NCAA Football Preview: Struggling Colorado Buffaloes Meet No.4 Oregon Ducks in Pack-12 Matchup

Date/Time: Sat, Oct 27 / 03:00:00 PM ET, Autzen Stadium, Eugene, Oregon

The Oregon Ducks, the second-highest scoring team in the NCAA, puts its unbeaten record on the line as they play host to the Colorado Buffaloes in Pac-12 Conference action.

Despite posting consecutive wins week after week and improving to 4-0 in the Pac-12 conference, the Ducks (7-0, 4-0 Pac-12) slipped to the No. 4 spot in the BCS standings, right behind Alabama, Florida and Kansas State.  While the Ducks are still No. 2 in the fan polls and are expected demolish the visiting Colorado Buffaloes on Saturday, a victory won’t help the team to gain any ground. The reason behind this is simple: Oregon plays Colorado (1-6), while all other teams in the Top 3 play ranked opponents. In fact, if No. 5 Notre Dame scores an upset at Oklahoma on Saturday, Oregon could drop another spot.

So far the Ducks have scored only two wins against ranked opponents: A 49-0 victory over #22 Arizona on September 22^nd, and a 52-21 win against #23 Washington on October 6^th.  Both teams have since fallen out of the Top 25. Oregon was last in action on Thursday, October 18^th, handling the Arizona State Sun Devils 43-21.

There’s no doubt the Ducks can handle Colorado at home, after all, Oregon has one of the best home records in the NCAA with 21 wins in its last 22 home games (The only  loss was to USC 38-35 last season).  The Ducks have scored 30 points in 20 straight games, the longest streak in the FBS, and have scored 42 or more points in 10 straight games, which constitute the longest streak of 40-plus point games in the NCAA.

The struggling Buffaloes (1-6, 1-3 Pac-12) will have to make an extra effort to stop Oregon’s offense and skip a second straight loss against a ranked opponent. Colorado has one of the weakest defenses in the league, and their 1-6 record and current college football odds are a clear indicative of that. The Buffaloes' only win of the season was a 35-34 decision at Washington State on Sept. 22^nd.

Since then, Colorado has dropped three games in a row, and has been out-scored 143-57 in those contests. The most recent outing at #11 USC on Saturday resulted in a 50-6 loss. The Buffaloes, who are traveling to Oregon for the first time in 26 years, have also lost 19 straight on the road games against ranked opponents, with the last victory coming in 2002 against the UCLA.

Game Odds:
Colorado Buffaloes: +45.5-110
Oregon Ducks: -45.5-110
Game Total:  68, o/u: -110

The all-time series between these two teams is tied at 8-8. The Oregon Ducks have won the last two meetings, including a 45-2 triumph at Boulder last season, the first meeting since Oregon's 38-16 victory in the 2002 Fiesta Bowl.

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