Ducks rise in preseason AP Top 25 poll

The Oregon football team will open its 2025 campaign ranked No. 7 in the preseason AP Top 25 poll.

The Ducks received one first-place vote in the Aug. 11 preseason poll, after finishing the 2024 season ranked No. 3.

Oregon opens the 2025 season against Montana State on Aug. 30 at Autzen Stadium and is expected to contend for a second-straight College Football Playof berth. The Ducks were the No. 1 seed in the CFP last season but lost to eventual champion Ohio State in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1.

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Oregon is also ranked No. 7 in the preseason US LBM Coaches Poll, which was released Aug. 4.

The Ducks’ 2025 schedule includes two teams who are in the preseason AP top 25 as well in No. 2 Penn State and No. 20 Indiana.

Here is the full preseason AP Top 25 Poll.

AP Top 25 Poll

1. Texas
2. Penn State
3. Ohio State
4. Clemson
5. Georgia
6. Notre Dame
7. Oregon
8. Alabama
9. LSU
10. Miami
11. Arizona State
12. Illinois
13. South Carolina
14. Michigan
15. Florida
16. SMU
17. Kansas State
18. Oklahoma
19. Texs A&M
20. Indiana
21. Ole Miss
22. Iowa State
23. Texs Tech
24. Tennessee
25. Boise State

Others receiving votes: BYU, Utah, Baylor, Louisville, USC, Georgia Tech, Missouri, Tulane, Nebraska, UNLV, Toledo, Auburn, James Madison, Memphis, Florida State, Duke, Liberty, Navy, Iowa, TCU, Pittsburgh, Army, Colorado, Louisiana-Lafayette.

Chris Hansen covers University of Oregon football, men’s basketball, track and field, cross country and softball for The Register-Guard. You can reach him at chansen@registerguard.com and you can follow him on X @chansen_RG