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How much Oregon is set to make from EA College Football 25

See how much the Oregon Ducks will be making from EA Sports’s upcoming College Football video game.

One of the biggest stories that comes with the revival of EA Sports’s College Football franchise is NIL compensation for each player in the game. During the game’s development, players were given the choice of whether or not to license their personalities into the game, and almost all players opted in for the upcoming release of the game. But players aren’t the only ones set to profit from the resurrected franchise.

On Friday, Matt Liberman of cllct broke down how each school is being compensated for the rights to program trademarks, using information he complied from Freedom of Information Act requests. Each FBS school was separated into four tiers based on how many seasons a given school finished in the AP Top 25 in the last 10 seasons.

The Oregon Ducks were ranked in Tier 1, having finished in the AP Top 25 in six of the last 10 seasons. The Tier 1 revenue compensation — which Liberman said is based on “minimum guaranteed royalties” — is $99,875.16. For reference, the Tier 4 schools (programs that didn’t finish in the Top 25 in any of the last 10 seasons) have revenue compensation of 9,987.52.

Oregon was one of 13 teams ranked in first tier and the only Pac-12 school included. Of the Ducks’ new Big Ten rivals, Michigan, Ohio State, Iowa, and Penn State were the four schools to crack Tier 1.

EA College Football is set to debut later this summer, and for the first time in 11 years, we’ll get a chance to play take control of the Oregon Ducks in a video game. And this time around, players will be sharing in the profits.

Despite the six-game winning streak, Oregon misses out on AP Top 25

The Ducks are 13-3 overall and 5-0 in league play, but that’s still not good enough to be ranked in the AP Top 25.

The Oregon Ducks men’s basketball team is 13-3 overall.

They’re 5-0 in Pac-12 play.

They’re on a six-game winning streak.

And finally, the Ducks are getting healthy.

None of that seems to matter when it comes to the Associated Press Top 25 where the Ducks received just 17 votes. Oregon isn’t close to being in the Top and Arizona at No. 12 is the only Pac-12 team ranked.

The Wildcats were ranked eighth but dropped four spots after their 73-70 loss at Washington State, a place where the Ducks came away victorious. It was Arizona’s second conference loss. On New Year’s Eve, the Wildcats dropped a 100-82 decision at Stanford.

In fact, Arizona and Oregon are the only Pac-12 teams to receive any votes. It’s a stark contrast to the women’s side where there are five Pac-12 schools that are ranked with Oregon State just falling short with 59 votes.

The disrespect of the Pac-12 is not only in the AP poll. In ESPN’s Bracketology, just four teams are included in the Field of 65. Arizona, Oregon, Colorado and Utah would be in the NCAA tournament if it were held now.

Things may change soon if Oregon keeps winning, however. The Ducks play at Colorado and Utah this weekend before hosting the Arizona schools next week.

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Ducks crack top 15 in first AP poll of 2023 college football season

The Oregon Ducks come in at No. 15 in the first AP College Football top 25 rankings of the 2023 season.

Going into the 2023 college football season, the Oregon Ducks are certainly a well-respected team, but they have some room to grow when it comes to being though of as one of the elite teams in the nation.

Despite the fact that they return a Heisman-caliber quarterback and a group of skill position players who are among the top in the nation, Oregon is routinely being ranked in the middle of the pack when it comes to preseason top 25 rankings.

On Monday, the Associated Press released their first top-25 ranking of the year, and the Ducks checked in at No. 15 on the list.

Rank Team Record Points Change
1 Georgia 0-0 1,572 (60) –
2 Michigan 0-0 1,490 (2) –
3 Ohio State 0-0 1,400 (1) –
4 Alabama 0-0 1,398 –
5 LSU 0-0 1,276 –
6 USC 0-0 1,245 –
7 Penn State 0-0 1,177 –
8 Florida State 0-0 1,147 –
9 Clemson 0-0 1,032 –
10 Washington 0-0 977 –
11 Texas  0-0 882 –
12 Tennessee 0-0 868 –
13 Notre Dame 0-0 863 –
14 Utah 0-0 811 –
15 Oregon 0-0 732 –
16 Kansas State 0-0 501 –
17 TCU 0-0 416 –
18 Oregon State 0-0 406 –
19 Wisconsin 0-0 386 –
20 Oklahoma 0-0 296 –
21 North Carolina 0-0 292 –
22 Miss 0-0 281 –
23 Texas A&M 0-0 227 –
24 Tulane 0-0 224 –
25 Iowa 0-0 131 –

Three Pac-12 schools — USC, Washington, and Utah — are ranked ahead of Oregon, while the Oregon State Beavers come in at No. 18, just a few spots behind them.

This is consistent with where we’ve seen Oregon ranked in other preseason polls, with both the USA TODAY Coaches Poll and ESPN Preseason Power Rankings listing the Ducks at No. 15 as well.

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Oregon among best schools in nation vs. AP Top-25 teams since 2010

To be the best, you have to beat the best. The Ducks have done a pretty stellar job of doing that over the last decade.

One of the most unique things about college athletics is that it isn’t solely your record that determines your championship fate, it is how you’re viewed in the AP Top 25 Poll. This means that phrases like, “a win is a win,” don’t always apply, and on the flip side, losses don’t necessarily derail your season, it all depends on who you lost to.

Under this system, a team cannot be considered one of the NCAA’s elite unless that beat the NCAA’s other elite teams in a head-to-head matchup. Recently, 247Sports broke down a list of the 10 teams with the best record by highest winning percentage since 2010 against opponents in the AP’s Top 25.

Several teams on this list make sense — particularly towards the top of the rankings — but there are also a few surprises. Several teams on this list gathered most of their wins closer to the start of the timeframe, but have struggled in recent years. Others have demonstrated an extra level of greatness in recent years, and some have stayed at the highest level the whole time.

Take a look at where the Oregon Ducks stand among the best of the best:

Associated Press ranks Oregon just outside the Top 10

The Ducks are ranked just outside of the Top 10 in the Associated Press preseason poll.

The first Associated Press college football rankings came out and they tend to think a little more highly of the Oregon Ducks than the coaches.

Oregon will begin the season as the No. 11 team in the nation, one spot better than the coaches, who have the Ducks No. 12 in their poll.

To no one’s surprise, Alabama is the No. 1 team in the land with Oregon’s first opponent, Georgia, coming in at No. 3. The Bulldogs received three first-place votes. Ohio State is No. 2.

But the Ducks are not the highest ranking Pac-12 school. That accolade goes to Utah, which comes in at No. 7. USC is ranked No. 14, and BYU, Oregon’s third nonconference opponent in 2022, starts the season at No. 25.

UCLA was the only other Pac-12 team to receive votes with two.

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Oregon women’s basketball drops out of the Top 25

The Oregon women’s basketball team drops out of the AP Top 25 as the regular season comes to a close.

It’s been quite a while, but there won’t be a number besides Oregon women’s basketball.

The Ducks dropped out of the final Associated Press Top 25 poll of the regular season this week with its loss at Colorado in double overtime. Oregon finished the season 19-10 and 11-6 in conference action.

In some mock brackets, the Ducks have a No. 4 seed in a region which means they would host the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament. Whether those are accurate remains to be seen.

Oregon has every chance to make hosting the Big Dance a reality if they can make some noise in Las Vegas in the Pac-12 tournament. They are the No. 2 seed for the conference tourney have earned a first-round bye.

The Ducks are scheduled to face either UCLA or USC in the quarterfinals on Thursday, March 3. Tip-off will be at 6 p.m. on the Pac-12 Network.

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Oregon women’s basketball sneaks back into the Top 25

With wins over Cal and UCLA plus a narrow defeat to No. 2 Stanford, the Ducks women’s basketball team finds itself ranked once again.

There’s that Oregon-Georgia connection again.

It’s not on the gridiron, however. This time is in women’s basketball as the two teams have tied for the No. 25 spot in the latest Associated Press poll.

The Ducks were out of the Top 25 last week, but with wins over UCLA and California plus a very close loss to No. 2 Stanford, those results were good enough to have Oregon sneak in.

At 18-9 overall and 10-5 in conference action, Oregon is on the bubble to host the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament. A win over the Cardinal would have solidified the Ducks hosting, but now they most likely have some work to do this weekend at the Mountain schools and then in the Pac-12 tournament next week in Las Vegas.

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Duck women’s basketball back into the AP Top 25 after 8-week hiatus

The Duck women’s basketball climbs back into the AP Top 25 at No. 19 after an 8-week hiatus.

Eight really was enough.

The Oregon Ducks women’s basketball team is back in the Associated Press Top 25 after an eight-week hiatus. Kelly Graves’ team enters the poll at No. 19 thanks to some high-profile wins.

Last week consisted of victories over two previously Top 10 teams, a 68-66 overtime win over No. 7 Arizona and a 72-59 thrashing over No. 9 UConn. As a result, the Wildcats and Huskies each dropped down a spot to No. 8 and No. 10, respectively. Stanford at 14-3 overall is still the highest-ranked team in the conference as the Cardinal sit at No. 2.

Now fully healthy and the roster the Ducks envisioned coming into the season, they are on quite a roll, winners of fourth straight and in third place of the Pac-12 with a 3-1 record and 11-5 overall.

Oregon will get back at it with a busy week beginning with a makeup game against Utah, an 11 a.m. tip Jan. 26. After the Utes come calling, the Ducks will host UCLA Jan. 28 and USC Jan. 30. All of this week’s contests will be televised on the Pac-12 Network.

Oregon Ducks men’s basketball drops out of AP Top-25 after loss to BYU

Oregon’s 81-49 loss to BYU last week dropped them all the way out of the AP Top-25, which is the cherry on top of a tough week for Oregon sports.

It certainly hasn’t been a banner week for Oregon Ducks sports, has it?

While the No. 3 Ducks loss to Utah on Saturday night is still fresh in all of our minds, another gut-punch came on Monday morning when the new men’s college basketball AP Top-25 was released, and Oregon was nowhere to be seen.

The Ducks are coming off of an embarrassing 81-49 loss to BYU at the Phil Knight Invitational, which was played at the Moda Center in Portland. Oregon was ranked No. 12 in the nation before that but dropped all the way out of the Top-25 after failing to look like a cohesive or capable team on the floor last Tuesday night.

This is hopefully the final blow that Oregon will receive in this tough stretch of sporting days. After the loss on Saturday night knocked the Ducks out of College Football Playoff contention, it was also announced that senior WRs Johnny Johnson III and Jaylon Redd would be out for the rest of the season with injuries. You also have the news that Mycah Pittman has officially entered the transfer portal and the Oregon women’s loss to No. 1 South Carolina in the Battle 4 Atlantis on Sunday afternoon.

Hopefully, the Ducks can get back on a roll of positive events on Monday night when the men’s team tips off the Maui Invitational Tournament against the Chaminade Silverswords. Lord knows we all need something to cheer for.

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Oregon Ducks up to No. 12 in AP poll; ranked No. 11 in ESPN Power Rankings after 2-0 start

The competition hasn’t been pristine, but Oregon’s pair of impressive early-season victories has them moving up in the AP poll and ESPN Power Rankings this week.

The Oregon Ducks did everything they needed to do in the first week of the season, with dominant wins over Texas Southern and SMU in a matter of days.

The competition wasn’t as pristine as you’d hope to see before having to make a decision on whether or not this team is the real deal, but Oregon’s execution surely gave fans confidence that this will be an incredibly fun team to watch this season, and the ability to play as a cohesive unit on the floor despite bringing in a litany of new pieces together was supremely impressive.

After their 2-0 start to the season, the Ducks moved up one spot in the Associated Press Top-25, where they now sit at No. 12 in the polls. Here is how the top-15 shakes out:

  1. Gonzaga (2-0)
  2. UCLA (2-0)
  3. Kansas (2-0)
  4. Michigan (2-0)
  5. Villanova (1-1)
  6. Purdue (2-0)
  7. Duke (3-0)
  8. Texas (1-1)
  9. Baylor (1-0)
  10. Illinois (2-0)
  11. Memphis (2-0)
  12. Oregon (2-0)
  13. Kentucky (1-1)
  14. Alabama (2-0)
  15. Houston (2-0)

The Ducks also moved up a spot to No. 11 in ESPN’s Power Rankings, which made note of Oregon’s transfer portal prowess and high ceiling after the start of the season:

Once Oregon added Syracuse transfer Quincy Guerrier last summer, I was intrigued to see if Dana Altman would go with a small-ball lineup featuring the 6-foot-8 forward and 6-foot-7 Eric Williams Jr. as the lone frontcourt players. Through two games, Altman did just that, and it helped the Ducks to one of the more under-the-radar week one wins: a 23-point drilling of potential NCAA tournament team SMU. Will Richardson has taken a massive step forward in the backcourt, following the departures of Chris Duarte and LJ Figueroa. Richardson averaged 19.0 points, hitting eight of his 13 3-point attempts. It’s also worth noting that Altman has kept a pretty tight seven-man rotation, even in two blowouts; given that six of the players are between 6-foot-2 and 6-foot-8, the versatility and interchangeability of the roster enables Altman to mix and match for different lineups. It’s the perfect roster for him.

Coming up, Oregon has a big game against BYU on Tuesday up in the PK85, which is being held at the Moda Center. After that, all eyes will turn down the road towards their massive home game on December 18th against the Baylor Bears, who currently rank No. 9 in the nation.

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