Oregon Ducks injury updates before hosting the USC Trojans in Autzen Stadium. Will Oregon coach Dan Lanning and the Ducks get wide receivers Dakorien Moore, Evan Stewart, and Gary Bryant Jr. back from injury against USC?

The atmosphere in Eugene, Oregon, is ready this Saturday to host the college football game of the week. A clash between No. 7 Oregon Ducks and No. 15 USC Trojans will take place, in which a life-or-death effort for the College Football Playoff (CFP) will be on the line.

The Trojans face an Oregon defense that has stuffed the stat sheet. What is the Ducks' strategy? How can USC execute on offense? Here's our scout:

The No. 15 USC Trojans have been hit hard by the injury bug this season and will carry into their highly anticipated showdown against No. 7 Oregon this Saturday

The Big Ten is all but guaranteed to place three teams in this season's College Football Playoff, but things could get chaotic if unbeaten Ohio State or Indiana slip down the stretch. College football's two best teams are on a crash course to meet at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis for a blockbuster No.

Lincoln Riley and USC are seeing what happens when a football program keeps and develops talent recruited out of high school rather than over-rely on the transfer portal.

Even with all of the success that the No. 15 USC Trojans have earned this season, the chase for a College Football Playoff is the realest it's been all season.

Large historical narratives hang over Lincoln Riley's head for USC-Oregon, but Dan Lanning has to face a troubling trend too