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Best of the West Top 25: Could Oregon Ducks nail down College Football Playoff case at USC?

Thank youuuuuuuuuu, Kansas State.

With the Wildcats’ 48-41 upset of previously-No.5-in-the-nation Oklahoma over the weekend, the Oregon Ducks — and Utah, too, now that you mention it — saw a little more sunlight opening up in that small crack through which they might be able to squeeze into the College Football Playoff.

The first CFP committee rankings will be unveiled next Tuesday (Nov. 5), and the timing for the cream of the Pac-12 couldn’t be better. Because both the Ducks, the No. 1 team in the Denver Post’s Best of the West Top 25 poll, and the Utes, our No.