Per Thamel, the Fighting Irish and Trojans will renew their rivalry via a home-and-home series starting in 2030. NEWS: USC and Notre Dame will renew their rivalry, with the series starting again in 2030. Ultimately, USC got its wish, and the games will be played in Week 1 of the 2030 and 2031 seasons. Media rights were central to the rivalry series going on hiatus in the first place. Last September, when reports first surfaced that the teams had approached Netflix about selling the game’s broadcast rights to the streamer, networks balked at losing such a valuable matchup.