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Oregon is at no. 6 in the playoff rankings. Personally I think we are in the perfect spot.

Though I think it is likely for us to move move up another spot depending on what happens in the next couple of weeks.

Agreed. I do NOT want to move up to No. 4 or No. 5, as the winner of those two will play No. 1, and I don't want to play Ohio State until the final. At No. 6, we have a first round game, and then face No. 3 Texas A&M in the next round.

But it could all get scrambled this weekend, and we gotta beat the Bastard Huskies!

7 minutes ago, Charles Fischer said:

But it could all get scrambled this weekend, and we gotta beat the Bastard Huskies!

Gotta beat the Huskies and it depends on who wins and loses in front of us... And then how things change with a win or a loss in some of these championship games.

An earthshaking Duck victory is vastly preferable to the impending collapse of Mount Ranier...

Well now.....all OBD's can control is beating the huskies. The bastard huskies.

If Jon Josephs CHAOS occurs, then OBD's could land in the top 4.

Texas Tech and Texas A&M could both lose in the next 2 weeks. Beating the huskies would be another quality win for OBD's.

If by some chance tOSU lost to Michigan, i don't think the Buckeyes would fall below the Ducks in the rankings.We will know that by our kick off against the huskies.

None of this matters if OBD's loses on Daturday.

Go Ducks......

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Ducks Up To No. 6 In CFP Rankings

 

EUGENE, Ore. — The Oregon football team moved up one spot in the College Football Playoff rankings for the third week in a row on Tuesday, coming in at No. 6 entering the final weekend of the regular season. 

 

The Ducks are coming off an impressive win over USC, which was No. 15 entering last Saturday's game before moving down to No. 17 following a 42-27 loss in Eugene. 

 

Oregon is one of three Big Ten teams in the top 10 and one of five in the top 25, along with No. 1 Ohio State, No. 2 Indiana, No. 15 Michigan and No. 17 USC.

 

The Ducks have now made 15 consecutive appearances in the CFP top 10 dating back to 2023, and 28 straight appearances in the CFP top 25 dating back to 2020. 

 

The No. 6 Ducks (10-1, 7-1 Big Ten) will wrap the regular season with a rivalry showdown against Washington (8-3, 5-3 Big Ten) this Saturday, Nov. 29, in Seattle (12:30 p.m. PT, CBS). 

 

Oregon would all but guarantee itself a College Football Playoff berth for the second year in a row with a win at Washington, and would also earn a trip to the Big Ten Championship Game with a victory over the huskies combined with a Ohio State loss to Michigan. 

 

Entering the final week of the regular season, the Ducks are one of only three FBS teams (Indiana, Texas Tech) in the top 15 nationally for scoring offense (8th, 39.3 PPG), total offense (12th, 471.8 YPG), scoring defense (8th, 14.9 PPG) and total defense (3rd, 248.7 YPG). 

 

UO also owns the nation's No. 3 passing defense at 145.7 yards allowed per game and the No. 8 rushing offense at 228.6 yards per game, and the Ducks are the only FBS team in the top five for both total yards per play (4th, 7.24) and total yards per play allowed (5th, 4.13). 

 

Oregon is currently No. 5 in both the Associated Press poll and the US LBM coaches poll. 

 

College Football Playoff Top 25 - Nov. 25

1. Ohio State (11-0)

2. Indiana (11-0)

3. Texas A&M (11-0)

4. Georgia (10-1)

5. Texas Tech (10-1)

6. Oregon (10-1)

7. Ole Miss (10-1)

8. Oklahoma (9-2)

9. Notre Dame (9-2)

10. Alabama (9-2)

11. BYU (10-1)

12. Miami (9-2)

13. Utah (9-2)

14. Vanderbilt (9-2)

15. Michigan (9-2)

16. Texas (8-3)

17. USC (8-3)

18. Virginia (9-2)

19. Tennessee (8-3)

20. Arizona State (8-3)

21. SMU (8-3)

22. Pittsburgh (8-3)

23. Georgia Tech (9-2)

24. Tulane (9-2)

25. Arizona (8-3)

How is Texas Tech ranked above Oregon?

8 minutes ago, OregonDucks said:

How is Texas Tech ranked above Oregon?

Because everything in Texas is better! (A little tongue in cheek sarcasm 🤣)

Actually, TT deserves to be ranked above Oregon:

They lost on the road to #20 ASU in a close game.

They thashed all their other opponents on their schedule. Including #14 Utah at Rice Eccles and #11 BYU at home.

We lost at home to #2 IU and of course we just beat a ranked USC at home. That's our resume. Their were teams like Whisky and Iowa that we won but did not thrash.

As we know the Ducks SOS is much higher than TT!

But scoreboard tells the story and TT just squeaks past us.

I don't expect TT to lose in their last 2 games. Which is fine, we need the buffer between us and the top 4.

But I dont want to get ahead of myself. OBD's must beat the huskies.

GO DUCKS......

Everything is better in Texas until nature calls when you’re on the interstate.

3 hours ago, Grandpa Duck said:

Everything is better in Texas until nature calls when you’re on the interstate.

Been there, done that... 1am, on a dark country road, in cattle country...wish I had video of the swarm of locusts, Or ginormous grasshoppers... or whatever the infernal things were we had to scrape off the windshield (and the air filter) the next morning.

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by woundedknees

Man vs. Machine.

The committee has come 4th with a ranking we can translate to a 12-team PO field and compare the committee's rankings with the Massey Computer rankings.

COMMITTEE MASSEY

1. Ohio State 1. Ohio State

2. Indiana 2. Indiana

3. A&M 3. Oregon +3

4. Georgia 4. Georgia

5. TX Tech 5. A&M -2

6. Oregon 6. Notre Dame +3

7. Ole Miss 7. Alabama +3

8. Oklahoma 8. Ole Miss -1

9. No. Dame 9. Oklahoma -1

10. Alabama 10. TX Tech -5

11. Miami 17. Miami +6

12. Tulane 37. Tulane -25 (Massey would have No. 36 JMU at 12.)

The Massey Computer has no concern over OBD's schedule, but is concerned about the Texas Tech schedule. SOS: OBD 20 - TX Tech 51

With a game left at Washington, Massey No. 19, OBD will finish with a schedule ranked 15. With a game left at West Virginia, Massey No. 66, the Red Raiders finish with the 54th most difficult schedule.

Massey's Computer Ratings are well respected. Can the Committee's machines be that much different from Massey's? If so, we'll never know.

The computer favors 2-loss Notre Dame, No. 6, over 2-loss No. 17 Miami by 11 spots. So much for head-to-head results. In this case, it looks like the Committee's computers agree with Massey. Again, we'll never know.

Committee - 5 SEC, 3 B1G, 1 ACC, B12, Notre Dame, G6.

Massey - 5 SEC, 3 B1G, 1 ACC, B12, Notre Dame, G6.

The same number of conference members in the PO fields, with a higher Massey seeding for OBD and far lower for Texas Tech.

The Committee is far more impressed by the B12 than is Massey.

3-loss ASU and Arizona are ranked, and not 3-loss Washington?

8-3 Washington, Massey No. 19/SOS 39. UW 12 game SOS - 24 (The power of OBD)

8-3 ASU, Massey No. 24/ 31 SOS has a Week 13 case. ASU 12 game SOS - 35

8-3 Arizona, Massey No. 28/SOS 53, when compared to UW, has a weak Week 13 case, and a weaker than UW, Week 14 case. AZ 12 game SOS - 51

If the Committee's metrics are not much different than Massey, and how much data input difference can there be, the Gurus of Grapevine use metrics when they so choose, and go by their gut when they want to.

Greg Sankey may well have access to the Committee metrics. 'Logically," there can't be anything justifying Alabama with four wins against the Committee's top 25, being ranked on the cusp at No. 10.

Sankey's 2024-25 concerns over the Committee valuing a team's losses and what teams you lost to more than what teams you defeated, seems to have continued into this season, enhanced metrics or not.

Back channel, and with ESPN extending the new PO format date from December 1st to January 23, 2026, between the SEC and the B1G are likely happening, with the SEC with no objection from one bid ACC and B12, possibly moving closer to an automatic qualifier (AQ) PO format.

Another thing moving the parties toward an AQ, many programs are making it known that a 13th conference champ game is not a reward for teams looking forward to a 16 or 17 game season.

With all teams ranked above OBD being strong favorites in Week 14, OBD may have reached its PO zenith at No. 6. Mari-oh-oh in Autzen? Bring It On!

GO DUCKS! Waste Washington!

14 hours ago, Charles Fischer said:

and I don't want to play Ohio State until the final.

Agreed. But Indy could win the BIG and then the 4/5 is Ok.

But I definitely want osu last. A chance someone else pulls a miracle and we do not have to face then. Or a BIG Natty and revenge game for OBD

49 minutes ago, woundedknees said:

we had to scrape off the windshield (and the air filter) the next morning.

Or, clean out your tire chains.

4 hours ago, HappyToBeADuck said:

Actually, TT deserves to be ranked above Oregon

I completely disagree. Oregon’s strength of schedule is rated higher than all those teams and our only loss is to #2 Indiana.

Coach Lanning does not care about margin of victory. He is perfectly content to put the 3/4s in the 4th quarter or play a low scoring slugfest, if that’s what’s called for.

Edited 59 minutes ago59 min by OregonDucks

42 minutes ago, OregonDucks said:

I completely disagree. Oregon’s strength of schedule is rated higher than all those teams and our only loss is to #2 Indiana.

Coach Lanning does not care about margin of victory. He is perfectly content to put the 3/4s in the 4th quarter or play a low scoring slugfest, if that’s what’s called for.

One example. Massey Rankings Oregon SOS No. 20.

Texas Tech's SOS is ranked 51st by Massey.

The Committee's metrics cannot be that much different than Massey's. The Massey rankings take every meaningful CFB stat into play, except perhaps for the color of the Red Raiders' socks.😁

This is not a Playoff. It is bowl extrvaganza owned and operated by a media entity.

The CBB Committee throughout the season lets fans know the quality of wins and losses across 4 quadrants. But they have one top 16 sneak peek before 'judgement day' and that's it; not a six week sideshow.

I sense support for the Big Ten's PO format growing.

I get head to head has to matter, but it can't be absolute. Miami squeaked by Notre Dame with a 3 point win, even though ND had 2 TOs vs none to Miami. That isn't total dominance.

Massey SOS Miami 50 Notre Dame 29

ESPN SOS Miami 48 Notre Dame 34

ESPN FPI Miami 10 (19.0) Notre Dame 3 (24.9)

ESPN SP+ Miami 11 (20.2) Notre Dame 5 (24.3)

Every computer score says Notre Dame is the better team over Miami. If Miami had won by 14+, then it is a different story.