Transfer Portal Sends U.S.C. Football Into a New Dimension

With a roster rebuilt around 26 transfers, Coach Lincoln Riley is ushering in a “different era” for teams like U.S.C. that are willing to go that route. Stanford is not one of them.

Caleb Williams, who played for Oklahoma last year, throwing a touchdown pass to Jordan Addison, who played for Pittsburgh the past two years, in Southern California’s 41-28 win on Saturday against Stanford.Credit...Ezra Shaw/Getty ImagesSTANFORD, Calif. — Finding all the University of Southern California football players who transferred in over the winter was not terribly difficult on Saturday night. All you had to do was look in the end zone.

That’s where Jordan Addison, the decorated receiver who came from the…