Ducks Playoff Rooting Guide
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2026 3:34 pm
For making and winning Big Ten Championship:
-Root for USC over Indiana
-Root for UCLA to win out (or even winning 2 of their last 3 should suffice, as long as Illinois is one of those wins)
-Root for Illinois to lose a game
-Root for Wisconsin to lose a game
-Root for Iowa to lose a game
For At large bid scenario:
-Root against the following Big 12 teams: BYU, Texas Tech, Houston. We really want Tech and Houston to drop another game.
-Root for Utah over Arizona. We don't want Arizona to enter the playoffs discussion and a big win over Utah could do that.
-Root for Iowa to lose a game
-Root for USC to lose a game
-Root for Kentucky to lose a game
-Root for South Carolina to lose to Georgia (or someone else)
-Root for LSU to lose a game
-Root for Wake Forest to lose a game (Title game vs Miami should suffice)
-Root for Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Boise State, UCLA, and USC (minus one loss) to win out to make us look better. But if all the scenarios above happen
Who gets in for at large bid scenario:
SEC (4): Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Tennessee
Ind (1): Notre Dame
Big Ten (3): UCLA, Indiana, Oregon
G6 (1): Boise State
Big 12 (2): Utah, BYU
ACC (1): Miami (FL)
For the At-Large bid, I actually think the Big 12 is the biggest roadblock. BYU, Texas Tech, and Houston have fairly easy schedules left. Also Kentucky dropping a game is important, otherwise they would likely be the 5th SEC team in.
-Root for USC over Indiana
-Root for UCLA to win out (or even winning 2 of their last 3 should suffice, as long as Illinois is one of those wins)
-Root for Illinois to lose a game
-Root for Wisconsin to lose a game
-Root for Iowa to lose a game
For At large bid scenario:
-Root against the following Big 12 teams: BYU, Texas Tech, Houston. We really want Tech and Houston to drop another game.
-Root for Utah over Arizona. We don't want Arizona to enter the playoffs discussion and a big win over Utah could do that.
-Root for Iowa to lose a game
-Root for USC to lose a game
-Root for Kentucky to lose a game
-Root for South Carolina to lose to Georgia (or someone else)
-Root for LSU to lose a game
-Root for Wake Forest to lose a game (Title game vs Miami should suffice)
-Root for Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Boise State, UCLA, and USC (minus one loss) to win out to make us look better. But if all the scenarios above happen
Who gets in for at large bid scenario:
SEC (4): Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Tennessee
Ind (1): Notre Dame
Big Ten (3): UCLA, Indiana, Oregon
G6 (1): Boise State
Big 12 (2): Utah, BYU
ACC (1): Miami (FL)
For the At-Large bid, I actually think the Big 12 is the biggest roadblock. BYU, Texas Tech, and Houston have fairly easy schedules left. Also Kentucky dropping a game is important, otherwise they would likely be the 5th SEC team in.