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Where Oregon’s offense ranks nationally in key stats following win over ASU

A look at where the Oregon Ducks offense ranks nationally in some key statistics after a win over the Arizona State Sun Devils in Week 12.

As the season has gone one, we’ve got a clearer and clearer picture as to who the best teams in the nation are. That’s given us a great idea as to who the best offenses in the nation on.

It’s not hard to see that the Oregon Ducks are one of them.

Across the board, no matter which statistic you wish to look at, Bo Nix and Will Stein are putting on a master class in scoring points, and they continually are making it look easy. This past week, Nix had six touchdown passes in the first half, tying an Oregon record, while the Ducks blew out the Arizona State Sun Devils. Here’s a look at where they rank nationally in some key statistics after Week 12.

Where Oregon’s offense ranks nationally in key stats following win over USC

A look at where the Oregon Ducks offense ranks nationally in some key statistics after a win over the California Golden Bears in Week 11.

Earlier this week, Arizona State head coach Kenny Dillingham told media members that he believed the Oregon Ducks’ offense in 2023 is the best it has been since the Chip Kelly years last decade.

Coming from the person who was responsible for the best Oregon offense that the Ducks had seen since those year before this season, that’s some pretty high praise.

The Ducks once again showed what they were capable of on the offensive side of the ball this past week against the USC Trojans. Quarterback Bo Nix had another massive performance, throwing for over 400 yards with 4 touchdowns. Unsurprisingly, the Ducks still rank as one of the best offenses in the nation going into Week 12. Here’s a look at where they rank nationally in some key statistics after Week 11.

Chip Kelly’s potential ouster at UCLA could lead to major opportunity for Dan Lanning’s Ducks

With news that Chip Kelly may be fired at UCLA, the Oregon Ducks have a major opportunity to benefit when it comes to the transfer portal.

A new report on Tuesday afternoon indicated the UCLA Bruins could be close to firing head coach Chip Kelly, potentially as soon as after this week’s game against the rival USC Trojans.

If you’ve been paying attention to college football this season, that shouldn’t come as a major surprise. The Bruins have had a rough 2023 after a solid start. They go into Week 12 6-4 overall and 3-4 in conference play. With losses to Utah, Oregon State, Arizona and an embarrassing loss to Arizona State this past week, it’s clear UCLA has subverted expectations this year.

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For the Oregon Ducks, that could become a benefit, particularly when it comes to the players who transfer out of the program with a change in the coaching staff.

The most notable of those players is quarterback Dante Moore, a former five-star who was committed to the Ducks before offensive coordinator Kenny Dillingham left Eugene to take over as the head coach of the Arizona State Sun Devils. Moore was the No. 4 overall player in the class of 2023 and the No. 3 overall quarterback in the class. So far this season, he has played in eight games, completing 91 of his 175 passing attempts for 1,344 yards, 10 TDs and 7 INTs.

Whether you want to argue he was thrown into the fire too quickly as a true freshman or he is not living up to expectations is a conversation we can have. The more pertinent topic is whether Moore would choose to stick around in Los Angeles without the coaching staff that recruited him.

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Should he choose to enter the transfer portal, you have to imagine the former five-star would give a serious look to Oregon, a team that has arguably the best offense in the nation under offensive coordinator Will Stein. Moore also has a previous relationship with head coach Dan Lanning.

After this year, Bo Nix will be headed off to the NFL. While former five-star recruit Ty Thompson is next in line to take over as the starting QB in 2024, the Ducks are expected to bring in a transfer portal player to compete for the job.

Could that transfer be Moore? We certainly will have to wait and see, but the report of Kelly potentially being out at UCLA makes it seem like more of a possibility.

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Where Oregon’s offense ranks nationally in key stats following win over California

So that’s what Bo Nix looks like when you take the leash off, huh?

It’s not like we didn’t know that already, but it was good to see once again on Saturday as Nix led the Oregon Ducks to a 63-point outburst behind six touchdowns from the quarterback, boosting his Heisman Trophy odds higher than they already were.

There wasn’t much to correct for the Ducks on the offense, at least from a fan’s perspective, as they scored on every redzone trip they had and went 10-for-14 on third downs, the best rate under Dan Lanning in Oregon. Unsurprisingly, the performance boosted them up in the national standings when it comes to some key statistics. Take a look at where they now stand:

Where Oregon’s offense ranks nationally in key stats following loss vs. Washington

Midway through the season, the Oregon Ducks have the No. 1 scoring and No. 1 total offense in the nation.

The Oregon Ducks had an incredibly impressive day on the offensive side of the ball Saturday in a 36-33 loss to the Washington Huskies. It could have been more impressive, too.

The Ducks put up 541 total yards of offense and over 200 rushing yards with zero turnovers. They also were 0-for-3 on fourth down conversions, two of which came inside the Washington 10-yard line, and they missed a 43-yard field goal as time expired that could have sent the game into overtime.

It’s safe to say that some points were left on the board.

Despite all of those missed opportunities, Oregon’s offense is still among the nation’s elite after Week 7 of the 2023 season. Here’s where they rank statistically in some key areas:

5 things we’ve learned, 5 things still to learn about the 2023 Oregon Ducks

By almost any metric you wish to look at, the 2023 season for the Oregon Ducks has been a success so far. Head coach Dan Lanning has the squad off to its first 5-0 start since 2013, and Oregon is one of only two teams in the nation to boast both an offense and a defense that rank inside the top 10 nationally.

Quarterback Bo Nix is among the favorites to win the Heisman Trophy; wide receiver Troy Franklin is among the favorites to win the Biletnikoff Award, and the Ducks have one of the best odds in the nation to make it to the College Football Playoff and win a national championship.

If you were to tell an Oregon fan all of those things about two months ago, they certainly would sign up for those results in an instant. It’s safe to say that we’ve learned a lot about this team through the first five weeks, but there is still a lot to find out going forward.

While the Ducks’ numbers look great so far, it is important to note that they have not faced the meat of their schedule just yet. Over the final 7 weeks of the regular season, Oregon will go up against five teams that have been ranked inside the top 15 at some point this season, with a trio of No. 7 Washington, No. 13 Washington State, and No. 18 Utah all in a row coming out of this bye week.

We are certain to learn a lot more about the Ducks going forward.

So at this point in the season, what do we know for sure about this team, and what are a few things that we still need to find out? Let’s break it down in this midseason check-up to close out the bye week:

Where Oregon’s offense ranks nationally in key stats following win vs. Colorado

Almost any way you want to look at it, the Ducks have one of the best offenses in the entire nation this year.

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:

Where Oregon’s offense ranks nationally in key stats following win vs. Hawaii

We now have a decent sample size for the Oregon Ducks in terms of statistics to look at. Though the level of competition for Dan Lanning and his quad has not been elite thus far, we’ve seen enough action to know that the Ducks are a solid team who have a high ceiling that they can reach for this season.

Now we are heading into Pac-12 play, where the level of competition will rise quickly, and the Ducks are going to have to rely on their bread and butter to get the job done.

With three games to work from, let’s take a look at where Oregon ranks nationally in some key statistics offensively so far this season. By doing so, we can get a sense of where they stand going into the conference schedule.

7 major questions for the Ducks to answer in Week 3 vs. Hawaii

Does Jordan Burch show up? Will the penalty problems go away? Can Oregon’s secondary step up to the test? Our biggest questions for Saturday.

We entered the 2023 college football season with a lot of questions for the Oregon Ducks. With so many new faces on the roster under year two of Dan Lanning, there were a million different things that we couldn’t wait to see play out in Week 1 against the Portland State Vikings.

Unfortunately, because of the level of competition, we didn’t get a ton of answers. A week later, with a thriller down in Lubbock that the Ducks were able to squeak out against the Texas Tech Red Raiders, we were actually left with more questions than we were answers once again. So now, going into Week 3 against the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, there are a lot of things that we still have yet to learn about the Ducks.

With all of that being said, let’s look at what some of those big questions are going into Saturday:

Where Oregon’s offense ranks nationally in key stats following win vs. Texas Tech

I think even fans of the Oregon Ducks would be willing to admit that the statistics after Week 1 for their favorite team were a bit skewed.

The Ducks beat Portland State 81-7, putting up 729 yards of total offense and scoring 7 touchdowns. As you would expect, that ranked them near the top of the nation in almost every major statistical category when it comes to offensive production.

So now that we have another game to work off of, the stats for Oregon are looking a bit more realistic. That doesn’t mean that the Ducks don’t still have one of the best offenses in the nation, but rather that Oregon fans can feel more validated by the numbers, knowing that they are averaged out by a game against a legitimate Power 5 team.

So where do the Ducks rank now in the major offensive statistics going into Week 3? Let’s take a look: