This year is shaping out to be quite nice for the Ducks. Since we have a whole week off let's talk about a National Championship game and what it takes for us to get there.
Quite simply put - The Oregon Ducks need to win every single game. A one loss Duck team doesn't make it to the title unless pretty much every team out there loses twice. If the Ducks were to drop a game they would more than likely slide down to #9 or so, right in front of Florida State. Then you'd need LSU, S Carolina, Florida to all have two losses. We'd probably need USC to lose again, preferably to us in the Pac Championship. Notre Dame, OK and KSU would all need a loss or two. All of those things probably wont happen, so let's just keep winning!
Let's take a glance around the country. I believe that a one loss SEC team makes the championship game this year. Pretty hard to argue that they wouldn't deserve it. I don't subscribe to the "every team in the SEC would win every other conference" that we hear from the homers, but they are the best league, and they play well in the big games. This year I think BAMA is a pretty clear favorite at this point. I predict that S Carolina will knock off Florida making BAMA the lone undefeated team (unless you count MS ST).
Notre Dame is really the only team who concerns me at this point, the pollsters LOVE Notre Dame, so if they continue to win I could envision them leap frogging the Ducks. Wouldn't agree with it, but it really wouldn't surprise me.
That leaves KS ST. A good team but I don't think they will run the table. Even if they do I think the Ducks getting passed USC twice, getting passed Stanford and AZ ST will prove enough to prevent KS ST from passing us.
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