{"id":447375,"date":"2026-08-29T16:50:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T16:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/447375\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T16:50:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T16:50:53","slug":"watch-14-usc-vs-san-jose-state-football-today-free-streams-start-time-tv-channel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/447375\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch #14 USC vs. San Jose State football today, free streams, start time, TV channel"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 14th-ranked USC Trojans kick off their 2026 season Saturday afternoon on their home field against the underdog San Jose State Spartans. The game is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. ET (noon PT) with TV coverage on NBC<\/a> and streaming on-demand<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How to watch #14 USC vs. San Jose State on TV and stream without cable: <\/p>\n

When: Saturday, Aug. 29 at 3 p.m. ET (noon PT)Where: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, Calif. TV channel: NBC and PeacockStreaming on: FuboTV (free trial)<\/a> | DirecTV (free trial)<\/a> | SlingTV (low intro rate)<\/a> | Peacock ($10.99+\/mo.)<\/a><\/p>\n

#14 USC vs. San Jose State: The matchup<\/p>\n

Coach Lincoln Riley and his Trojans are 38.5-point favorites at The Coliseum with urgency to find an early rhythm with a Big Ten schedule looming that is brutal out of the gates. USC opens league play at Rutgers on Sept. 19, then plays five ranked teams in a six-game stretch, including No. 2 Oregon, No. 1 Ohio State and defending national champion No. 6 Indiana. The Trojans come off a 9-3 season where they went 7-2 in Big Ten play and lost to TCU in the Alamo Bowl. <\/p>\n

See also: College football coverage on PennLive<\/a><\/p>\n

San Jose State is expected to start Hawaii transfer Luke Weaver for this matchup in LA, which marks the team\u2019s only contest against a preseason top-25 team. The Spartans had a similar schedule in 2025 and finished that campaign with a 3-9 record that included a 38-7 loss to No. 7 Texas in Week 2. <\/p>\n

#14 USC vs. San Jose State: Know your live streams<\/p>\n

FuboTV (free trial)<\/a>: Offers most extensive package of live sports with rates competitive with DirecTV. The FuboTV Pro Package ($54.99) includes ESPN Unlimited, but the Elite with Sports Plus package ($74.99) is required for NFL Red Zone. Monthly rates rise to $84.99 and $104.99 after that.<\/p>\n

DirecTV (free trial)<\/a>: DirecTV offers a 5-day free trial and a total of $30 off over the first three full months for the Choice Package, which includes 125-plus channels and access to ESPN Unlimited, a $29.99 standalone value featuring all ESPN channels and ESPN+.<\/p>\n

SlingTV (low intro rate)<\/a>: First full month of streaming runs as low as $29.99 with current offer for 50% off Sling\u2019s Orange & Blue Plan. Day passes are also available for 24 hours ($4.99), as well as three-day ($9.99) and seven-day access ($14.99).<\/p>\n

Peacock ($10.99+\/mo.)<\/a> – Peacock\u2019s library of live sports is growing and features exclusive NFL and college football games, all in addition to NBC Universal movies, television series, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 14th-ranked USC Trojans kick off their 2026 season Saturday afternoon on their home field against the underdog…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-447375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}