The Iowa Hawkeyes and USC Trojans meet Saturday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California.

Trojans overcome an 11-point deficit and shut out the Hawkeyes in the second half for a soggy 26-21 victory to keep their College Football Playoff hopes alive.

College Football News dove into the Iowa Hawkeyes' game against USC and offered a prediction on who can win and how they do so.

The Trojans head to Oregon next week — where they have not won since 2011 — for a game with significant CFP ramifications.

A key Big Ten duel pits the No. 17 Trojans (7-2, 5-1) against the No. 21 Hawkeyes (6-3, 4-2). This is the first meeting between the new conference foes since Iowa's 49-24 win in the 2019 Holiday Bowl.

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The Coliseum’s mood was as dark as the halftime sky when Southern California went to the locker room soaked in nonstop rain and trailing Iowa by 11 points. With their postseason hopes under a serious cloud,