Oregon's Dan Lanning makes Ducks' case for College Football Playoff after big win over USC

The Oregon Ducks improved to 10-1 wide and 7-1 against Big Ten Conference opponents connected Saturday nighttime arsenic they handed the USC Trojans a 42-27 defeat.

With the win, Oregon caput manager Dan Lanning endorsed his squad for the College Football Playoff. The Ducks were ranked No. 7 successful the latest reveal, moving 1 spot up from the erstwhile week. Oregon would person been pitted against No. 10 Alabama, according to the latest release.

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Oregon caput manager Dan Lanning, center, calls instructions during the archetypal fractional of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled against Southern California, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, successful Eugene, Oregon. (AP Photo/Lydia Ely)

It would mean that the Big Ten gets 3 teams successful the College Football Playoff.

"I deliberation proof's successful the pudding," Lanning told reporters, via ESPN. "We tin bushed you successful aggregate ways, right? We tin outscore you astatine times, right? We tin clasp you to the 18-, 16-(point) benignant of game, triumph successful pugnacious environments, immoderate weather, enactment the shot down, let's spell play football. That's the benignant of squad that we have."

Lanning besides pointed to the trouble of the team’s schedule, contrasting it with immoderate of the SEC schools. Oregon volition instrumentality connected the Washington Huskies to decorativeness the year.

Oregon caput manager Dan Lanning greets fans earlier an NCAA assemblage shot crippled against Southern California, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, successful Eugene, Oregon. (AP Photo/Lydia Ely)

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Ducks backmost Dante Moore was 22-of-30 with 257 passing yards, 2 touchdown passes and an interception successful the win. Oregon had a 28-14 pb implicit USC astatine halftime.

"At the extremity of the day, I benignant of conscionable kept telling the squad it was going to beryllium an affectional game, due to the fact that it was elder night, but besides you can't fto emotions instrumentality implicit due to the fact that with the emotions travel negativity. So it's been a batch wrong this game," Moore said. "But I consciousness similar we pushed retired ourselves Monday done Friday to get the effect we wanted."

USC caput manager Lincoln Riley lamented the team’s struggles arsenic their College Football Playoff hopes were seemingly dashed.

Oregon backmost Dante Moore (5) looks for an opening successful the Southern California defence during the 2nd fractional of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, successful Eugene, Oregon. (AP Photo/Lydia Ely)

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"We're disappointed, didn't play our best. We had immoderate penalties that we haven't been having that showed up and decidedly wounded us," Riley said. "We were gutsy, made a batch of plays, but successful the extremity we were conscionable a mates of plays short."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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