in points of its own. The Trojans scored on three pick-sixes, plays that blew up the scoreboard but also kept the USC offense on the sidelines for longer than you’d normally expect to see and led to fewer snaps for the first-teamers as the game got out of hand early.

The Cardinal will test the Trojan starters, possibly trying to once again limit the possessions with some ball-control offense on the strength of tailback E.J. Smith, who topped 100 yards in his 2022 debut.

Of course, USC quarterback and Heisman favorite Caleb Williams was splendid in his debut. He has just as much of a chance to control the game as anything.

Here are all the details you need for the game.

TV and Kickoff Time

Kickoff time: 4:30 p.m. PT

TV Network: ABC; fans can also watch the game live on Watch ESPN with a cable or satellite provider login

Betting odds

Line: USC -9.5

Total: 66.5

Money line: USC -330, Stanford +260

Via FanDuel

Expert predictions

ESPN’s FPI gives USC a 74.6% chance to beat the Cardinal.

Bill Connelly’s SP+ has the Trojans winning 34-25.

CBS Sports’ Shehan Jeyarajah sees the Trojans covering the spread:

Expectations are off the charts for Riley’s program, and for good reason. The Trojans are the last unblemished Pac-12 team remaining from the preseason AP Top 25 and have one of the few coaches in the sport to reach the playoff multiple times. Stanford should be improved after a miserable 2021, but it’s hard to imagine USC missing an opportunity to make its first statement on a national stage

Athlon Sports’ Kyle Kensing has the Trojans winning 34-27:

The USC defense rallied from a sluggish start against Rice to dominate in the second half, most notably in generating turnovers. Don’t count on McKee giving away two interceptions, let alone three pick-sixes like the Trojans garnered against Stanford assistant Mike Bloomgren’s Owls. Stanford’s built to test some of the uncertainties in the USC lineup but ultimately could struggle to keep pace with the outstanding skill-position players that make up an overhauled Trojans roster.

CFN’s Pete Fiutak has USC winning 38-14:

Stanford will be tough for just over a quarter. The running game will fire up and grind early on, the defense will come up with a few big stops, and social media will scream and yell about how overrated all the Trojan hype is. And then America will be reintroduced to Caleb Williams. The floodgates will open, the Cardinal won’t be able to keep up the pace, and the college football world will jump on the bandwagon.