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Pac-12 title game: Different USC and Stanford line up in rematch

USA TODAY Sports' Dan Wolken predicts what you'd never expect this week in college football. USA TODAY Sports

At some point in the coming months, Clay Helton might have the opportunity to reflect on the past week, which saw him promoted from Southern California’s interim replacement for Steve Sarkisian to the Trojans’ full-time coach.

Now’s not the time for celebrating: Saturday brings a spot in the Pac-12 Conference championship game and a rematch with Stanford, which beat USC 41-31 on Sept. 20 — three weeks before Sarkisian was relieved of his duties by athletics director Pat Haden.