USC announced Friday it had scheduled a game with UC Davis in 2021, the first time the Trojans will play a team from the Football Championship Subdivision.
The game, scheduled for Sept. 4 at the Coliseum, will give USC seven home games for the 2021 season. USC also announced nonconference home games with Nevada (2023) and San Jose State (2024).
UCLA and Notre Dame are the only Football Bowl Subdivision teams to never schedule a team from the FCS, formerly known as Division 1-AA.
In a news release, USC said it had “negotiated in recent years with a number of FBS schools to schedule a game on that open 2021 date but could not reach an agreement.