LOS ANGELES — An afternoon of celebration amongst Missouri State fans took place as the Bears arrived at the FBS level, reaching the highest subdivision of college football for the first time in its history.

Waymond Jordan and Eli Sanders set the tone in 73-13 opener, showing Lincoln Riley’s offense may be best when built on its backfield.

We can’t draw a bunch of conclusions from what we saw out of USC’s season-opening smackdown, but here are a few.

Korey Foreman never lived up to the hype as the No. 1 recruit in his class, but he made perhaps the biggest play in recent USC football history

It took Swain’s 80-yard, punt-return touchdown to ignite the South Carolina sideline and propel the team to victory at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Florida State, LSU, Michigan and Oklahoma were among the big-time winners from the first full Saturday of the 2025 season

Sam Darnold’s two seasons starting for the Trojans marked the program’s best two-year stretch since the Pete Carroll era