TRENDING Packers defeat Panthers WNBA Finals: Dream force Game 7 Bears land DT Jeffery Simmons HS player bodychecks ref Red Wings suspend Larkin Story by Story by Five Key Visits to Track Out West This Weekend Aden Owolabi and Lanning with Titus Huard afi Brandon Huffman Fri, October 30, 2026 at 5:56 PM UTC · 2 min read About Our Ads Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement There are several key games taking place this weekend, with the Big Ten schools hosting key games, including a pair of West Coast Big Ten schools taking on traditional Midwest Big Ten programs.
Earlier this week, we covered where most of the recruits were headed this weekend .
But here, we track the five most significant visits being taken by Western recruits this weekend in week nine of the college football season.
The No. 1 recruit in the state of California will be back at USC for the second time this season. He was at their earlier game against Washington but now gets to see the Trojans again when they host Ohio State. The Trojans are battling Oklahoma, Texas A&M and Oregon the most for Owolabi, but are the first to get a second visit from him.
Speaking of No. 1 players, the top-recruit in the state of Colorado will be in Eugene to see Oregon against Northwestern. Huard has longstanding ties to Washington, where his father and uncle played, but the Ducks have been pursuing him for a while. Even with the firing of Drew Mehringer, Huard still has strong interest in the Ducks.
The two-way standout from the Northwest, Halasz will be heading to Los Angeles to see the Trojans against Ohio State. USC is battling Oregon, where Steve Wiltfong has predicted him as well as Alabama but the Trojans have been making a push of later for the four-star.
Another Rivals 300 prospect from Washington, Harden will be making his third Big Ten visit of the fall, having visited UCLA last weekend and hometown Washington earlier in the year. His trainer also trained former Seattle product Josh Conerly Jr., who ended up a first rounder out of Oregon after leaving Seattle and the Ducks are trying to do that again.
Parker has been to USC numerous times – his father, Larry, played for the Trojans and he was there earlier this season. Still, the Trojans haven't offered the USC legacy and a prediction went in for crosstown rival UCLA earlier this week. Could USC finally pull the trigger and offer? We could find out this week.
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