There’s some comical irony about the Oregon Ducks and their offense at this point in the season.
While Dan Lanning, Will Stein, and Bo Nix have a unit that ranks among the top teams in the entire nation through four weeks, it could look even better if they wanted it to.
Thus far, the Ducks have a 216-53 margin of victory over their opponents and are winning by an average of 40.75 points per game. All of that has come with the team largely taking their starters out midway through the third quarter and taking their foot off of the gas before the clocks hit zero.
If the Ducks wanted to rank No. 1 in the nation statistically speaking, they certainly could.
However, they do the smart thing and play it safe after the game is in hand, getting their most valuable players out of the game and out of harm’s way. Regardless, their offense is still one of the very best in the nation when talking about some key statistics. Here’s where they rank after a Week 4 blowout over Colorado: