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Oregon gains ground in AP Poll, Coaches Poll following Week 3 blowout win over Hawaii

Jarrid Denneyby: Jarrid Denney09/17/23jarrid_denney
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Oregon’s offense delivered another emphatic perforamnce Saturday en route to a 55-10 win over Hawaii in Eugene.

Statistically speaking, the Ducks own the second-best scoring offense in the nation at 58 points per game.

After Saturday’s big win, Oregon moved up several spots in both the AP Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll.

The Ducks surged three spots in the AP Poll, and now sit at No. 10 with 942 points. They are one of eight Pac-12 schools that landed inside the top 25 this week. USC (No. 5), Washington (No. 8), Utah (No. 11), Oregon State (No. 14), Colorado (No. 19), Washington State (No. 21), and UCLA (No. 22) also made the cut.

In the Coaches Poll, Oregon climbed two spots to No. 11 with 946 points. USC (No. 5), Washington (No. 8), Utah (No. 10), Oregon State (No. 15), Colorado (No. 19), Washington State (No. 24), and UCLA (No. 25) also landed inside the top 25.

The No. 10 Ducks and No. 19 Buffs will face off in Eugene in Week 4 for what figures to be one of the marquee matchups of the weekend.

Deion Sanders’ Colorado squad escaped with a thrilling double-overtime win over Colorado State on Saturday.

“Obviously I’m going to have to take a deeper dive in. But you know, you have to be a fool to not recognize the results that they’ve created on a team that didn’t have a lot of success before,” Oregon head coach Dan Lanning said Saturday when asked about Sanders and the Buffs. “So he’s done a phenomenal job. He’s recruited a lot of players that I’m familiar with personally. They’re playing for him. He’s got a good roster, and they’re winning games. Doesn’t always matter how, but they’re winning games. So obviously, he’s doing something right up there.”

Oregon and Colorado are set to kick for a 12:30 p.m. PT kickoff. The game will air on ESPN.

Week 4 AP Top 25

  1. Georgia (3-0)
  2. Michigan (3-0)
  3. Texas (3-0)
  4. Florida State (3-0)
  5. USC (3-0)
  6. Ohio State (3-0)
  7. Penn State (3-0)
  8. Washington (3-0)
  9. Notre Dame (4-0)
  10. Oregon (3-0)
  11. Utah (3-0)
  12. LSU (2-1)
  13. Alabama (2-1)
  14. Oregon State (3-0)
  15. Ole Miss (3-0)
  16. Oklahoma (3-0)
  17. North Carolina (3-0)
  18. Duke (3-0)
  19. Colorado (3-0)
  20. Miami (3-0)
  21. Washington State (3-0)
  22. UCLA (3-0)
  23. Tennessee (2-1)
  24. Iowa (3-0)
  25. Florida (2-1

Others receiving votes: Clemson 76, Missouri 72, Kansas St. 54, TCU 21, Fresno St. 17, Kansas 15, Tulane 13, Kentucky 10, Maryland 4, BYU 3, Wisconsin 2, Syracuse 2, Louisville 1, Auburn 1.

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