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User	Rank	Reason
TotalEconomist	3
Daigotsu	4
nin478	5
Plneapple	8
kdcoltred	9	Preseason pick for Pac 12 Champion
CockADoodleBOOM	11
emueagles	11
Harry_B_C_Dresden	11
kflinderman	11
Quentanamo_Bay	11
Red261	11
Atoodope	12
JCiLee	12
bakonydraco	13
BosskOnASegway	13	Predictive Rank: #3 (46 points)Personal Rank: #21 (10 points)AP Rank: #24 (2 points)Total: 58/125
chceman	13
ilovecfb	13
seaotter2	13
uwbjb	13
AllHawkeyesGoToHell	14
dabul-master	14
G-Aardvark	14
gbuntin	14
pmartin0079	14
sirgippy	14	Maybe I'm being overly skeptical, but I don't trust the post-Kelly Oregon regime as much as others seem to. Last year's QB saga combined with their awful defense doesn't instill confidence. I'll revise my tune here if they come out strong, but otherwise I'm not willing to give the vote of confidence.
swodaem2005	14
WaffleIron278	14
brobroma	15
Dropbackandpunt	15
FellKnight	15
hokies220	15	I feel as though nobody is talking about the Ducks this year. Helfrich might not be as good as Kelly was and the team seemed to fall apart without a good QB last year, but they still won 9 games. The Pac-12 North comes down to Stanford and Oregon until proven otherwise. Even without as many returning starters and big what-if? at QB I have more faith in Oregon than Washington/Wazzu.
kelling928	15
mgmfa	15	I think their defense improves, and no one has a problem with their offense. They started to show their true colors (green?) at the end of last season, and I think they'll continue to carry that into next season.
polydorr	15
03040905	16
BallSoHerd	16
funtubs	16
GoldenHawk07	16
groggydog	16
myghtymouse	16
pascha	16
sideoutpar	16
THECrew42	16
captain_sasquatch	17
eclectic_tastes	17
esoterik	17
GiveMeSomeRaptorNews	17
gohuskies	17	Still won 9 games last year with a god-awful defense. As long as Prukop is servicable and Hoke improves the defense just a bit, they have too much talent to not have another pretty good season. Right below UW because they can go fuck themselves.
keytide22	17
pbjork	17
qacha	17
52hoova	18
djowen68	18	Will Oregon bounce back after somewhat of a letdown season? Their division should be a little more competitive this year.├é┬á
dupreesdiamond	18
Fifth_Down	18
icklebush	18
jayhawx19	18
milesgmsu	18
nickknx865	18
OhGad	18
plannedsickdays	18
Stockz	18
tabelz	18	Oregon's development over the long-run is very concerning, but they have so much talent it's impossible to keep them out of the the top 20 or so.
TheTeamCubed	18
ucieaters33	18
vanburen1845	18
XSavageWalrusX	18
AaronRodgers16	19
antiherowes	19
BabyBladder	19
Branzilla91	19
CambodianDrywall	19
diastereomer	19
flipadelphia17	19
kdbvols	19
laminak	19
mynameisjona	19
Polarbear1914	19
SenorPuff	19
swanky-k	19
thatwasntveryraven	19
atchemey	20
CantHousewifeaHo	20
coreyfra	20
corundum9	20
ExternalTangents	20
goblue10	20	One of these days they're going to have to recruit their own quarterback, right?
gsuhooligan	20
longhorn2015	20
puffadda	20
RobertNeyland	20
SmokingCricket	20
T-Thugs	20	They had a down year last year, but they've been consistently good enough to expect wins.├â┬é├é┬á
the5thpixel	20
tmart12	20
ToxicSteve13	20
twosheepforanore	20
admiraltarkin	21
alsonamedbort87	21
aubieismyhomie	21
bties	21
cfbguy	21
CountryRoads8	21
d_mcc_x	21
fitzmauricet	21
HUSKEROYAL	21
jlh2b	21
JonesUCF34	21
KingKliffsbury	21
Mario_Speedwagon	21
MrTheSpork	21
njm1314	21
retnuh101	21
TheFlyingBoat	21
wackywiener	21
WarEagle9	21
was_saying_boo_urns	21	The defense can't be any worse than last year's.
Xtremeloco	21	Oregon gets a spot as a thank you for giving my Titans Mariota. ├é┬á
f0gax	22
HelioOne	22
jklharris	22
jzorbino	22
mjurkiewicz	22
MrDoctorSmartyPants	22
niperwiper	22
rabid_communicator	22
scronko	22
topher3003	22
Wescat	22
ack30297	23
Austinperroux	23
BoboIsDead	23
buckeyegold	23
Buckeyes2010	23
buckeyes75	23
chweris	23
Emperor_of_Orange	23
GeneralGBO	23
kamikazeguy	23
LEGEN--wait_for_it	23
Luriker	23	Up in the air this year.
meatfrappe	23
monkeymatt1836	23	Oregon could be at a turning point in the program going into Helfrich's 4th year. These are no longer Chip Kelly's guys, Helfrichs fingerprints are firmly on the pgroam. The pressure is on in Eugene to reclaim in the PAC 12 after a 9-4 season, the Ducks first year in the post-Mariota era. The offense should be the speedy offense it always is, but the defense simply needs to be better. The 2015 Oregon defense was the worst unit in Duck history. If the Ducks don't contend for the PAC 12 title, the Duck faithful will not be pleased.├é┬á
monotonemr	23
Mythic514	23
NatecUDF	23
Pikachu1989	23
Pope_Jake	23
remwin	23
RiffRamBahZoo	23
seanosaur	23
ssnider23	23	While they did not return much of their offense, they returned 80% of their defense and were fairly unlucky last year. Their recruiting rankings were poor, however they could make a run built on their defense (which is just weird to think about).
Wurst_Law	23
A-Stu-Ute	24
BaldEagle88	24
BUSean	24
flyingcrayons	24
G-manP	24	After enjoying the success of FCS transfer Vernon Adams III, Oregon snagged the top FCS QB in Dakota Prukop for another temporary bandage at the position. Shifty back and preseason Heisman candidate, Royce Freeman, should be able to help Prukop adapt. The Ducks also brought in Brady Hoke to drag the defense out of the cellar.
jeedf	24
NeauxRegrets	24
owl_man	24
PalmettoFace	24
SCRx	24
stephenbawesome	24
TDenverFan	24
Techwid	24
ToLongDR	24
UNC_Samurai	24
Disregardskarma	25
mickeyquicknumbers	25	in 2015 Oregon looked like a top-10 team with Vernon Adams and a top-50 team without him, highlight just how insanely important good QB play is in this system. This year they have no Vernon Adams, and are hoping for a Vernon Adams replica in Dakota Prukop. If he can split the difference between Adams and Lockie, that leaves them... 30th? Probably higher than that, actually, given Royce Freeman is now a year more experienced, and 6 of the 7 receivers who had at least 150 yards in 2015 return.├â┬â├é┬é├â┬é├é┬áDefensively, Oregon wasn't just mediocre in 2015, they were downright bad. Like, 85th nationally and 54th among the 64 P5 teams bad. Their front 7 loses 3 of their four leaders in tackles on the DL, and their four leading tacklers from the LB; included in that group was the one great player on their defense - Deforest Buckner, a 1st round draft pick. There is some serious downside to Oregon's run defense and pass rush this year. The counterbalancing optimism lies in the secondary, where all 8 defensive backs who recorded at least 15 tackles returns. This is great news for an atrocious 2015 pass defense, as there is probably no place on the defense that experience matters more than in the secondary.├â┬â├é┬é├â┬é├é┬áWith any kind of optimism for their QB play, and hopefulness that at least, the passing D moves from very bad to simply average or below average, there's plenty of reason to see Oregon able to outgun a lot of teams in 2016.

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