The last time No. 21 USC and No. 23 Illinois met it was in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day of 2008. That was when the champions of the Big Ten and Pac-10 met every year in the game. Now? Now it's a conference game between two Big Ten schools.

That game did not go well for the Illini, as the Trojans cruised to a 49-17 win. Still, that 32-point loss wasn't as bad as the one the Illini suffered last week at No. 11 Indiana , where they lost 63-10.

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That loss makes this game even more important for the Illini who don't want to lose the momentum from a 10-win 2024 season and a 3-0 start to 2025 with consecutive losses, but the Trojans present a diffi

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