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Ducks · Big Ten

Head coach Dan Lanning Year 5 with Oregon

Season Projection · 2026 W0

10,000 sims
9.3
Expected wins
9-3
Proj record
7 to 12
Win range (90%)
#6 (2–13)
Final rank (90%)
93%
Make playoff
14%
Win conference

Path to Glory

Tap a win or a loss on each pivotal game to see how the playoff probability shifts. Leave any game unset to average across both outcomes.

Make the playoff

93%

Baseline projection.

  • vs Washington
    Home · Nov 28
  • at Illinois
    Away · Oct 24
  • at USC
    Away · Sep 26
  • at Ohio State
    Away · Nov 7

Pivotal games are the 5 with the largest playoff-probability swing, ranked by the model. Math: chained Bayesian log-odds update from the conditional simulation set; gets the directionally right answer but won't perfectly capture cross-game correlations until the full Monte Carlo pipeline lands.

Returning production · 2026

77 score
  • Quarterback 96% (5/7 )
  • Offensive line 80% (16/20 players)
  • Skill (RB/WR/TE) 56% (19/30 )
  • Front 7 (DL/LB) 70% (17/26 )
  • Secondary 57% (14/21 )
  • Special teams 100% (6/8 )

Share of last season's production each unit returns. Higher means more continuity: 70%+ is healthy, 45–70% a normal rebuild, under 45% a major turnover.

Situational efficiency · 2025

FBS percentile rank
  • 3rd-down conversion 41.8% 79th — strong
  • Red-zone TD rate 19.3% 85th — strong
  • 4th-down aggression 46.6% 89th — strong
  • Late & close 3.3 yds/play 16th — bottom tier

Percentile is across all FBS teams with play-by-play data for the season. "Late & close" is yards per play in Q4+ with a one-score margin — a proxy for clutch offensive performance.

Schedule

Full 2026 slate. Tap a row for the matchup breakdown.

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More coming

Per-team pages get the full treatment in Phase 3: current rating, season projection histogram, schedule with win probabilities, and live overlays on Pylon stream days. For now, this page exists so stories and news have a permanent home as content rolls in.