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LOS ANGELES — Until it actually happens, there will be constant chatter about whether USC is "back" under Lincoln Riley. The debate will carry on with many subjective criteria being used by the program's supporters and detractors, but here's one objective marker that should be considered in the discussion:

It looks like Alabama and Ohio State are the teams to beat.

A look at the best teams in the area heading into the upcoming season.

LOS ANGELES — USC's first fall camp under Lincoln Riley officially wrapped Saturday morning. Just two weeks remain until a new era of Trojans football begins against Rice.

LOS ANGELES — A new season and a new staff was supposed to equal a fresh start for Korey Foreman. But through two crucial weeks of USC's preseason camp, the former No. 1 overall recruit has barely had the chance to get started.

A refresher on some of the major college football coaching changes ahead of the 2022 season.

LOS ANGELES — Two weeks before the question would cease to be hypothetical, Lincoln Riley was asked whether he believed USC and its name, image and likeness operation, BLVD LLC, could, if necessary, work in concert with a third-party collective whose deep-pocketed donors dictate their own approach to NIL.

The standalone collective aims to provide Trojan football players who are academically eligible with the “equivalent of a base salary.”

LOS ANGELES — When USC partnered with an outside media company to launch BLVD LLC, the hope was that its unique approach to facilitating name, image and likeness endorsement deals for Trojan athletes would help stave off the rise of a donor-run collective — and keep USC out of the…