1. Bama 2. LSU 3. Pokie St 4. DUCKS 5. Arkansas Three Pac teams finish in the top 10. Oregon played 4 top 10 teams this year. North Dakota State received 2 votes. That's two more than Oregon State. I expect us to be ranked right around #3 going into next season. Here's to a GREAT 2011 and more great Duck football in 2012! http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/ncaa/polls/ap/
That's probably where we start the season at next year. Some vegas odds came out last week on who has the best shot to win it all next year. LSU was a 7-2 favorite, Alabaman and USC were 6-1 favorite, and Oregon was a 8-1 favorite. I'm guessing the rankings will be this next year. 1. LSU 2. Alabama 3. USC 4. Oregon 5. Georgia
Ask any USC fan that was in Autzen or watching that game from wherever how greatful they are that the Ducks didn't have 3 more minutes in the game? The Ducks played flat for the first half but we owned them in the second.... no USC fan can say diffferent and had Chip gone for it at the end like usual there would be no discussion at all!!!!! USC escaped, that wont happen next year and we'll get to prove it 2x to boot!
The USC loss was a bummer. But conference champs, BCS bowl champs. #4 in the nation. Yep. A darn good season.
as far as I'm concerned this was hands down the greatest Duck season since I started following them. A third straight conference championship capped by an incredible win in the Rose Bowl! Back when I was a student, the RB was always the ultimate goal. I'm still running into Duck fans who seem every bit as thrilled about things as me... wearing Duck gear around SF is to guarantee you'll be talking to a lot of happy strangers. #4? Whateva... STOMP