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Top storylines to follow as Oregon Ducks enter 2026 offseason
While the Oregon Ducks may not like it, the 2026 offseason is here, and after a tough finish to the season on Friday night in the Peach Bowl, Dan Lanning and his staff have officially turned the page to next year and are building out a roster for the future.
For the second straight year, the Ducks' promising season ends with a humiliating CFP loss, this time with Dante Moore throwing a pick-six on the very first play.
The Oregon Ducks' season came to an end in embarrasing fashion on Friday night in a 56-22 blowout loss to the Indiana Hoosiers in the College Football Playoff S
After crushing the Oregon Ducks, 56-22, the Hoosiers will face the Miami Hurricanes for the national title on Jan. 19.
In the high-profile matchup between arguably the top two quarterbacks eligible for the 2026 NFL draft, Fernando Mendoza scored a huge win over Dante Moore with Indiana's 56-22 victory against Oregon in the College Football Playoff semifinal.
Who is Jay Harris? The Oregon backup running back is in the transfer portal but is leading the Ducks at the position against Indiana in the Peach Bowl.
From play one, it was all Hoosiers as the greatest turnaround in college football history continues. Now, IU is just one win away from being the first team to finish 16-0.
Unlike most states, Oregon does not remove all voters who fail to vote in two consecutive presidential general elections from its voter rolls. Instead, it designates most of them as “inactive voters.” That designation has largely the same effect as removing them from the voter list, however: Elections officials no longer send those people ballots.