TV Sports Rundown

With the USC-UCLA showdown looming next Saturday, the two teams still have to focus on this week’s opponents.

USC faces Arizona State today in Tempe. ABC will carry the game at 12:30 p.m. (7)(3)(10)(42).

UCLA plays Stanford, a game that Prime Ticket (cable) will televise on a tape-delay tonight at 7.

On the pro football scene Sunday, fans get a rare opportunity to choose between games involving the Rams and Raiders.

At 1 p.m., CBS (2)(8) will air the Rams-New Orleans Saints game, while the Raiders and San Francisco 49ers can be seen at the same time from Candlestick Park on NBC (4)(36)(39).

Because it is showing the Rams home game, which sold out Thursday, Channel 2 will drop the previously scheduled Chicago-Washington contest at 10 a.m.

In basketball, the Clippers host Phoenix in their home season opener at 7:30 tonight on Z (cable).

Here are other weekend events.

TODAY

College Football: LSU vs. Mississippi State, 9:30 a.m. TBS; Georgia vs. Auburn, 11:30 a.m. (2)(8); Pittsburgh vs. Penn State, 1:30 p.m. ESPN; Fresno State vs. Nevada Las Vegas, 3:30 p.m. Prime Ticket; Wyoming vs. Houston, 5 p.m. ESPN.

Bowling: Women’s National Pro-Am, 10 a.m. ESPN; Indianapolis Open, noon (4); 3 p.m. (36)(39).

Golf: Nabisco Championships, 11:30 a.m. ESPN.

SportsWorld: Drag racing, women’s body building, 1:30 p.m. (4)(36)(39).

Boxing: Thomas Hearns vs. James Kinchen, 2 p.m. Showtime; Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Donny Lalonde (tape), 10 p.m. HBO.

SUNDAY

Football: Patriots vs. Jets, 10 a.m. (36); Chargers vs. Falcons, 10 a.m. (39); Vikings vs. Cowboys, 5 p.m. ESPN.

Tennis: Virginia Slims of Chicago, 10:30 a.m. ESPN.

Golf: Nabisco Championships, 1:30 p.m. ESPN.

College Football: Oregon vs. Arizona, 4 p.m. Prime; Stanford vs. UCLA, 7:30 p.m. Prime.