While some schools have struggled after making the move to a new conference, the Oregon Ducks have experienced the opposite. Dan Lanning led Oregon to a Big Ten championship in his first season in Eugene, while posting a stellar 17-1 record in Big Ten play over two seasons.
Oregon’s success is hard to replicate as the other new Big Ten additions have needed to adjust to the new brand of football. When it’s all said and done, as college football continues to change, Oregon may have the ultimate bragging rights over schools like USC, UCLA, and Washington.
Lincoln Riley will never win a Big Ten championship under proposed rules
On Tuesday, Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports reported that the American Football Coaches Association voted to support expanding the College Football Playoff to 24 teams while also voting to end conference championship games with the added games on the horizon.
Killing conference championship games would be bad news for programs like USC. The Trojans keep puffing their chests claiming that Lincoln Riley is finally going to start winning championships, and now one of two championships available to him will be stripped away.
Barring a miracle run by UCLA or surprising seasons this year by USC or Washington, Oregon will likely finish as the only Pac 12 defection to win a conference championship game in the Big Ten.
Winning the league in Oregon’s first season after making the move will always be an incredibly impressive feat, especially when you consider how other Power 4 schools have looked since making the move.
Expanding the College Football Playoff will likely have little impact on Oregon as Dan Lanning and his staff have the formula down for building a top 10 team. On the bright side for teams like USC and UCLA, they’ll finally have a chance to experience Playoff games.
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