EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon football came in at No. 8 in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season revealed Tuesday evening on ESPN.
The Ducks are the lone remaining unbeaten team in the Pac-12, sitting at 5-0 and 7-1 overall after winning their seventh straight game last week at California. Oregon is the highest ranked Pac-12 teams and one of five teams from the conference in the initial CFP rankings, along with No. 9 USC, No. 12 UCLA, No. 14 Utah and No. 23 Oregon State.
Oregon is the second-highest ranked one-loss team, behind only No.