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2016 Preseason Oregon Ducks Rankings

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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. 
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. 
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.  
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. 
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. Defensively, 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. With 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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