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American college football season
The 2018 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The team was led by first-year head coach Mario Cristobal who took over for Willie Taggart who departed for Florida State . Oregon played their games at Autzen Stadium and competed as members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference .
Coming off a 7–6 season under Taggart in
AP Poll. After sweeping their non-conference slate, they fell to then-No. 7
Stanford in overtime. The team bounced back with wins over No. 24
California and No. 7
Washington and rose to 12th in the polls before losing three of their next four games. The Ducks finished the regular season in fourth in the Pac-12 North Division with a conference record of 5–4. They were invited to the
Redbox Bowl , where they defeated
Michigan State to end the year at 9–4 overall.
The Oregon offense was led by junior quarterback
C. J. Verdell finished with 1,018 rushing yards and 10 rushing touchdowns. Defensively, the team was led by defensive end
Jalen Jelks , who was named first-team all-conference.
Preseason
Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released
Pac-12 Media Days
The 2018 Pac-12 media days are set for July 25, 2018 in
Hollywood, California.
Mario Cristobal (HC),
Justin Herbert (QB) &
Jalen Jelks (DL) at Pac-12 Media Days. The Pac-12 media poll was released with the Ducks predicted to finish in third place at Pac-12 North division.
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Media poll (North)
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Washington
249 (40)
2
Stanford
198 (2)
3
Oregon
178 (2)
4
California
108
5
Washington State
98
6
Oregon State
45
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 1 5:00 p.m. Bowling Green * No. 24 P12N W 58–2450,112
September 8 11:00 a.m. Portland State * No. 23 P12N W 62–1447,210
September 15 2:00 p.m. San Jose State * No. 20 P12N W 35–2250,049
September 22 5:00 p.m. No. 7 Stanford No. 20 ABC L 31–38 OT 58,453
September 29 7:30 p.m. at No. 24 California No. 19 FS1 W 42–2443,448
October 13 12:30 p.m. No. 7 ABC/ESPN2
W 30–27 OT 58,691
October 20 4:30 p.m. at No. 25 Washington State No. 12 FOX L 20–3433,152
October 27 7:30 p.m. at ESPN
L 15–4442,845
November 3 4:30 p.m. UCLA FOX W 42–2156,114
November 10 2:30 p.m. at Utah P12N L 25–3246,275
November 17 7:30 p.m. Arizona State P12N W 31–2950,485
1:00 p.m. at Oregon State FS1 W 55–1539,776
12:00 p.m. vs. Michigan State * FOX W 7–630,212
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
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Personnel
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Game summaries
Bowling Green
1
2
3
4
Total
Falcons
10
7
7
0
24
No. 24 Ducks
7
30
14
7
58
Uniform combination
Helmet
Jersey
Pants
Portland State
1
2
3
4
Total
Vikings
0
7
0
7
14
No. 23 Ducks
14
21
14
13
62
Uniform combination
Helmet
Jersey
Pants
San Jose State
1
2
3
4
Total
Spartans
0
6
6
10
22
No. 20 Ducks
14
7
7
7
35
Uniform combination
Helmet
Jersey
Pants
Stanford
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
No. 7 Cardinal
0
7
14
10 7
38
No. 20 Ducks
7
17
0
7 0
31
Uniform combination
Helmet
Jersey
Pants
At California
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 19 Ducks
7
21
7
7
42
No. 24 Golden Bears
3
7
7
7
24
Uniform combination
Helmet
Jersey
Pants
Washington
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
No. 7 Huskies
10
7
7
0 3
27
No. 17 Ducks
10
7
7
0 6
30
Uniform combination
Helmet
Jersey
Pants
At Washington State
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 12 Ducks
0
0
17
3
20
No. 25 Cougars
7
20
0
7
34
Uniform combination
Helmet
Jersey
Pants
At Arizona
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 19 Ducks
0
8
0
7
15
Wildcats
10
13
14
7
44
Uniform combination
Helmet
Jersey
Pants
UCLA
1
2
3
4
Total
Bruins
0
7
7
7
21
Ducks
14
7
7
14
42
Uniform combination
Helmet
Jersey
Pants
At Utah
1
2
3
4
Total
Ducks
0
7
10
8
25
Utes
10
9
3
10
32
Uniform combination
Helmet
Jersey
Pants
Arizona State
1
2
3
4
Total
Sun Devils
3
10
3
13
29
Ducks
7
21
0
3
31
Uniform combination
Helmet
Jersey
Pants
At Oregon State
1
2
3
4
Total
Ducks
14
7
13
21
55
Beavers
0
3
6
6
15
Uniform combination
Helmet
Jersey
Pants
Vs. Michigan State (Redbox Bowl)
1
2
3
4
Total
Spartans
0
0
6
0
6
Ducks
0
0
0
7
7
Uniform combination
Helmet
Jersey
Pants
Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final AP
24 23 20 20 19 18 17 12 19 RV — — — RV RV RV RV Coaches RV RV 23 19 20 18 17 11 21 RV — — — RV RV RV RV CFP Not released — — — — — — — Not released
Players drafted into the NFL
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