Coming off two consecutive College Football Playoff appearances and welcoming the return of a number of draft-eligible standouts, the Oregon Ducks appear to be in pole position to make yet another return to the 12-team CFP field.
According to FanDuel Sportsbook, it would be a surprise if a team led by quarterback Dante Moore, sporting top-level talent across the board and with an accomplished head coach in Dan Lanning, missed the 2026 CFP.
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The Ducks currently have odds of -270 to make the playoff, meaning they’re among the favorites to appear in the field. To miss the playoff, the odds are set at +210.
Those odds to make the playoff are the second-best in the Big Ten, falling just behind the national championship-winning Indiana Hoosiers (-330). The Hoosiers are on top despite losing Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Fernando Mendoza and a loaded group of running backs and wide receivers. They reloaded by adding TCU transfer passer Josh Hoover and Michigan State wide receiver Nick Marsh and will expect talented underclassmen to step into bigger roles. Oh, and they have head coach Curt Cignetti leading the way, who doesn’t seem to lose much at all.
Directly behind Oregon in the odds is, predictably, the Ohio State Buckeyes with odds of -240 to make the CFP. The Michigan Wolverines are fourth on the list, the first time with plus odds of +270. The USC Trojans and Penn State Nittany Lions are right on the Wolverines’ tail, with respective odds of +290 and +310.
From there, the Washington Huskies (+550) and Iowa Hawkeyes (+800) have higher odds before long-shots such as the Illinois Fighting Illini, Wisconsin Badgers and UCLA Bruins come into the picture with over +2000 odds each.
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Nationally, the Ducks have the fifth-best odds to reach the CFP behind the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (-700), Texas Tech Red Raiders (-370), Indiana and Miami Hurricanes (-280).
While we’re still months away from the opening kickoff of the 2026 season, expectations remain high for the Ducks to not only make the CFP, but make noise once they get there.
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