It could happen. It's right there.
Everybody does a preseason bracket, a staple among college football pundits. Joel Klatt has the Ducks making the playoffs as the No. 6 seed, winning a first-round game at Autzen but losing to Clemson in the quarterfinal.
Stewart Mandel and Bruce Feldman have the Ducks missing the playoff at 9-3. Feldman projects them to lose three road games at Penn State, then at Iowa and at Washington in November. He describes the Ducks as "this year's FSU," a team that's destined to fall out of the Top Ten.
At FanDuel Oregon's over/under is 10.