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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 2017 , Oregon began the year ranked 24th in the preseason 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 Justin Herbert , who finished in second the Pac-12 Conference with 31 total touchdowns (29 passing and 2 rushing).[ 1] 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.
Listed in the order that they were released
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.[ 16]
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
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 Washington No. 17 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 Arizona No. 19 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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1
2
3
4
Total
Falcons
10
7
7
0
24
No. 24 Ducks
7
30
14
7
58
Uniform combination
Helmet
Jersey
Pants
1
2
3
4
Total
Vikings
0
7
0
7
14
No. 23 Ducks
14
21
14
13
62
Uniform combination
Helmet
Jersey
Pants
1
2
3
4
Total
Spartans
0
6
6
10
22
No. 20 Ducks
14
7
7
7
35
Uniform combination
Helmet
Jersey
Pants
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
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
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 [ edit ]
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
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 19 Ducks
0
8
0
7
15
Wildcats
10
13
14
7
44
Uniform combination
Helmet
Jersey
Pants
1
2
3
4
Total
Bruins
0
7
7
7
21
Ducks
14
7
7
14
42
Uniform combination
Helmet
Jersey
Pants
1
2
3
4
Total
Ducks
0
7
10
8
25
Utes
10
9
3
10
32
Uniform combination
Helmet
Jersey
Pants
1
2
3
4
Total
Sun Devils
3
10
3
13
29
Ducks
7
21
0
3
31
Uniform combination
Helmet
Jersey
Pants
1
2
3
4
Total
Ducks
14
7
13
21
55
Beavers
0
3
6
6
15
Uniform combination
Helmet
Jersey
Pants
[ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Spartans
0
0
6
0
6
Ducks
0
0
0
7
7
Uniform combination
Helmet
Jersey
Pants
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking 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 [ edit ] The Ducks had four players selected in the 2019 NFL Draft.[ 22]
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