By Pete Fiutak | February 16, 2017 12:58 am CT

2017 Oregon Ducks Football Schedule & Analysis

Breaking down and analyzing the 2017 Oregon DuckPac-12s football schedule

– 2017 Pac-12 Composite & Week-By-Week Schedule

2017 Oregon Ducks Football Schedule Realistic Best Case Scenario

The Willie Taggart era starts out hot, beating Nebraska in Eugene and rolling past Wyoming and Arizona State on the road for a 5-0 September. The Duck offense keeps on working against Washington State, and then comes the hard part. With dates at Stanford, UCLA and Washington in a run of three road games in four weeks, Oregon wins two of those before getting a week off. After blowing by Arizona and Oregon State at home, it’s an 11-1 regular season on the way to the Pac-12 Championship.

2017 Oregon Ducks Football Schedule Realistic Worst Case Scenario

Nebraska is terrific and it wipes away the Autzen Stadium mystique in Taggart’s first big home game. The Ducks lose at Arizona State, and they’re shocked by either Cal or Washington State on the way to a 3-3 start before the tough part kicks in. After losing to Stanford, the North title hopes are long gone, and then comes a loss at Washington to put the nail in them. Oregon won’t be any worse than 6-6, but in a worst case scenario there’s another loss to Oregon State in the Civil War.