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Ohio State Indiana Georgia Texas Tech Oregon Texas A&M Mississippi Oklahoma Notre Dame Alabama Virginia Tulane First RoundNo. 12 Tulane at No. 5 Oregon No. 11 Virginia at No. 6 Texas A&M No. 10 Alabama at No. 7 Mississippi No. 9 Notre Dame at No. 8 Oklahoma QuarterfinalsCotton Bowl: No. 4 Texas Tech vs. winner of No. 12 Tulane at No. 5 Oregon Sugar Bowl: No. 3 Georgia vs. winner of No. 11 Virginia at No. 6 Texas A&M Orange Bowl: No. 2 Indiana vs. winner of No. 10 Alabama at No. 7 Mississippi Rose Bowl: No. 1 Ohio State vs. winner of No. 9 Notre Dame at No. 8 Oklahoma No. 12 Tulane at No. 5 OregonTulane has a simple task: beat 1–10 Charlotte for the right to host the American championship game against North Texas. That puts the Green Wave on the doorstep of the playoff no matter what head coach Jon Sumrall decides to do on Sunday. The Ducks have a tricky one in Seattle against Washington but will be virtually assured with the easiest first-round game in Autzen Stadium on top of a potentially excellent path through the bracket if they do so convincingly. SICollege Football Playoff Bracket Week 14 Live Projections...Throughout this weekend’s slate, Sports Illustrated will give an updated look at the playoff seeding and matchups.

So many big games today that impact Oregon, regardless of our results in Seattle. Let's discuss those games in this thread!

16 teams just seems to be the next logical and profitable number for the next round of CFP progression. Jumping to 24 would cheapen the field. For example, does an 8-4 team really deserve a shot at the Natty? Taking care of business, with a sense of urgency builds excitement and pressure. Is the reward because we had a great season or because we finished in the top 6 of of a P-2 conference? Money drive this train!

From the above article: "To call USC football “irrelevant” feels a bit extreme. After all, the Trojans were just featured on College GameDay, and more than five million people watched Saturday’s game against Oregon." Uh, hello?? College Game Day was in Eugene, not in BFE SoCal!! The arrogance is incredible!! 🤬 And I know I'm preaching to the choir, but do they really think Game Day came to our town and 5 million people tuned in just to see USC?? (and I know the lonely usuc homers do believe that because delusion runs deep in LaLa land...). I think 5 million people tuned in to watch one of the top teams in the country simply take care of business. They tuned in because OBD are working like a well oiled machine (something I know a thing or 2 about 😂)!! And more than a few of the host of viewers watched because they wanted to see usuc face plant again! 😁😁😁 rant over... Speaking of just taking care of business, I'm looking for more of the same today from OBD!! Go Ducks!! Beat the mangy leg lifters!! OlCodgerDuck 🦆🦆🦆

On the sort of final regular season Saturday of the CF 2025 season (Remember we still have Army vs Navy), every team has the opportunity to close out with a regular season win! Georgia, IU & Ole Miss escaped Jon Joseph's CHAOS Scenario, The Aggies and Sun Devils did not. On deck for CHAOS, TT, tOSU, OU, Vandy, BYU and OBD's! How much more CHAOS will our very own JJ strike oil with? As long as the Ducks take care of business against the little dogs, well let Chaos reign supreme! Go Ducks beat the bastard puppies. The talent level difference is significant, so play clean and execute! Then you can rest, heal and prepare for what's next.

Oregon 23-21 1 Turnover 1 Sack 189 Passing Yards

This is my main concern. I don’t want a massive playoff to devalue the regular season. Saturdays in the fall are sacred to me, and I want to keep it that way. In a 24 team playoff, does the Texas vs TA&M game even matter? I imagine teams in TA&M’s position doing load management and resting players at the end of the year. 24 is too much IMO, but if they expanded to 16 and stopped, I think that would still work in providing the week in, week out excitement.

Another Tight End in the mold of Kenyon Sadiq would be awesome! Oregon Ducks On SIHow Five-Star Tight End Recruit Kendre Harrison Will Boos...The Oregon Ducks' recruiting class of 2026 is filled with elite athletes who can help lead the team for the next several years. One of the most notable athletes

Linebacker is a position of need for the Ducks. https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/oregon-makes-a-splash-with-four-star-2027-hawaii-lb-toa-satele--263711272/

Absolute garbage IMO. However, NIL was the support needed for a realistic expanded playoff. It has leveled the playing field. The top 4 has quality but who looks unbeatable? Nobody. Before NIL, we had some clarify cut top echelon teams by years end. Now those teams lose so many players from year to year as well as teams can’t horde every 5* for the last 5 years. This has made teams more even with personnel. Personally, 16 is enough. .750 record is a quality team. .666 team has no business in the playoffs. That’s just plain mediocrity. But, we will go to 24 or 48 or 96. So, tell me, what will the season look like if you have a 5 game post season? Thaaaaaats a-laaaahhhttt!

Now the Ducks need to produce the highlights to photograph! CURB THOSE DAWGS TODAY

Stricklin is one of the worst ADs in the sport. His promise was a proven P4 coach, last I checked, Tulane is in the AAC. If this isn't just a smokescreen, Stricklin needs to be gone before Monday. A defensive minded AAC coach, instead of an alum. Brent Key, Kenny Dillingham, Leah Clark, Sonny Sitaki, Jeff Brohm, and even that sleaze all Jim Harbaugh , all have shown what a coach can do in getting everyone bought in, when it's a guy at his alma mater. The buy in, the commitment, the genuine love. It's just different.

https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/rj-youngs-24-team-college-football-playoff-bracket-entering-week-12 This article actually makes sense to me. I don't necessarily like the fact that some teams just don't qualify in my opinion, but settling things on the field would settle a lot of headaches and arguments. I prefer the 16 team 3-3-2-2-1 and 5 at large bids more. It would preserve some of the bowl season. But this presentation makes total sense based on how this season has progressed.

Why not simply expand to 16 teams? Go with a 3-3-2-2-1 format and 5 at large teams with CCG week used as a play in round between the P4 teams qualified to participate? That basically maintains the most important aspect of college football: making every week matter. Making those Play In Games relevant also matters as there must be some objective measurement used as a measuring tool for those contenders. I believe that would be fairly simple, as contending for your conference title should definitely be one of those measurements. Same with defeating teams you were favored against, and defeating teams you were an underdog to. This year is going to be a mess. I believe Texas losing to Florida ruined what is considered facing a gauntlet schedule (all three of their losses are to teams that are playoff bound, and they defeated a fourth while eliminating Vandy as a fifth). Expanding to 16 definitely makes sense. Using Play In games would expand it further, and create the kind of drama fans of the sport love. Not to mention settle matters on the field.

If 3-loss SEC teams miss this season's PO, as I believe will happen, Sankey could return to supporting Petitti's 4-4-2-2-1-3 model, which could be supported by the ACC and/or the B12, missing out on millions of dollars with a single team in the field. Having surrendered PO voting power to the B1G and the SEC, the ACC and B12 have acknowledged that there is a Power 2. A Power 2 is also borne out by the committee's rankings to date.

Mt. West SDSU, 6-2, 9-3 – lost to Hawaii and New Mexico New Mexico, 6-2, 9-3 – lost to BSU and San Jose St BSU, 6-2, 8-4 – lost to Fresno St and SDSU UNLV, 5-2, 9-2 – lost to New Mexico and BSU (final game will be vs Nevada) Boise State, New Mexico and San Diego State all finished MW play with 6-2 records. UNLV would join the group at 6-2 with a win over Nevada on Saturday. The participants for the 2025 Mountain West Football Championship will be determined by a composite average of computer metrics and announced the morning of Sunday, Nov. 30. UNLV and New Mexico were not invited to the New Pac. If they were talking about being Power 5, maybe they meant the Mt. West's power four plus one? Boise won by 1 point today. A loss would have meant 7-5. 7-5 would have matched 2021 for their worst W-L since 1998. North Texas is 11-1. James Madison is 10-1 headed to Saturday's final.

The Territorial Cup is headed south to Tucson. No. 25 Arizona 23 - ASU 7. AZ finishes 9-3, ASU 8-4. For OBD's SOS, I'm hoping AZ drops out of the top 25, and one of 8-4 Iowa or (knock wood) 8-4 UW are ranked in the committee's penultimate ranking. Neuter the Huskies!

A 24 team playoff... Frankly I hate it. But this is one of those things that will move on with or without Dan support because at the end of the day we are all tied to our teams and we'll at least follow things for our team's sake. Just looking at this year's rankings so far I feel there are a lot of teams in the Big 12 that are not good enough to make the playoff but have received a ton of hype so far. The Big 12 isn't what it used to be and the ACC is pretty weak as well. As for the B1G and SEC any team that gets three losses on their record isn't in the top tier of the conference. But I suppose more games, even games with sacrificial lambs, make money so I'm sure this will happen. College football has leveled out in the transfer portal and NIL era. I mean... Indiana, need I say more? So the playoff expansion is warranted and 12 feels probably about right and 16 is pushing it but has merits based on fairness, everyone plays a first round game. But 24? Just make another tournament like the NIT... A lower bracket tournament for the rest of the spread of teams. Maybe a conference that isn't the B1G or SEC might actually win it. Might be a better and more exciting tournament honestly.

The 5 stars never do well in their first year here. Walker, Ware, Bittle, Evans all major disappointments in their first year. Bol Bol is the only one that actually looked like a top 25 freshman in his first year. Amazingly I think we miss Bamba, he was our best perimeter defender, he's tough, he can play bully ball, he took care of the basketball, Simpkins is a better scorer but a much much worse defender, he can't rebound and doesn't get to the rim well against these better teams. Last year's team had a ton of flaws, but they were experienced, Angel, Bamba, Barthelemy, Cook all multiyear starters, we now have a bunch of guys who either haven't played at this level, haven't been starters, or they've never played D1 basketball.

And we're on the West coast... So I guess that goes to Texas Tech.

All the great coaches they were interviewing....you know, Justin Wilcox and the superb FCS coaches ended up stepping away? Beavis fans are used to it...

Oregon 31 -14 2 3 275

They’re running out of dudes, I think Fisch may be in play at multiple places.

Vandy and HC Clark Lea have agreed to extend Lea's contract and keep him in Nashville. Brian Kelly to PSU?

Cute they think there’s a P5