With the help of the transfer portal and an expanded College Football Playoff format, there is now more parity than ever before. Gone are the days where the same few teams dominate the field and everyone else is vying for a measly Bowl Game win.
One of the many teams these rule changes have helped is the Oregon Ducks, who made the playoffs for the first time in a decade last season en route to the Rose Bowl. Now, after one of the most successful years in program history, the Ducks are hungry for more.
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David Hale of ESPN recently ranked every FBS program by tiers and Oregon was placed in the 1b tier with three other teams, which is named the best of the rest. There are only two teams in a tier above the Ducks and that is the Ohio State Buckeyes and Georgia Bulldogs.
Although Oregon has some teams placed above them, Hale mentioned that when an elite SEC coach was questioned about how many true championship contenders there are, he responded with, “Four. Maybe five.”
Conveniently, the Ducks were ranked among the five best teams in the nation, so realistically, they have a great shot at winning the National Championship. After losing so much talent this offseason, they will need to dig deep if they want to win it all. But one thing we’ve learned since head coach Dan Lanning took over three seasons ago is to never count out these Ducks.
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This article originally appeared on Ducks Wire: ESPN 2025 FBS tier rankings: Oregon Ducks named a top-tier team