Every 15 minutes or so another one comes out, a bracket predicting the seeding of the College Football Playoff, with the Oregon Ducks projected anywhere from No. 6 to No. 10 to ending the season at the Sun Bowl.
Duck fans have seen worse, and at this point all the predictions of glory or despair ought to be given no more than the side-eye.
It comes to this: If Oregon takes care of business Saturday against USC in Autzen Stadium, they are alive for every ambitious goal they set at the first team meeting in January, except repeating as Big Ten Champions.