The USC Trojans (6-2) checked in at No. 19 in the first College Football Playoff rankings and host the Northwestern Wildcats (5-3) in a Big Ten Conference matchup in Los Angeles on Friday night.

USA Today's NFL experts make their picks for a Week 10 showdown between the Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints

If the Saints stay ahead of the sticks—second-and-medium instead of second-and-long—they’ll open the playbook and allow Shough to operate without forcing deep, low-probability shots. New Orleans’ offensive line faces a difficult assignment against Derrick Brown and A’Shawn Robinson,