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Ducks vs Penn State Included in Top Ten CFB Matchups This Season

On3 imageby: Justin Hopkins05/16/25
Dan Lanning
USA Today Sports

We aren’t quite close enough to get too excited for the college football season. But that hasn’t stopped media from discussing this upcoming season including some of the marquee games this year.

Oregon has what I would consider a ‘favorable’ schedule. But there is one early season test that is going to tell us a lot about where the Ducks stand.

Since joining the Big Ten, Oregon has been a part of some big games already. But they will be featured once again this season as they close out September in Happy Valley.

Oregon and Penn State both figure to be at least top 10 teams, potentially top 5 teams this season. And they will meet on September 27. It figures to be a huge road test for Oregon and has the makings of a ‘white out’ in Happy Valley.

ESPN ranked its top 10 games for this upcoming season and this one registered at No. 5 on the list.

A rematch of last season’s Big Ten Championship game, Penn State will host the Ducks for the first time since 1964, and the first time as conference foes. The two teams did not meet in the regular season during Oregon’s first season in the conference.

The game will serve as Penn State’s conference home opener. Oregon will already have kicked off conference play against Northwestern by that point.

Here are the top 10 games from ESPN:

  1. Texas @ Ohio State (Aug. 30)
  2. Alabama @ Georgia (Sept. 27)
  3. Penn State @ Ohio State (Nov. 1)
  4. Texas @ Georgia (Nov. 15)
  5. Oregon @ Penn State (Sept. 27)
  6. Boise State @ Notre Dame (Nov. 22)
  7. Montana State @ Montana (Nov. 22)
  8. South Dakota @ North Dakota State (Sept. 27)
  9. Texas A&M @ Notre Dame (Sept. 13)
  10. Ohio State @ Michigan (Nov. 29)

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