2023 - Top 10 By Strength of Record (SOR) and the SOR for the Ducks and Remaining Opponents.

[Jon Joseph]

Happy Halloween! Almost. The 1st Playoff Committee (CT) rankings will be released on All Hollows Eve. 

 

It would be scary based on precedent but it sure would be a treat and not a trick to see the CT pay attention to the quality of teams that have been played and not simply wins and losses.

 

OREGON is currently ranked 8. in the AP but 16. based on Strength of Record (SOR.) SOR is a measure of how teams have performed against their opponents, and opponent quality, to date.

 

I have added Strength of Schedule (SOS) to date/ future SOS, and the AP Week 9 Top-25 teams, if any, defeated by the top-ranked SOR teams. 

 

Utah makes the Top 10 SOR ranking. Other future OREGON opponent SOR to date are also shown below.

 

1. Ohio State - 20/10 - 10. Penn State - 14. Notre Dame. Will a D and not an O-oriented tOSU carry on?

 

2. FSU - 29/54 - 15. LSU - 20. Duke - Watch out for Miami. Great OT win over Clemson behind 2nd string QB.

 

3. Oklahoma - 47/38 - 7. Texas - Tested at home by UCF. Kansas on-the-road Saturday could be interesting.

 

4. Washington - 72/17 - 8. Oregon - 3rd most difficult remaining SOS. A nap (after close to an ASU nightmare) on The Farm and then ...?

 

5. Alabama - 7/32 - 12. Ole Miss - 21. Tennessee. Like tOSU, Saint Nick is doing it with D.

 

6. Texas - 6/28 - 9. Alabama.  The best win to date for any 1L team. But the QB is dinged up.

 

7. Ole Miss - 9/31 - 15. LSU - 22. Tulane - Tied for the lead in the SEC W. Have the tie-breaker vs. LSU but not Bama.

 

8. Georgia - 109/7 - None - The toughest remaining schedule on this list was not expected preseason.

 

9. Michigan - 110/2 - None - Michigan finally will play a few opponents with a heartbeat.

 

10. Utah - 41/21 - 24. USC - I agree with Charles. In SLC, the toughest Ducks game left on the schedule. But OREGON also has to play AP 11 and 24! WOW!

 

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16. OREGON - 74/39 - None - A Win in SLC will help come Halloween. (DUH! Pass me the Reese's Pieces.)

 

Future Opponent SOR. In order of appearance on the schedule. 

 

10. Utah - See above.

 

 67. Cal - 31/26 - None

 

28. USC - 58/13 - None

 

118. ASU - 53/33 - None

 

19. Oregon State - 93/15 - 13. Utah - 23. UCLA.

 

Beavers are hurt by a bad out-of-conference schedule. Based on Top-25 wins, IL Oregon State should be ahead of Penn State and arguably, ahead of OREGON (Gulp.)

 

In a season of parity, it should be a great finish; especially, in a brutal Pac-12.

 

GO DUCKS!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 23, 2023 by Jon Joseph