Everything was looking so great for the Oregon Ducks a week ago at this time. They held a top-10 ranking in the College Football Playoff, and the teams that needed to lose ahead of them — No. 1 Tennessee, No. 4 Clemson, and No. 6 Alabama — all ended up losing in the same weekend. With the latest release of rankings, it became clear that should the Ducks win the rest of the games on their schedule, there would be virtually no keeping them out of the playoff.
College football is a fickle beast, isn’t it?
As luck would have it, Oregon lost their next game, getting upset 37-34 by the No. 25 Washington Huskies. As a result, they have since dropped down several spots in the latest rankings, which were released on Tuesday night.
Take a look at where Dan Lanning and his squad now sit: