Oregon State is closing in on the regular season title while UCLA and Stanford have an important series as well in Palo Alto. Photo Credit: Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports

Here is are the five PAC-12 series going on and the PAC-12 Network will have the series at the Farm and the Beavers as they have a chance to win the title at home. Saturday in addition to Stanford-UCLA, Washington State-Oregon State they’ll televise Washington-Arizona State. Sunday will include a quadruple header with those three plus USC at Arizona, check the conference listings for times.

Games for May 24-26, 2013 (Rankings from National Collegiate Baseball Writers Poll)

Series of the Weekend
#11 UCLA Bruins (38-15, 20-7) @ Stanford Cardinal (30-21, 14-13)
Sunken Diamond/Palo Alto, California

The Rest
Washington State Cougars (22-30, 8-19) @ #3 Oregon State Beavers (43-9, 22-5)
Goss Stadium at Coleman Field/Corvallis, Oregon

#8 Oregon Ducks (43-13, 20-7) @ Utah Utes (20-29, 6-21)
Spring Mobile Ballpark/Salt Lake City, Utah

#16 Arizona State Sun Devils (34-18-1, 15-12) @ Washington Huskies (22-31, 13-14)
Husky Ballpark/Seattle, Washington

Southern California Trojans (20-33, 10-17) @ Arizona Wildcats (31-21, 12-15)
Hi Corbett Field/Tucson, Arizona

Current PAC-12 Baseball Standings
#3 Oregon State (22-5, 43-9)
#8 Oregon (20-7, 43-13)
#11 UCLA (20-7, 38-15)
#16 Arizona State (15-12, 34-18-1)
Stanford (14-13, 30-21)
Washington (13-14, 22-31)
Arizona (12-15, 31-21)
Southern California (10-17, 20-33)
California (10-20, 23-31)
Washington State (8-19, 22-30)
Utah (6-21, 20-29)

Oregon Ducks This Week:

Jan. 3, 2013; Glendale, AZ, USA: Kansas State Wildcats running back De

There are plenty of Preseason Watch lists that are now starting to appear, one site that I follow quite frequently is Athlon Sports. Their analysis is solid and they seem to know what they are talking about. It was a matter of time as to where the Ducks would end up on their ‘Preseason Top 25′ list.

I’ve been watching the last few weeks and was quite surprised when Stanford came up at Number 7. The Cardinal has the opportunity to play Oregon down on the Farm this year and should be the most circled matchup of 2013, even more than USC(who the Ducks don’t see this season, unless it’s in the Pac 12 Title game). November 2nd will be big.

Oregon returns quite a few starters on Offense and has new Head Coach Mark Helfrich. Athlon Sports takes a look at some of the key players and notes Sophomore QB Marcus Mariota, Running Back De’Anthony Thomas and Cornerback Ifo Ekpre-Olomu.

Nationally, Athlon has the Ducks at #3 and also sees them winning the Pac 12 North.

It’s a ‘Potentially Historic Transition Year’ for the program.

Apr 6, 2013; Charlottesville, VA, USA; Virginia Cavaliers running back Clifton Richardson (10) runs with the ball as Cavaliers linebacker Kwontie Moore (34) and Cavaliers safety Mason Thomas (46) chase during the spring game at Scott Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports

If your a diehard football fan you already have the calendar ready and you can circle September 7th as the first announced gametime of the 2013-14 season for the Oregon Ducks. The game is at Virginia and will kickoff at 12:30PT on ABC and ESPN2 according to GoDucks.com (locally in Eugene/Springfield/Portland the game will be on ABC, outside the market it can be found on ESPN2.)

Since we’re now 98 days or so from the kickoff of the College Football season, expect other dates to start trickling in as we get closer. The Cavaliers are the second team to face Oregon this upcoming season and will be the first road test for the Ducks. The Season kicks off with Nicholls State at Autzen Stadium on August 31st, followed by the Virginia Trip and two home contests with Tennesee(September 14th) and the first Pac 12 game of the season vs Cal on September 28th. The Ducks have a ‘bye week’ September 21st.

 From the U of O:

The game will mark the first time the Ducks and Cavaliers have faced one another on the football field and the first time Oregon has played a current member of the Atlantic Coast Conference during the regular season since meeting Miami in 1958. The Ducks did face Wake Forest in the post-season in the 1992 Independence Bowl and 2002 Seattle Bowl.

Virginia is scheduled to return the trip to Eugene Sept. 10, 2016.

Oregon also announced the addition of three first-time opponents to future football schedules over the next five seasons, with the agreement to host the University of South Dakota completing the Ducks’ 2014 non-conference schedule.

In addition, Oregon announced single-game agreements to host UC Davis in Autzen Stadium in 2016 and Southern Utah to open the 2017 ledger.

Oregon Ducks This Week: