The No. 16 Oregon Ducks (6-3 overall, 4-2 Big Ten), after their 41-28 statement win over the No. 20 Ohio State Buckeyes, look to make a late push at their third consecutive appearance in the College Football Playoff.
Three regular-season games against the Michigan Wolverines (Nov. 14), Michigan State Spartans (Nov. 20), and Washington Huskies (Nov. 28) remain between the Ducks and a potential CFP berth.
After it looked like the Ducks were left for dead following their 21-10 road loss to the Illinois Fighting Illini on Oct. 24 in Champaign, the Ducks have rallied off two consecutive impressive wins over the Northwestern Wildcats and the No. 20 Ohio State Buckeyes.
Lanning recently called his team cockroaches that won’t die after the Ducks defeated the Buckeyes. The next challenge for the Ducks is keeping alive their CFP hopes by beating a Michigan Wolverines football program in turmoil in its first season under coach Kyle Whittingham…