
#8Oregon Ducks
The Saturday rundown
ranked by what moves Oregon's pathYour game. Beat Rutgers and your playoff odds are 81%; lose and they drop to 57%.
Big Ten race: Ohio State losing helps your spot in the standings; Wisconsin visits your schedule in week 9 — keep them ranked.
Big Ten race: Indiana losing helps your spot in the standings; Indiana losing softens the sting of your loss to them.
You already beat Penn State; them losing again keeps them behind you; Iowa visits your schedule in week 11 — keep them ranked.
USC visits your schedule in week 13 — keep them ranked.
You're close to a playoff lock — the live question is the top-4 seed and first-round bye, and Louisville winning protects it.
Arkansas winning thins out the at-large competition for your playoff spot.
Minnesota visits your schedule in week 12 — keep them ranked.
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Based on 50,000 season simulations entering week 8, anchored to the AP Top 25 (week 8). How the model works.