USC’s 2026-27 men’s basketball schedule is almost fully locked in, and the Big Ten has now filled in the times and TV windows that give the Trojans a clearer picture of what the season will look like.
The conference portion is already set from top to bottom, while two nonconference games are still listed as TBD. In all, USC’s regular-season slate includes 23 games on national TV and seven more on streaming platforms. The Trojans will show up 11 times on the Big Ten Network, four times on FS1, four on Peacock or the NBC Sports Network, three times on Big Ten Plus, twice on CBS, twice on NBC, twice on FOX, once on ESPN2 and once on the CW Network.
The season begins with three exhibitions before the real games start. USC will face North Carolina on Oct. 9 at 4 p.m.
PDT in Greensboro, N.C., then visit UC San Diego on Oct. 17 and San Diego State on Oct. 23.
The first regular-season game comes Nov. 2 against Milwaukee at 7 p.m. PST on Big Ten Plus.
A week later, USC will play Wichita State in the Lake Tahoe Classic at 8 p.m. PST on the CW Network.
The Trojans then head to California on Nov. 11, though that game’s time remains TBD.
November keeps rolling with a home game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Nov. 15 at 4 p.m. PST on Big Ten Plus, then Tarleton State on Nov. 19 at 8 p.m.
PST on the Big Ten Network. USC closes the month with Louisiana on Nov. 22 on Big Ten Plus before a pair of neutral-site games in the Acrisure Series: South Carolina on Nov. 25 and Utah State on Nov. 26, both at 1:30 p.m.
PST on CBS.
December brings a run of home-and-road matchups, starting with Washington on Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. PST on the Big Ten Network and a trip to Oregon on Dec. 5 at 1 p.m.
PST on the same channel. USC then visits San Diego on Dec. 8, with that time still TBD, before meeting Texas Tech in the USLBM Coast-to-Coast Challenge in Fort Worth on Dec. 13 at 11 a.m.
PST on ESPN2.
The Trojans finish the month with Jacksonville on Dec. 19 at 1:30 p.m. PST on Peacock/NBC Sports Network, Western Michigan on Dec. 22 at 7 p.m.
PST on the Big Ten Network, and a trip to Purdue on Dec. 30 at 3 p.m. PST on the Big Ten Network.
January opens with a road game at Indiana on Jan. 2 at 11 a.m. PST on Peacock/NBC Sports Network, followed by visits to Maryland on Jan. 5 at 5 p.m.
PST on the Big Ten Network and Rutgers on Jan. 8 at 4 p.m. PST on FS1.
USC returns home to face Michigan State on Jan. 12 at 7 p.m. PST on Peacock/NBC Sports Network, then Wisconsin on Jan. 16 at 3 p.m.
PST on FS1.
Michigan comes to town on Jan. 23 at 12 p.m. PST on NBC, and the Trojans then hit the road for Illinois on Jan. 27 at 6 p.m.
PST and Northwestern on Jan. 30 at 11 a.m. PST, both on the Big Ten Network.
February features Iowa on Feb. 3 at 7:30 p.m. PST on the Big Ten Network, Minnesota on Feb. 6 at 1 p.m.
PST on FS1, and a trip to Washington on Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m. PST on the Big Ten Network.
USC then hosts UCLA on Feb. 13 at 2:30 p.m. PST on FOX and Ohio State on Feb. 20 at 12 p.m.
PST on NBC before heading to Nebraska on Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. PST on Peacock/NBC Sports Network.
The stretch run closes with Oregon at home on Feb. 27 at 3 p.m. PST on FS1, Penn State on March 2 at 6 p.m.
PST on the Big Ten Network, and a road game at UCLA on March 6 at 2:30 p.m. PST on FOX.
USC’s season will then feed into the Big Ten Conference Tournament, set for March 10-14 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, with coverage split across Peacock, Big Ten Network, CBS and Paramount+.
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