USC vs ASU Kickoff Time Set For October 1 Game at Coliseum

The USC vs ASU game at the LA Coliseum on October 1 finally has a kickoff time. It’ll start at 5:30 p.m. on Fox, in the first late kickoff of the year for the Trojans.

The kickoff time was set to be announced this past Monday, but a six-day selection was enacted by ESPN for the early season Pac-12 South showdown.

After UCLA and Arizona lost to No. 7 Stanford and No. 8 Washington respectively, the Worldwide Leader picked the contest between the Bruins and Wildcasts to be their weekly Pac-12 After Dark broadcast at 7:30 p.m. Pacific.

That means Saturday’s game at the Coliseum will kick off in a primetime slot at 5:30 on FOX.

Last year in a late night start, USC won big in Tempe 42-14 to get revenge for the 2014 game, which infamously ended in the Jael Mary touchdown.

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This year, USC comes in reeling. They will be looking to right the ship and turn the page from a disastrous September in which the Trojans went 1-3, with three frustrating losses to ranked teams.

A loss to ASU would put USC at 0-3 in the Pac-12 for just the fourth time in school history, and first since 2001. It would seemingly end their chances of winning the conference.

Arizona State has played a wild season to date, while going a perfect 4-0 for the first time since 2007. That includes narrow wins over Texas Tech and UTSA, along with a comeback victory over California that saw the Sun Devils score 31 points in the fourth quarter.

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The Trojans are 6-7 since naming Clay Helton the interim head coach last October, but are a perfect 4-0 at the Coliseum under their new boss.

USC has also never lost a game coached by Helton in which they were favored. Given Las Vegas’s infatuation with the Trojans, that will likely be the situation going into Saturday’s game.