Comparing Oregon’s 2023 football schedule to USC

When you look at Oregon’s 2023 football schedule, you can easily see how it is far more manageable than USC’s. This is not a particularly complicated reality.

Pac-12 schedule release day was exciting.

The 2023 football schedule was officially released on Wednesday morning in a Pac-12 Network exclusive, and there are plenty of eye-popping games, including the Trojans facing Colorado in Deion Sanders’ first Pac-12 home game. 

We already examined the USC Trojans schedule, and it includes a brutal end to the season despite having an off week before the Pac-12 title game.

Zachary Neel of Ducks Wire listed the schedule for Oregon, and yes, the Ducks face USC this time around — in Eugene.

Here is a look at the Ducks’ schedule for Dan Lanning’s second season with the program. You will see the many ways in which this schedule is easier than USC’s, which is no accident or idle coincidence: