The Oregon Ducks wrapped up their spring football season on Saturday with the annual spring game, and now we enter the second long stretch of the offseason unit fall camp rolls around in August. It has been an entertaining last month, though, as teams across the nation took part in spring camp and broke in new players and new rosters.
It wasn’t just the Ducks who got to see what their new team looks like after the 2024 season, but all of the top teams in the nation. While it’s still too early to have a perfect sense of what the power balance will look like once the season rolls around, we can at least have a better idea of who the top teams will be now that the transfer portal is closed and a majority of rosters are set.
For the Ducks, there are high expectations once again in 2025 after winning the Big Ten Championship and earning the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff a year ago. While there is still a question at the quarterback position between Dante Moore and Austin Novosad, the talent around them is among the best in the nation, and Lanning should be able to ride this team to another double-digit-win season when all is said and done, and one of the 12 College Football Playoff spots.
Here’s where we project they will stack up in the 12-team field next season.
Note: For this exercise, we are keeping the same format as in 2024 — four automatic byes go to the top-ranked conference champions. This is something that will be discussed as a potential change this offseason, but until anything concrete happens, we will keep the status quo.
Top Returning Players: Cade Klubnik, T.J. Parker, Peter Woods
Biggest Departures: Barrett Carter, RJ Mickens, Phil Mafah
Post Spring Top-25 Ranking: No. 3
Top Returning Players: QB Arch Manning, RB Quintrevion Wisner, LB Anthony Hill Jr., DE Colin Simmons
Biggest Departures: QB Quinn Ewers, WR Matthew Golden, OT Kelvin Banks Jr., OT Cameron Williams, S Andrew Mukuba
Post Spring Top-25 Ranking: No. 1
Top Returning Players: WR Jeremiah Smith, WR Carnell Tate, S Caleb Downs
Biggest Departures: RB TreVeyon Henderson, WR Emeka Egbuka, QB Will Howard, G Donovan Jackson, LB Cody Simon, S Lathan Ransom, DE Jack Sawyer, DE JT Tuimoloau
Post Spring Top-25 Ranking: No. 5
Top Returning Players: C Jake Slaughter, LT Austin Barber, QB DJ Lagway, RB Jadan Baugh, RB Ja’Kobi Jackson, WR Eugene Wilson III
Biggest Departures: LB Shemar James, WR Elijhah Badger, WR Chimere Dike. RB Montrell Johnson Jr.
Post Spring Top-25 Ranking: No. 10
Top Returning Players: WR Evan Stewart, LB Devon Jackson, LB Teitum Tuioti, LB Matayo Uiagalelei
Biggest Departures: QB Dillon Gabriel, WR Tez Johnson, RB Jordan James, OT Josh Conerly Jr., DE Jordan Burch, DT Derrick Harmon
Post Spring Top-25 Ranking: No. 6
Top Returning Players: QB Drew Allar, RB Kaytron Allen, RB Nicholas Singleton, C Nick Dawkins, DE Dani Dennis-Sutton
Biggest Departures: DE Abdul Carter, TE Tyler Warren, S Jaylen Reed
Post Spring Top-25 Ranking: No. 4
Top Returning Players: RB Jeremiyah Love, RB Jadarian Price, WR Jordan Faison, WR Jaden Greathouse
Biggest Departures: QB Riley Leonard, TE Mitchell Evans, DT Rylie Mills, S Xavier Watts
Post Spring Top-25 Ranking: No. 2
No. 8 — Arizona State Sun Devils
Top Returning Players: QB Sam Leavitt, WR Jordyn Tyson, RB Kyson Brown
Biggest Departures: RB Cam Skattebo, WR Xavier Guillory, LB Caleb McCullough
Post Spring Top-25 Ranking: No. 16
Top Returning Players: QB Gunner Stockton, RB Nate Frazier, TE Oscar Delp, TE Lawson Luckie
Biggest Departures: QB Carson Beck, G Tate Ratledge, RB Trevor Etienne, LB Jalon Walker, S Malaki Starks
Post Spring Top-25 Ranking: No. 8
Top Returning Players: Behren Morton, Caleb Douglas, Jacob Rodriguez
Biggest Departures: Tahj Brooks, Caleb Rogers,
Post Spring Top-25 Ranking: No. 11
Top Returning Players: Keon Sabb, Domani Jackson, Deontae Lawson, LT Overton, Kadyn Proctor
Biggest Departures: Tyler Booker, Jihaad Campbell, Jalen Milroe, Justice Haynes
Post Spring Top-25 Ranking: No. 7
No. 12 — UNLV Rebels
Top Returning Players: Marsel McDuffie, Jai’Den Thomas, Charles Correa
Biggest Departures: Matthew Sluka, Tony Grimes
Post Spring Top-25 Ranking: Unranked
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