Pac-12 releases 2023 football schedule
The Pac-12 has officially released its schedule for the 2023 regular season.
The Oregon Ducks will kick off conference play when they host Colorado and newly-hired Buffs’ head coach Deion Sanders at Autzen Stadium on Sept. 23. The Ducks’ only back-to-back road games are separated by a bye week.
Oregon will close out its Pac-12 schedule against Oregon State in Eugene on Black Friday.
The Ducks will play four conference opponents who cracked the top 25 of the final 2022 AP Poll: Washington at home, Utah in Salt Lake City, USC at home, and Oregon State at home.
On the same day the Ducks face the Trojans in Eugene, Utah will face Washington in Seattle. All four teams figure to be in contention for a conference title at that point, and the pair of matchups could make for one of the more noteworthy gamedays in recent Pac-12 history.
None of those four opponents will face Oregon in back-to-back weeks.
October figures to be the most difficult month of the season by a wide margin for the Ducks, who will travel to Washington before hosting Washington State and then traveling to Utah.
The official date of the Pac-12 title game has not been decided, as the game will be played on either Dec. 1 or Dec. 2 in order to provide a proper rest period for whichever teams make it.
The Ducks’ full 2023 schedule is as follows.
Oregon 2023 football schedule
| Sept. 2 | Portland State |
| Sept. 9 | @ Texas Tech (Jones AT&T Stadium) |
| Sept. 16 | Hawaii |
| Sept. 23 | Colorado |
| Sept. 30 | @ Stanford |
| Oct. 7 | Bye |
| Oct. 14 | @ Washington |
| Oct. 21 | Washington State |
| Oct. 28 | @ Utah |
| Nov. 4 | Cal |
| Nov. 11 | USC |
| Nov. 19 | @ Arizona State |
| Nov. 24 | Oregon State |
**Oregon Transfer Portal Tracker: Who’s in and who’s out?**
During his first year at the helm of the Oregon program, Dan Lanning struck gold via the transfer portal on a few occasions.
Quarterback Bo Nix delivered one of the best seasons by any quarterback in the country after transferring to Oregon from Auburn. Christian Gonzalez entrenched himself as a lockdown cornerback for the Ducks and is now being discussed as a potential first-round pick in the 2023 NFL Draft.
Casey Rogers, Taki Taimani, Jordon Riley, and a handful of others made meaningful conversations after joining Oregon via the portal, too.
With the regular season now in the books, it’s going to be a busy month for Lanning and his staff in terms of both incoming and outgoing players. The transfer portal opens on Dec. 5, meaning all FBS players who have entered the portal can begin taking official visits.
In the days following Oregon’s regular-season finale, several Ducks announced their intention to enter the portal once it opens.
It’s worth noting that just because a player enters the portal doesn’t mean they have to leave their current program. It simply means other programs are allowed to contact them.
Here’s a rundown of which Ducks have expressed their intention to enter the portal ahead of Dec. 5. This list will be updated throughout the offseason to include all players who have left and joined Oregon by way of the transfer portal.
