Oregon #15 in Preseason USA today coaches poll

[UOducksTK1]

https://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/p ... ches-poll/

1 Georgia (1643 points)
2 Michigan (1510)
3 Alabama (1489)
4 Ohio State (1485)
5 Louisiana State (1294)
6 USC (1228)
7 Penn State (1181)
8 Florida State (1145)
9 Clemson (1078)
10 Tennessee (991)
11 Washington (941)
12 Texas (848)
13 Notre Dame (841)
14 Utah (839)
15 Oregon (820)
16 Texas Christian (655)
17 Kansas State (440)
18 Oregon State (365)
19 Oklahoma (320)
20 North Carolina (315)
21 Wisconsin (309)
22 Ole Miss (303)
23 Tulane (225)
24 Texas Tech (200)
25 Texas A&M (196)

[StevensTechU]

Five Pac-12 teams in the top 25. How unmarketable. No way I'd give that conference a TV deal.

[UOducksTK1]

^Ha!

Also weird to see 3 Pac-12 teams ahead of Oregon in the rankings...

[greenyellow]

The drop in vote totals from #15 to #16 is a lot larger than one would expect.

[lmduck]

Five Pac-12 teams in the top 25. How unmarketable. No way I'd give that conference a TV deal.

Yes, that would be very foolish.

[dthomas=ddixon]

They must think Nix is still hurt.

[wepto]

Feels like there are a lot of unknowns with this years team. I don't think I'd be shocked if they finished anywhere from 5-35. Not enough LBs. Defense could be ugly. But Jamal Hill might thrive at LB. Who knows? 15 seems fair. Also seems like a total shot in the dark (preseason rankings always are).

[SuperDuck]

We may be tested in week 2 against #24 Texas Tech in Lubbock. Some preseason pundits have us losing that game.

They have improved recently and Tyler Shough is playing really well at QB.

I think we should win, but we'd better be prepared.

Oh, I just read that Lubbock has almost zero humidity. Dry and windy. That's good for Oregon.

[ducks5ever]

They must think Nix is still hurt.

Oregon's defense ranked at the bottom of the FBS last season. That's why.

It's a bit baffling for why it performed so poorly especially under Lanning. However, after watching Dan Lanning talk about defense/pressures in clinics (uploaded on youtube by user "James Light", along with watching a breakdown of Georgia vs Clemson (uploaded by "The coordinator project"), I'm optimistic that we'll see a major turnaround on that side of the ball and we're headed to the conference title game.

You heard it here first.

[dthomas=ddixon]

They must think Nix is still hurt.

Oregon's defense ranked at the bottom of the FBS last season. That's why.

It's a bit baffling for why it performed so poorly especially under Lanning. However, after watching Dan Lanning talk about defense/pressures in clinics (uploaded on youtube by user "James Light", along with watching a breakdown of Georgia vs Clemson (uploaded by "The coordinator project"), I'm optimistic that we'll see a major turnaround on that side of the ball and we're headed to the conference title game.

You heard it here first.

Despite the defense, we were still the most dominant team in the conference before he was hurt.

[alxtw]

USC getting pre-season overhyped as usual. Oregon should be ranked above UW. Which ever team has an injury to the starting QB loses that match up. If both starting QBs are healthy, Oregon wins 2 out of 3 times. Utah getting no pre-season love again. Oregon State at 3 spots down from Oregon is quite a stretch.

[squintsdd]

USC getting pre-season overhyped as usual. Oregon should be ranked above UW. Which ever team has an injury to the starting QB loses that match up. If both starting QBs are healthy, Oregon wins 2 out of 3 times. Utah getting no pre-season love again. Oregon State at 3 spots down from Oregon is quite a stretch.

As far as the pac12 schools are concerned, I see nothing wrong with the placement besides usc

[StevensTechU]

Oregon's offense could be as potent as a year ago, with upgraded skill talent, but could be worse, because this offensive line is almost certainly going to take a step back.

I want to believe that Hampton and a more involved Lanning will make the D better, but have to see it to believe. There are questions at almost every position.

Around the PAC, USC actually did a really good job of filling holes via the portal. Upgraded at OL, LB, and maybe DL over last year. They'd be my pick as favorites in the conference. Dead heat between Oregon and washington, who retained all their best players and plugged some gaps with the portal. Utah and Oregon State are going 6-6 or 12-2 and I have no idea which.

[Duck07]

Oregon's offense could be as potent as a year ago, with upgraded skill talent, but could be worse, because this offensive line is almost certainly going to take a step back.

I want to believe that Hampton and a more involved Lanning will make the D better, but have to see it to believe. There are questions at almost every position.

Around the PAC, USC actually did a really good job of filling holes via the portal. Upgraded at OL, LB, and maybe DL over last year. They'd be my pick as favorites in the conference. Dead heat between Oregon and washington, who retained all their best players and plugged some gaps with the portal. Utah and Oregon State are going 6-6 or 12-2 and I have no idea which.

ol could be worse but could also improve their pass blocking too. the sack rate was great of course but a lot of that was on Bo too in the quick passing game.

we started 2 guards at tackle last year and we forget connerly is one of our biggest recruits of all time.