STATESBORO - The Georgia Southern Athletics Department announced the addition of Southern Cal to its future football schedule as the two schools have agreed to a one-off game at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The Eagles will travel to California for a game at Fresno State on Aug. 30, 2025 and will then face the Trojans a week later, on Sept. 6, 2025 in non-conference action.

The Eagles and Trojans have never met in football.

"We are honored and humbled to have the opportunity to share the field with USC in the 2025 season," Georgia Southern head football coach Clay Helton said. "At Georgia Southern, we have tasked ourselves with continuing to build a nationally recognized product. To do this, we must continue to place ourselves on a national stage, and there is no better stage than The Coliseum and having the opportunity to play one of the most storied and successful programs in college football."

Additionally, a non-conference game against Maine on Sept. 20 of 2025 was also announced. The Eagles lead the series with Maine, 4-0, with all four games having been played in Statesboro. The two last met in 2019 at Allen E. Paulson Stadium with the Eagles downing the sixth-ranked (FBS) Black Bears 26-18. The other three meetings between the two teams came in the NCAA I-AA or FCS Playoffs. 

This is how the announced future non-conference slate stacks up through 2032*:

2024
Aug. 31 - Boise State (Paulson)
Sept. 7 - at Nevada (Reno, Nev.)
Sept. 14 - South Carolina State (Paulson)
Sept. 21 - at Ole Miss (Oxford, Miss.)

2025
Aug. 30 - at Fresno State (Fresno, Calif.)
Sept. 6 - at USC (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Sept. 13 - Jacksonville State (Paulson)
Sept. 20 - Maine (Paulson)

2026
Sept. 5 - North Alabama (Paulson)
Sept. 12 - at Clemson (Clemson, S.C.)
Sept. 19 - at Jacksonville State (Jacksonville, Ala.)
Sept. 26 - Houston (Paulson)

2027
Sept. 4 - Samford (Paulson)
Sept. 11 - at Kansas State (Manhattan, Kan.)
Sept. 18 - at Houston (Houston, Texas)
Sept. 25 - Eastern Michigan (Paulson)

2028
Sept. 16 - at Boise State (Boise, Idaho)
Sept. 23 - Fresno State (Paulson)

2029
Sept. 1 - at Kentucky (Lexington, Ky.)
Sept. 8 - Sam Houston (Paulson)
Sept. 15 - Charleston Southern (Paulson)
Sept. 22 - at Eastern Michigan (Ypsilanti, Mich.)

2030
Aug. 31 - Chattanooga (Paulson)
Sept. 7 - at Ole Miss (Oxford, Miss.)
Sept. 21 - at Sam Houston (Huntsville, Texas)
Oct. 5 - Army West Point (Paulson)

2031
Sept. 20 - Middle Tennessee (Paulson)
Nov. 8 - at Army West Point (West Point, N.Y.)

2032
Sept. 25 - at Middle Tennessee (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)

* - subject to change