USC’s next home game comes with a different kind of headline attached to it: the cheapest ticket prices the Trojans have seen this season.
Saturday’s matchup with Louisiana at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is shaping up as the most affordable chance left for fans to catch USC at home before Big Ten play starts driving prices upward. On USC’s official ticket site, single-game seats begin at $50, with the next level at $60.
Some of the better remaining spots are listed between $150 and $200. But the secondary market tells a much different story, with Vivid Seats listing tickets at about $14 and the get-in price falling from $24 earlier in the week to $16.
That price drop fits the opponent as much as the calendar. Louisiana does not carry the same draw as the Big Ten heavyweights USC will see later, and the market is clearly treating this as the least expensive home date on the schedule. The Trojans are 2-0, ranked No. 14, and riding an 11-game home winning streak, but the real sticker shock is still reserved for what comes next.
USC’s next home game against Oregon is already starting around $125 on SeatGeek. Washington tickets are around $72, Ohio State is sitting near $248, and the home finale against Maryland starts around $33. That gap says plenty about where the demand sits right now, and it also leaves Saturday as the best shot for fans who want to see this USC team in person without paying marquee-game prices.
Attendance has been the louder story around the Trojans early this season, though. Week 0’s announced crowd of 51,114 at the Coliseum was the second-lowest in the past decade, according to CBS Sports.
The following week against Fresno State, USC announced 53,014, but the actual turnstile count may have been lower. The California Post reported that only 35,585 people scanned into the San José State game, a figure 15,559 below USC’s “tickets out” number.
The scan count for Fresno State rose to 45,833.
That sparked plenty of reaction online, and Kirk Herbstreit also jumped into the conversation. He called the scene “embarrassing,” while making clear his criticism was aimed more at the turnout than the team itself.
“I mean, that’s embarrassing for USC to play in front of a half-empty stadium, and you’re going to jump on the bandwagon because this team is going to be in the mix for the Big Ten. They’re going to play in a lot of big games. So let’s get out to the Coliseum and watch this team,” Herbstreit said on Nonstop.
Lincoln Riley, though, dismissed the idea that the Coliseum crowd has become some kind of crisis in Los Angeles.
“This is USC, right? People are going to pay attention, and people are going to have an opinion.
That's part of being a blue-blood school. I don't buy into the false narrative,” Riley said.
“I think that comes from a lot of people that don't follow our program, and most of those who have never stepped foot in the Coliseum."
"The reality is, during my years here, the attendance has gone up every single year here, as has our play in the Coliseum, including running the table last year in front of a lot of epic atmospheres," he continued. "And I expect that to happen again this year.”
The numbers, at least, make the picture a little more complicated. USC’s average attendance rose from 64,487 in 2022 to 71,571 in 2024, then dipped to 67,783 in 2025, per CBS Sports. The Coliseum has still delivered strong crowds for the biggest games, but the early-season turnout has left room for questions about whether that energy shows up every Saturday.
For now, though, the cheapest path into the building belongs to a Louisiana game that sits well below the price of what’s coming next. And for fans who want to see this USC team before the ticket market gets even hotter, Saturday may be the last easy entry point.
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