Do you remember back when you were growing up before the internet was a few taps of the finger away from your reach? It may have been a summer day, and while there were NBA playoff games or your typical baseball double-header taking place, the sport that you were longing to watch and read about was still a couple of months away from getting going.
Walking through your local store, you passed by the magazine section and something grabbed your eye and lit you up with excitement. The college football preview copies were starting to hit the shelves.
Things are much different in today’s day and age as the vast majority of college coverage has turned to the interwebs. However, there is still something to be said about the physical copies — the Athlon Sports, or Phil Steele’s, or Lindy’s Sports. Nostalgia is a powerful thing.
You can buy your physical copy here.
To help keep that part of our upbringing alive, we went and grabbed the 2023 Athlon Sports college football preview. One of the gems inside for Oregon Duck fans was an anonymous Pac-12 assistant coach giving his two cents on the upcoming season for Dan Lanning.
The main entre, however, is the preseason poll according to Athlon. In that, the Ducks are featured prominently. While they rank every team in the nation, 1 to 133, we wanted to take just a small piece of that and focus on the top 25.
Here’s where the Ducks are ranked according to Athlon: