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As HDuck pointed out...those standings reward teams with the most programs, in addition to their finish. Are they looking at the real regular season winner, or the silly tournament champion? And the nationals for the spring sports have not occured yet, where Oregon will prevail with Softball, Baseball, Track, and the Womens Gold Championship is happening today and tomorrow. So that is not accurate yet... Oregon does not even participate in Hockey, Lacrosse, Swimming, Diving, Wrestling, etc. For the number of programs we have....the bang-for-the-buck is the best.

Wasikowski named top B1G Coach; 10 Ducks earn All-B1G honors including league-high five first-teamers Omaha, Neb. – Heading into the Big Ten Tournament, Oregon head coach Mark Wasikowski has been named the conference’s coach of the year, while a Big-Ten high 10 Duck players have garnered all-league recognition including a league-best five first-team selections. Starting pitcher Grayson Grinsell, relief pitcher Seth Mattox, first baseman Jacob Walsh, second baseman Ryan Cooney (at-large) and outfielder Mason Neville claimed first-team honors. The five first-team selections tied the 2021 team for the most in the modern era of Ducks’ baseball and the 10 all-league members are the most ever in Oregon baseball history. The Ducks placed four players on the conference’s third team and one player on the all-freshman team. Starting pitcher Jason Reitz, shortstop Maddox Molony, outfielder Anson Aroz and designated hitter Dominic Hellman all are on the third team, while catcher Burke-Lee Mabeus earned a spot on the all-freshman team. Cooney was also honored with the Ducks’ sportsmanship award, with one member of each team having a representative. Wasikowski earned the Big Ten Conference Coach of the Year award after leading Oregon to a tie for the league regular-season championship and the No. 1 seed in this week’s Big Ten Tournament. Oregon finished the regular season with a 41-13 record and a 22-8 Big Ten record, tying for the most conference wins in Oregon baseball history. Under Wasikowski’s leadership, the Ducks have already set school records for home runs and RBI this season, while also sitting just eight runs scored, four walks and seven stolen bases shy of setting school records in each of those categories. Oregon’s 41 wins are already tied for the fourth most in program history. Heading into the conference tournament, Wasikowski has Oregon ranked as high as second in the major college baseball polls and no lower than sixth. Grinsell, Oregon’s Friday night starter, claimed his first first-team all-league honor after earning spots on the all-regional tournament teams each of the last two seasons. Grinsell boasts a 9-2 record and a 2.33 ERA with 93 strikeouts in 88.2 innings while holding opposing hitters to a .185 batting average. In Big Ten games, Grinsell has been even better. The Ducks’ lefty leads the league in wins (7), ERA (1.36), batting average against (.167), WHIP (0.86) while ranking second in strikeouts 70. Mattox, who has emerged as Oregon’s closer over the last month, finished the regular season with a 2-1 record with a 2.60 ERA and seven saves in 19 appearances. He has held opposing hitters to a .169 batting average. In 10 appearances in Big Ten games Mattox has been even better, going 2-0 with a 1.86 ERA with four saves and a .100 batting average against. Named a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy honoring college baseball’s top player, Walsh has had a monster senior season for the Ducks. The first baseball leads the team in batting average (.344) while belting a career-high 19 home runs (tied for 4th in the B1G) and driving in a career-best 59. He has 34 extra-base (17 2B) hits on the season and is slugging .688 while reaching base at a .451 clip with eight stolen bases. In league games, Walsh is slashing .352/.432/.680 with 10 homers and 10 doubles. Neville, a semifinalist for both the Dick Howser Trophy and the Golden Spikes Award, finished the regular season leading the nation in both home runs (26) and home runs per game (0.49). The Ducks’ centerfielder is slashing .302/.446/.774 with a 1.220 OPS. Neville shattered Oregon’s single-season home run record with eight more than the old record heading to the tournament. Cooney, a sophomore from Portland, closed the season on a tear, improving his batting average by 64 points from March 29 to the end of the regular season. The Ducks’ second baseman earned Big Ten Conference Player of the Week two of the last three weeks of the regular season. He finished his sophomore campaign second on the team in batting with a .341 average while homering five times with 47 RBI and 42 runs scored out of the eight-hole in the lineup. In conference games, Cooney slashed .333/.452/500 with a .952 OPS. Another homer for Mason Neville! Reitz, who permanently became a weekend starter midway through the season, finished the regular season unbeaten (5-0) with the Ducks winning all 10 games he started. In addition to the 5-0 record, he has a 3.09 ERA in 15 appearances with a save, 59 strikeouts in 58.1 innings of work while holding opposing hitters to a .221 batting average. In conference games, he has been even better, going 4-0 with a 2.60 ERA. He fanned a batter per inning in 45.0 innings and held opponents to a .220 average. His ERA is the second best amongst starting pitchers in the Big Ten, trailing only Grinsell. Molony, a two-time all-league selection in his two seasons at Oregon, slashed .309/.407/.581 with a .988 OPS during the regular season. He belted 15 home runs, good for 10th all-time in a single season at Oregon, while driving in 44 runs, scoring 41 times and swiping 10 bags in 10 attempts. He ran his career total in home runs to 25, which is already tied for sixth in program history. During league games, Molony hit eight of his homers while batting .297 with 24 RBI and 19 runs scored. He reached base at a .378 clip while slugging .550. Aroz, who graduated following the winter term at Oregon, batted .261 with 16 home runs, 49 RBI and 52 runs scored. His 16 long balls rank in a tie for eighth all-time in a season at Oregon and his 23 career homers is ninth all-time at UO. Aroz slugged nine of his home runs in Big Ten play while batting .264 with 22 RBI and s7 runs scored. Hellman, who led the Ducks with a program record three grand slams, batted .304 with 12 home runs, 41 RBI and 40 runs scored while reaching base at a .407 clip and slugging .550. The Ducks’ DH had nine extra-base hits (5 HR, 4 2B) in 23 Big Ten Conference starts while slashing .295/.382/.495 with an .877 OPS. Mabeus, who served as Oregon’s primary catcher starting 24 games behind the plate, was the only backstop named to the Big Ten Conference All-Freshman Team. He batted .260 with eight extra-base hits (5 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR) with 23 RBI and 26 runs scored. He claimed Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week honors once during the season while also hitting a go-ahead home run in the eighth inning of game three against UCLA which helped Oregon clinch the series and eventual top seed in the Big Ten Tournament.

If some of those Capital One standings look weird it's because of the list of sports which are included (and, not included). https://ecm.capitalone.com/WCM/capital-one-cup/cup-scoring-structure/coc-scoring-structure---sheet1.pdf Obviously many schools don't have teams in some of those sports, while others with broad sports offerings like Stanford, Ohio State, Texas do well in the rankings each year.

Copy of COC Database 2024-2025 Standings of how teams finish in sports, not just conference finishes. tOSU #1 in Men's sports. PSU #1 in Women's sports. If baseball and softball can help Oregon big time.

I have no problem cursing these guys with a wasting skin disease. Four coaches Duck fans love to hate AUTZENZOO.COM Sports hate is different from regular hate. Duck fans don't wish harm to their families or a wasting skin disease, but there are 4 coaches Duck love to despise. However, Hats Off (please) to Jedd Fisch!

The SEC going to nine conference games means that SEC Teams will no longer schedule OBD out of conference? SEC insider admits conference as we know it is about to change SATURDAYBLITZ.COM The SEC is on the brink of a major change. According to longtime SEC insider Paul Finebaum, change isn’t just coming—it’s basically inevitable. And it starts wi

The schedule is right here, and we play Michigan State on Thursday at 4:00 PM PST. That was a GREAT article explaining it, and I thank 30Duck for posting it. From the article... "If a team goes 2-0 in their pool, they’d obviously win the pool, but if every team goes 1-1 in pool play, the top-seeded team in the pool would automatically advance. That means the Ducks really only need one win to advance to the semifinals, and they’ll have the knowledge of which game they have to win before it’s played. Nebraska and Michigan State will face off on Tuesday. The loser will not have a path to the semifinal so, Oregon could lose to that team, and have it not impact its tournament. The Ducks will only have to beat the winner of the Nebraska/Michigan State game to advance, but they have to win that game. Otherwise, that other team would be 2-0 and claim the Pool A spot in the semifinals. This gives Oregon a massive pitching advantage. The Ducks will be able to save their ace, Grayson Grinsell, for the game against the winner of the MSU/Nebraska game and treat the other game as a bullpen game." Grayson Grinsell

I love the thought, but I want to see Moore.

Is OBD now QBU? Why Oregon is the new "QB U" SATURDAYBLITZ.COM College football fans take pride in a lot of things including championships, award-winning players, history, and traditions. Being the "it" school for certain p I love the thought, but I want to see Moore.

"It's not even close!"

Will Oregon have to face the top pitcher, per BTN, in the conference if it opens against the Spartans? Oregon Baseball kicks off Big Ten Tournament as No. 1 seed DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM The No. 1 seed Oregon Ducks opens up their conference tournament journey facing Michigan State in Omaha, Neb. As I understand (don't understand) the format, the 1st game tournament opponent for OBD is yet to be determined? Nothing new, I'm confused.

Truly, the old B1G members have no idea what they are in for. The truth is--West Coast teams will take a disproportionate number of B1G titles, and have done so right from the beginning. In Baseball, no other B1G team was even in the last rankings...other than Oregon and UCLA. In Softball, it is better with Ohio State at No. 22, and Nebraska at No. 19, but the real representation nationally for the conference was from UCLA at No. 9, and of course....Our Beloved Ducks at No. 6 in the most recent poll. This last weekend saw Oregon softball win their Regional, Duck Baseball win as co-champions....with fellow West Coast member UCLA, Mens Track take the B1G title, and Womens Track come from one injured runner away from winning it away from another West Coast team in USC. Heck, even Washington won the Rowing B1G Championship this last weekend! Last summer--I was reading what the B1G pundits were writing about Oregon and the West Coast teams joining the conference and I was ASTOUNDED at how little they knew about us. They went with stereotypes, and erroneous assumptions--I was shocked at the massive lack of knowledge. It was at that moment I knew that the time-zone thing was REAL. People outside the west did not know us, did not watch us, and did not care until now. Only now are they beginning to realize that the old Pac-12 was not what was portrayed in the media, or certainly was not weak as they thought. Not only was it truly the "Conference of Champions," the receipts are beginning to pile up in the Indianapolis B1G offices already. Many will categorize it as the "West Coast Teams are helping the B1G, and being a part of this conference is helping those teams as well." And that is true, but what is also true is how West Coast teams are going to be taking over many sports beyond what they already dominate. Our recruiting window, exposure and funding has been expanded, and now everyone is going to see what will happen when those elements are helping these great, if underappreciated athletic programs in the west. You can make a very strong case that Oregon has the best overall athletic program in the B1G, and some would say it is not even close.

Easy to say when you're sitting on top, but how about, We're No. 1! Next Up, the NCAA Tournament! 30 Duck, thanks again for helping Charles and informing us OBDers about the Men and Women Diamond Ducks.

Good question. SC was scheduled to play Ole Miss in LA to open the 2025 season. The two schools agreed to drop the H+H series. Then, Wake Forest cancelled out on a return trip to Ole Miss, leaving the Rebels without a P4 team on the OOC schedule in 2025 unless one considers WAZZU, signed to replace Wake, a P5 team. The SEC requires its member teams to play at least one P4 team out of conference every season. I see no reason why an SC program trying to return to relevance should continue to make things easier for ND to stay independent, and along with Stanford, help ND's recruiting by assuring the Irish a game in California every season. ND is positioned to reach the PO every season and to share its PO revenue with no one else.

The format works out nicely for OBD. Previewing Oregon’s Big Ten Tournament path - Daily Emerald DAILYEMERALD.COM The Big Ten Tournament gets started at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska on Tuesday. The No. 4-ranked Oregon Ducks...

I'm not a huge baseball fan. But did you know the last B1G team to win a World Series was Ohio State in 1966? I find that to be an incredible stat. The SEC has dominated with Tennessee, LSU, South Carolina, Texas and Florida all winning titles in the last decade. Heck Bevis, Coastal Carolina, Vanderbilt and Wichita State have won titles since that 1966 season. USC has won numerous titles in that span. The western newbies are going to bring the conference something it hasn't had in my lifetime.

I'm truly sick of Notre Dame, so sick that I'm saying, "Yay, USC!" In all the formats for the CFP it's, "The conferences and Notre Dame". They have their own network deal??? This is a step forward, I'd love it if the format was being built and Notre Dame was told, "You want to be included, join a conference."

I say good! Hopefully another piece of the puzzle towards joining a conference. They don’t have the incentive to do so right now, but scheduling the likes of WSU and Bowling Green instead of the USC’s of the world might help change their tune….maybe.

I wondered when USC would get smarter with their scheduling. Having a SEC powerhouse in September and then Notre Dame late in the season along with a nine game conference schedule is too difficult of a regular season for todays college football.

Is USC perhaps hoping to get an easier schedule by dropping ND...? USC demands major date change to keep Notre Dame rivalry alive FANSIDED.COM College football fans could lose the late-season Notre Dame-USC rivalry unless it's moved to early in the year.

Meyer likes the top of the Big over the sec Urban Meyer Makes Bold Claim On Big Ten Vs. SEC Rivalry WWW.SI.COM Before becoming a college football analyst for Fox Sports, coach Urban Meyer has had a taste of both the Big Ten Conference and Southeastern Conference through

If not Oregon who? Herbert, Nix starting, Mariota backing up Daniels at Washington in the NFL, a QB room as deep as any in the country at Oregon, while the top ranked high school QB's are still signing up to be a part of it.

Looks like our competitors went to the transfer portal to fix needs. The season will be interesting. Did Oregon Ducks' Big Ten Opponents Get Better Or Worse? Ohio State, Penn State, Indi WWW.SI.COM The Oregon Ducks are facing a lot of turnover from last college football season, losing starters like quarterback Dillon Gabriel, tight end Terrance Ferguson, r

What do you think? Too soon? Why Oregon is the new "QB U" SATURDAYBLITZ.COM College football fans take pride in a lot of things including championships, award-winning players, history, and traditions. Being the "it" school for...

Ducks Advance To NCAA Match Play As No. 2 Seed CARLSBAD, Calif. – For the second year in a row and third time since 2022, Oregon has advanced through stroke play and will compete in match play at the NCAA Women’s Golf Championships. Behind a stellar 7-under 65 from Big Ten Golfer of the Year Kiara Romero, the No. 5 Ducks tied for the best score of Monday’s final round of stroke play with a 4-under 284 to earn the No. 2 seed in Tuesday’s match-play quarterfinals at Omni La Costa Resort and Spa. Oregon will face No. 7 seed Texas beginning at 7:40 a.m. PT, with the winner moving on to play either No. 3 seed Northwestern or No. 6 seed Arkansas in the semifinals later in the day. Oregon finished four rounds of stroke play at 6-under par, second only to top-ranked Stanford (-27) and eight strokes better than Northwestern for third. The Ducks will aim to reach the NCAA semifinals once again after winning their quarterfinal match against LSU a year ago at Omni La Costa. “Very thankful for the opportunity to return to match play,” head coach Derek Radley said. “Just extremely proud to finish with that second seed after stroke play in a really talented field. I saw some really great things from our team and I thought we really did a good job of sticking to our game plan." “We were able to make a run to that final four last year and we’re just really excited to be back and see what we’re able to do tomorrow.” Romero caught fire for the Ducks after shooting 2-over par through the first three rounds, making five birdies and an eagle to tie for the lowest individual round of the week. The national player of the year candidate flew 20 spots up the leaderboard to finish as the top Duck in a tie for eighth overall at 5-under par, breaking her own UO 72-hole scoring record from last year (-4). “Kiara is really special,” Radley said. “I saw that look in her eye today. Excited to get that momentum for her going into match play and be able to use that to set the tone for the rest of our lineup.” Kiara Romero How it Happened: The Ducks entered the final round of stroke play in third place and six shots back of Northwestern for second. Oregon matched the first-place Cardinal with the best round of the day at 4 under, while the Wildcats carded a 10-over 298 as UO quickly separated to secure the No. 2 seed. Romero got off to a hot start and never looked back, making par on the opening hole before carding a birdie at No. 2. A 3-wood up to the fringe on the par-5 sixth hole set up an easy up-and-down for her second birdie, and she stuck her approach shot on No. 9 before draining the birdie putt to make the turn at 3 under. Fireworks ensued from there, as the sophomore chipped in for eagle at No. 10 before her approach shot on No. 11 lipped out for a potential eagle. A tap-in birdie brought her to 6 under overall and 4 under in that three-hole stretch, and she made a lengthy birdie putt at No. 14 before finishing with four consecutive pars. It was the team-leading 16th sub-70 performance of the season for Romero, who shot par-or-better in three of four rounds of stroke play and has done so 26 times in 32 total rounds this season. She has now placed in the individual top 10 at the NCAA Championships in each of her first two collegiate seasons, after tying for sixth as a freshman last spring. Romero was joined in the top 10 by freshman Suvichaya Vinijchaitham, who tied for 10th overall at 4-under par after closing with a 1-under 71. Vinijchaitham was Oregon’s most consistent performer throughout stroke play, shooting par-or-better in all four rounds and making 14 total birdies against just 10 bogeys. Vinijchaitham was even through 15 holes before a terrific tee shot on the par-3 16th set up a birdie to get to 1 under, and she finished out with a pair of pars to officially seal Oregon’s spot in match play. Freshman Tong An got off to a quick start with two birdies in her first five holes before finishing with a 1-over 71, and sophomore Ting-Hsuan Huang rounded out the counting scores with a 3-over 75. Huang gave Oregon three players in the individual top 20, tying for 20th overall at 1 over with three rounds of par-or-better. Sophomore Karen Tsuru was back in the lineup for the Ducks, carding a 4-over 76 after sitting out Sunday’s round due. Tsuru and An have both dealt with back soreness this week, with junior Anika Varma subbing in once for each and shooting even par on both Saturday and Sunday. That depth could prove critical for the Ducks as they hope to battle through 36 holes on Tuesday and advance to the national championship match on Wednesday. “We’ve battled some adversity this week and it’s really been a team effort with all six of our players stepping up,” Radley said. “I’m really proud of the way Karen and AT have hung in there and Anika has done a tremendous job staying prepared. All three will be ready to go tomorrow and I know whoever is in there is going to give it their best shot.” Ducks on the Leaderboard: 3. #5 Oregon – 288-289-285-284 – 1,146 (-6) T8. Kiara Romero – 72-74-72-65 – 283 (-5) T10. Suvichaya Vinijchaitham – 71-72-70-71 – 284 (-4) T20. Ting-Hsuan Huang – 71-72-71-75 – 289 (+1) NA. Tong An – 74-Sub-73-73 – 210 (+4) NA. Karen Tsuru – 74-73-Sub-76 – 213 (+7) NA. Anika Varma – Sub-72-72-Sub – 144 (E) What it Means: The Ducks will need to win twice on Tuesday to advance to the NCAA national championship match for the second time in four seasons, after finishing as the runner-up to Stanford in 2022. Oregon’s trip to the semifinals last spring earned them opportunities to get valuable match-play experience in the fall, when the Ducks played in championship settings at the East Lake Cup and the Jackson T. Stephens Cup. UO has three players – Romero, Huang and Tsuru – back from that team that reached the semifinals last year. Up Next: The Ducks and Longhorns will square off beginning on hole No. 1 at 7:40 a.m. Golf Channel will have live coverage of the quarterfinals from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with coverage of the semifinals from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. NCAA Quarterfinals - #2 Oregon vs. #7 Texas Kiara Romero (Oregon) vs. Bohyun Park (Texas) – 7:40 a.m. Tong An (Oregon) vs. Lauren Kim (Texas) – 7:50 a.m. Suvichaya Vinijchaitham (Oregon) vs. Cindy Hsu (Texas) – 8:00 a.m. Karen Tsuru (Oregon) vs. Farah O’Keefe (Texas) – 8:10 a.m. Ting-Hsuan Huang (Oregon) vs. Angela Heo (Texas) – 8:20 a.m.