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USA Today
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Where Oregon Ducks rank in preseason AP Top 25 since 2000
Over the past couple of weeks, there have been signs that college football has returned at long last. While players are returning to practices across the nation and preseason watch lists are being publicized, college football is in the air. The best signifier that it is finally football season, though? The Associated Press Poll has returned. The AP Top 25 was released on Monday morning, and the Oregon Ducks are regarded highly, as expected. AP ranks Dan Lanning's squad as the No. 7 team in the nation, which is the third-highest team in the Big Ten Conference. This ranking aligns with the US LBM Coaches Poll released last week. While the Ducks have a new-look team going into the year with just four returning starters, there are still high expectations for them going into the 2025 season, with their fifth top-10 ranking in the College Football Playoff era. But how does it compare to years past when the Ducks also had high expectations going into the season? Let's take a look. Here are the Ducks' preseason AP rankings for every season going back to the turn of the century. 2000 — Unranked Highest Midseason AP Ranking: No. 5 (Week 13) Season Record: 10-2 Bowl Game Result: 35-30 Win vs. Texas in Holiday Bowl Analysis: Coming off a strong 1999 season, Oregon had high expectations at the turn of the century, and it made good on those expectations, reaching No. 5 in the rankings before beating Texas in the Holiday Bowl. 2001 — No. 7 Highest Midseason AP Ranking: No. 2 (Week 16, Final) Season Record: 11-1 Bowl Game Result: 38-16 Win vs. Colorado in Fiesta Bowl Analysis: This is the year that put the Ducks on the map. It was Joey Harrington's Heisman campaign season, and Oregon ultimately reached No. 2 in the nation before being snubbed for a spot in the BCS National Championship Game. It smoked Colorado in the Fiesta Bowl instead. 2002 — No. 15 Highest Midseason AP Ranking: No. 6 (Week 9) Season Record: 7-6 Bowl Game Result: 38-17 Loss vs. Wake Forest in Seattle Bowl Analysis: With Harrington out the door, expectations fell back to earth for the Ducks. They still played well in the middle of the season, getting to No. 6 in the rankings, but a loss in the bowl game put a damper on the season. 2003 — Unranked Highest Midseason AP Ranking: No. 10 (Week 5) Season Record: 8-5 Bowl Game Result: 31-30 Loss to Minnesota in Sun Bowl Analysis: The year started out with an upset over Michigan at home, which led the Ducks into the rankings quickly, but the season fell apart from there. 2004 — No. 23 Highest Midseason AP Ranking: No. 23 (Week 1) Season Record: 5-6 Bowl Game Result: No Bowl Analysis: It was a tough year for the Ducks in 2004. There were some expectations in the preseason when they were ranked inside the top 25. But they quickly fell out of the rankings and never sniffed them again on their way to a season with no bowl game. 2005 — Unranked Highest Midseason AP Ranking: No. 6 (Week 15) Season Record: 10-2 Bowl Game Result: 17-14 Loss vs. Oklahoma in Holiday Bowl Analysis: The Dennis Dixon era begins. At its best, Oregon was as good as any team in the country. It still struggled with consistency, though, culminating in a bowl game loss to Oklahoma. 2006 — No. 21 Highest Midseason AP Ranking: No. 11 (Week 6) Season Record: 7-6 Bowl Game Result: 38-8 Loss to BYU in Las Vegas Bowl Analysis: After a solid start under Dixon, the Ducks regressed in 2006 and struggled after a solid start to the year. In the end, they were blown out in the Las Vegas Bowl by BYU. 2007 — Unranked Highest Midseason AP Ranking: No. 2 (Week 12) Season Record: 9-4 Bowl Game Result: 56-21 Win over South Florida in Sun Bowl Analysis: The year that could have been. ... Oregon was arguably the best team in the nation this season. If it weren't for a Dennis Dixon torn ACL late in the year, it would have played for the national championship and likely gained a Heisman Trophy. This one still stings for most Duck fans. 2008 — No. 21 Highest Midseason AP Ranking: No. 10 (Week 17, Final) Season Record: 10-3 Bowl Game Result: 42-31 Win over Oklahoma State in Holiday Bowl Analysis: After losing Dennis Dixon and Jonathan Stewart, Oregon bounced back with Jeremiah Masoli and LeGarrette Blount and found great success, reaching a peak at No. 10 in the rankings late in the year. 2009 — No. 16 Highest Midseason AP Ranking: No. 7 (Week 10, 14, 15) Season Record: 10-3 Bowl Game Result: 26-17 Loss to Ohio State in Rose Bowl Analysis: The Ducks might have arrived in 2001 under Joey Harrington, but they finally became cool in 2009 with Chip Kelly leading the way. A place in the Rose Bowl was huge, but the loss to Ohio State was unfortunate. 2010 — No. 11 Highest Midseason AP Ranking: No. 1 (Weeks 8-14) Season Record: 12-1 Bowl Game Result: 22-19 Loss to Auburn in BCS National Championship Game Analysis: Oregon has arrived. For much of the year, the Ducks were No. 1 in the polls, and they made it to their first BCS National Championship Game. We don't have to talk about what happened from there. Dyer was down. 2011 — No. 3 Highest Midseason AP Ranking: No. 3 (Week 1) Season Record: 12-2 Bowl Game Result: 45-38 Win over Wisconsin in Rose Bowl Analysis: Coming off the championship game loss, the Ducks still had incredibly high expectations going into 2011. The stayed up in the rankings for most of the year and ended it with a Rose Bowl win over Wisconsin. 2012 — No. 5 Highest Midseason AP Ranking: No. 1 (Week 12) Season Record: 12-1 Bowl Game Result: 35-17 Win over Kansas State in Fiesta Bowl Analysis: Despite a quarterback change, the Ducks were still projected to be one of the top teams in the nation going into 2012. They reached No. 1 in the rankings late in the year before a loss to Stanford ended the dream of another championship appearance. The Ducks took out their frustration on Kansas State in the Fiesta Bowl. 2013 — No. 3 Highest Midseason AP Ranking: No. 2 (Weeks 2-11) Season Record: 11-2 Bowl Game Result: 30-7 Win over Texas in Alamo Bowl Analysis: Another strong season from Marcus Mariota had the Ducks in the conversation in 2013, and they were ranked No. 2 for much of the season. This time, a loss to Stanford and a loss to Arizona late in the year derailed their hopes, leaving the Ducks with a spot in the Alamo Bowl. 2014 — No. 3 Highest Midseason AP Ranking: No. 2 (Week 3-6, Final) Season Record: 13-2 Bowl Game Result: 59-20 Win over Florida State in Rose Bowl // 42-20 Loss to Ohio State in the College Football Playoff National Championship. Analysis: Another year near the top of the polls for Oregon. The Ducks made it into the first College Football Playoff, beating the defending champion Florida State Seminoles in the Rose Bowl before falling to Ohio State in the championship game. 2015 — No. 7 Highest Midseason AP Ranking: No. 7 (Week 1) Season Record: 9-4 Bowl Game Result: 47-41 3OT Loss to TCU in Alamo Bowl Analysis: The transition out of the Marcus Mariota era was difficult, but Vernon Adams did a really good job of trying to make the offense work. Unfortunately, an early-season injury derailed things. The Ducks finished strongly until the second half of the Alamo Bowl, in which they blew a 31-point lead and lost in triple-overtime. 2016 — No. 24 Highest Midseason AP Ranking: No. 24 (Week 1) Season Record: 4-8 Bowl Game Result: No Bowl Analysis: Not much to remember about the 2016 season other than it being the year that Mark Helfrich got fired. No bowl game for the Ducks, and a season largely spent outside of the rankings. 2017 — Unranked Highest Midseason AP Ranking: No. 24 (Week 4) Season Record: 7-6 Bowl Game Result: 38-28 Loss vs. Boise State in Las Vegas Bowl Analysis: Oregon sniffed the top 25 in 2017, cracking it once after beating Nebraska in a thriller, but this was still one of the down years for the Ducks over the last decade. 2018 — No. 24 Highest Midseason AP Ranking: No. 12 (Week 8) Season Record: 9-4 Bowl Game Result: 7-6 Win over Michigan State in Redbox Bowl Analysis: The Mario Cristobal era started strong, and Oregon was solid throughout the year, maintaining a respectable ranking for a team back on the rise. 2019 — No. 11 Highest Midseason AP Ranking: No. 5 (Final) Season Record: 12-2 Bowl Game Result: 28-27 Win over Wisconsin in Rose Bowl Analysis: Oregon was getting decent respect going into Justin Herbert's final year, and it did well to improve those expectations by reaching No. 5 in the rankings before going on to beat Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl. 2020 — No. 9 Highest Midseason AP Ranking: No. 9 (Week 1, 9) Season Record: 4-3 Bowl Game Result: 34-17 Loss to Iowa State in Fiesta Bowl Analysis: 2020 was a strange year, obviously, with a shortened schedule due to COVID-19. The Ducks rose to No. 9 in the rankings before winning the Pac-12 championship. They ended the wild year with a loss to Iowa State in the Fiesta Bowl. 2021 — No. 11 Highest Midseason AP Ranking: No. 3 (Weeks 4-5) Season Record: 10-4 Bowl Game Result: 47-32 Loss to Oklahoma in Alamo Bowl Analysis: The year that Oregon beat Ohio State at long last. The Ducks used that victory to get up to No. 3 in the rankings, but threw it all away shortly after with a loss to Stanford on the road. The season culminated in Mario Cristobal leaving for Miami after a loss in the Pac-12 Championship game. 2022 — No. 11 Highest Mid-Season AP Ranking: No. 6 (Week 11) Season Record: 10-3 Bowl Game Result: 28-27 Win over North Carolina in Holiday Bowl Analysis: Dan Lanning's debut with Oregon saw the Ducks ranked 11th going into the year, but they quickly fell to 25th after getting blown out by Georgia in Week 1. Oregon battled back to No. 6 by season's end, but a pair of losses to Oregon State and Washington left everyone with a sour taste. 2023 — No. 15 Highest Midseason AP Ranking: No. 5 (Week 14) Season Record: 12-2 Bowl Game Result: 45-6 Win over Liberty in Fiesta Bowl Analysis: Oregon had a really strong 2023 season. If not for a pair of losses to Washington, it could have been in the College Football Playoff. 2024 — No. 3 Highest Midseason AP Ranking: No. 1 (Weeks 9-16) Season Record: 13-1 Bowl Game Result: 41-21 Loss to Ohio State in Rose Bowl Analysis: What was a historic season for the Ducks finished with a rough game against Ohio State in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal, but that shouldn't take away from the success that Oregon found throughout the year. The Ducks went undefeated in the regular season and won the Big Ten Conference in their first year as league members, going into the CFP as the No. 1 overall seed. 2025 — No. 7 Analysis: The Ducks are replacing nearly their entire starting lineup going into the 2025 season, with just four returning starters on both sides of the ball. Despite that turnover, there are still high expectations once again, with endless talent and depth on the roster built up over the years. Contact/Follow @Ducks_Wire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Oregon Ducks news, notes, and opinions.
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a day ago
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- USA Today
Predicting AP Poll ranked college football team's first loss in 2025
The 2025 college football preseason Associated Press Poll was released Monday. 10 schools from the Southeastern Conference are ranked in the AP Poll preseason top 25: Texas (1), Georgia (5), Alabama (8), LSU (9), South Carolina (13), Florida (15), Oklahoma (18), Texas A&M (19), Ole Miss (21) and Tennessee (24). Missouri and Auburn are also receiving votes in the SEC. The 2025 college football season will kick off Aug. 23 with Week 0 games. Iowa State and Kansas State will open regular-season contests in Dublin, Ireland (noon EDT, ESPN). Ahead of the regular season, Warren Nolan released record projections for FBS teams. Nolan Analytics projects Tennessee to lose its first game in 2025 on Sept. 13 versus Georgia at Neyland Stadium. More: Predicting every loss for SEC football teams in 2025 Below is the preseason AP Poll and when each ranked team is projected to lose its first game during the 2025 regular season. Ohio State, Georgia and Notre Dame are projected to be undefeated ahead of postseason play. Predicting when every AP Poll preseason top 25 ranked team will lose first game in 2025 Follow Vols Wire on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter).
USA Today
a day ago
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- USA Today
Tennessee football AP Poll preseason top 25 ranking in 2025
Tennessee will open its 2025 football season on Aug. 30 versus Syracuse in the Aflac Kickoff. The season opener between the Vols and Orange is slated for noon EDT at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. ABC will televise the nonconference matchup. On Monday, the preseason Associated Press Poll was released. Tennessee is ranked No. 24. Texas (1), Georgia (5), Alabama (8), LSU (9), South Carolina (13), Florida (15), Oklahoma (18), Texas A&M (19) and Ole Miss (21) are also ranked in the preseason top 25 AP Poll from the Southeastern Conference. Missouri and Auburn are receiving votes from the SEC. Tennessee also enters the 2025 season ranked No. 18 in the preseason US LBM Coaches Poll. 2025 will mark the fifth season for Tennessee under head coach Josh Heupel. He has compiled a 37-15 (20-12 SEC) record with the Vols from 2021-24. More: 2025 win-loss record projections for all 16 SEC football teams Follow Vols Wire on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter).
USA Today
04-02-2025
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- USA Today
Florida basketball moves up to top seed in USA TODAY Sports bracketology despite loss
Florida basketball moves up to top seed in USA TODAY Sports bracketology despite loss Florida basketball hit a wall on Saturday against the Tennessee Volunteers, who suffocated the Gators in a 64-44 knockout punch in Knoxville. It snapped the Gators' program-record 21-game streak of scoring 70 points or more and handed them their worst defeat since a 28-point margin at the hands of the then-No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide nearly two years ago. Todd Golden's team now has three losses in 21 total tries with 10 games remaining in the regular season and is ranked sixth in both the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll and Associated Press Poll, while holding onto the No. 5 spot in the NET rankings. While the Vols' beatdown last weekend may have stung the ego of the team, the national sports media appears to still believe in the Orange and Blue. In fact, despite an effort on the court that head coach Todd Golden was "disappointed" in, USA TODAY Sports writer Paul Myerberg moved Florida from the No. 2 seed in the East Region to the top seed in the West in his latest bracketology update. That matches up the Gators with the No. 16-seeded UNC-Asheville Bulldogs in the first round held in Raleigh, North Carolina. SEC schools in USA TODAY Sports bracketology Florida's ascent to the No. 1 seed now gives the Southeastern Conference control of three of the four regions in the bracketology while maintaining its nation-leading 13 schools. The Auburn Tigers hold onto the South Region's top spot for the fourth straight update, while the Alabama Crimson Tide hold onto the top seed in the West for the third consecutive update. Tennessee moved up to the No. 2 seed in the East, while the Kentucky Wildcats held onto their No. 3 seed but moved back from the East to the Midwest. The Texas A&M Aggies joined them as the No. 3 seed in the South. The Missouri Tigers moved up to the No. 4 seed, jumping from the East to the West Region. The Mississippi State Bulldogs fell to No. 5 while moving from West to East, followed by the Ole Miss Rebels who fell to No. 7 in the South, Oklahoma Sooners who moved up to No. 9 in the East, Vanderbilt Commodores who slipped to a No. 10 seed in the West, Texas Longhorns who remain a No. 10 seed in the Midwest and the Georgia Bulldogs who fell to No. 11 in the East. Follow us @GatorsWire on X, formerly known as Twitter, as well as Bluesky, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Florida Gators news, notes and opinions.
USA Today
31-01-2025
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- USA Today
Florida basketball remains 2-seed in East per USA TODAY Sports bracketology update
Florida basketball remains 2-seed in East per USA TODAY Sports bracketology update Florida basketball had some time off this week, giving the Gators a chance to group before the final push toward the postseason. Todd Golden's team may have been out of action but they remain among the best programs in the nation so far during the 2024-25 campaign. The Orange and Blue have won three straight games en route to an 18-2 overall record, ranking fifth in the Associated Press Poll and sixth in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll. The team's 5-2 mark in Southeastern Conference play has them tied for third with the Missouri Tigers — who snuck by Florida by a point inside the O'Connell Center — in the standings. The Gators are set for a rematch with the Tennessee Volunteers this Saturday, who they obliterated at home earlier this month, 73-43. Ahead of this top-10 college basketball battle, USA TODAY Sports writer Paul Myerberg updated his bracketology, keeping Todd Golden' and Co.'s gang right where they were a few days ago: a 2-seed in the East Region. They are once again lined up with the 15th-seeded Cleveland State Vikings in Providence, Rhode Island, for the opening round of play. SEC schools in bracketology Unsurprisingly the SEC is again, represented by a bracketology-best 13 schools headlined, by the Auburn Tigers in the South Region for the third-straight update while the Alabama Crimson Tide held onto the top seed in the West for the second-straight update. Florida (East) is the only No. 2 seed this time around, however. The Tennessee Volunteers fell to a No. 3 seed in the South and Kentucky Wildcats held onto their No. 3 seed — but moved from the Midwest to the East Region — while Mississippi Bulldogs jumped over to the West and Texas A&M Aggies to the Midwest as No. 4 seeds. The Missouri Tigers are a No. 5 seed but moved over to the East while the Ole Miss Rebels also stayed at No. 6 seed in the but moved to the Midwest. The Vanderbilt Commodores remain a No. 9 seed in the East, followed by SEC newcomers, the Oklahoma Sooners (South) and Texas Longhorns (Midwest), who along with the Georgia Bulldogs (West) hold onto No. 10 seeds with the latter two shifting regions. USA TODAY Sports full bracketology Last four in North Carolina, New Mexico, Ohio State, Central Florida Last four out Arizona State, Brigham Young, Wake Forest, Virginia Commonwealth NCAA Tournament bids conference breakdown Multi-bid leagues: SEC (13), Big Ten (9), Big 12 (8), ACC (5), Big East (4), Mountain West (3), West Coast (2). Follow us @GatorsWire on X, formerly known as Twitter, as well as Bluesky, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Florida Gators news, notes and opinions.
