The Oregon Ducks are now being considered as one of the best teams in the world of college football, and their outlook for the season is starting to line up with that idea.
After a massive victory over Ohio State, previously ranked No. 3 in the nation, Oregon jumped up to the 4th spot in the rankings, with ESPN even going higher than that, putting them at No. 3 in the country.
With so much excitement about the Ducks, it’s hard not to look ahead to what could potentially be possible now for the 2021 season. We wrote on Sunday that with the biggest non-conference win on Oregon history accomplished, the Ducks have a clear path to the College Football Playoff, and anything short of that will be considered a disappointment. However, you have to take it week by week, and there is no team to ever run the table through the Pac-12 since they expanded earlier in the century.
To help us get an idea of what challenges Oregon faces ahead, though, we took a look at ESPN’s Football Power Index, where they predict matchups down the road and give each team a percentage chance to win. According to the FPI, Oregon is heavily favored in all 10 remaining games, with the biggest potential roadblocks coming vs. Stanford, UCLA, Washington, and Utah.
Here are the Ducks chances to win throughout the rest of the season, according to ESPN FPI: