EUGENE, Ore. — The Oregon football team took over the No. 1 spot in both the Associated Press and USA Today coaches polls on Sunday, earning the top national ranking for the first time since 2012.
Oregon earned 51 of 53 first-place votes in the coaches poll, and 59 of 61 first-place votes in the AP poll. The Ducks are one of three Big Ten teams in the top five along with No. 3 Penn State and No. 4 Ohio State, and Indiana (No. 13) and Illinois (No. 20) give the conference five teams in the top 20.
It is the 10th time in program history that Oregon has been No. 1 in the coaches poll, and ninth time in the AP poll. UO was last No. 1 in both polls on Nov. 11, 2012, and all of the Ducks’ previous No. 1 rankings came during the 2010 season.
Oregon is 6-1 all-time as the nation’s No. 1 ranked team, with its lone loss coming in overtime to No. 14 Stanford on Nov. 7, 2012.
The No. 1 Ducks improved to 7-0 overall and 4-0 in Big Ten play on Friday with a 35-0 win at Purdue, securing the program’s first shutout since 2012 and first on the road since 1992. UO is off to a 7-0 start for the first time since 2013 and sixth time in program history.
Oregon is one of 10 remaining undefeated teams in the nation, and one of three in the Big Ten along with Penn State and Indiana.
UO owns a pair of top-20 wins this season, with victories over No. 4 Ohio State and No. 17 Boise State.
The Ducks will return home to Autzen Stadium this Saturday (Oct. 26) to host No. 20 Illinois in a top-20 matchup at 12:30 p.m. PT (CBS).
