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To advance in the CFP, Oregon has to tear down a wall

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Oregon has its strongest team in years, but to survive and advance in the playoffs, they've got to test the untested.

The Dukes were No. 2 in the country against the run, allowing just 2.48 yards per carry. Texas Tech, the Ducks quarterfinal opponent if they survive and advance, was first in the FBS, allowing a scant 2.3 yards a carry on the ground.

JMU allowed more than four yards a carry in a game just once all season, On November 8 the Thundering Herd of Marshall solved them on the ground, cranking out 248 yards on 50 carries, 4.