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The USC Trojans are the athletic teams representing the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. While the men's teams are nicknamed the Trojans, the women's athletic teams are referred to as either the Trojans or Women of Troy (the university officially approves both terms). The program participates in the Pacific-12 Conference and has won 117 team national championships, 95 of which are NCAA National Championships. USC's cross-town rival is UCLA, with whom there is fierce athletic and scholastic competition. However, USC's rivalry with Notre Dame predates the UCLA rivalry by three years. The Notre Dame rivalry stems mainly from the annual football game played between these two universities and is considered the greatest intersectional rivalry in college football.
94 (81 NCAA) Total Men's Titles
* Indicates non-NCAA championship (not including football titles, which are all non-NCAA)
23 (14 NCAA) Total Women's Titles
* indicates non-NCAA championship
USC Trojans Football started in 1888 and has amassed an all-time win-loss record of 793–313–54, giving the program a .706 winning percentage. A December 1998 SPORT magazine ranking listed USC as the No. 4 all-time college football program of the 20th century. In 2009 ESPN ranked USC the second best program in college football history.