

“I think what you do is you take a step back and you make sure that you acknowledge that the players will come across that. “There’s going to be hype and projections out there nonstop,” Oregon coach Mario Cristobal said. Oregon plays at Washington on Saturday, with games against Washington State, Utah and Oregon State closing out the regular season. 4 in the initial CFP rankings, so they’re in a good position. Oregon lost early enough in the season that if it runs the table and wins the Pac-12 Championship, it could earn the conference’s first CFP invite since Washington in 2017. The Ducks (7-1, 4-1 Pac-12) shook off an overtime loss to Stanford to beat California, UCLA and Colorado in successive weeks. 7 Oregon has been the class of the conference and is the Pac-12’s lone chance to earn a spot in the College Football Playoff.
