Dan Lanning's team advances to the Orange Bowl, where it will meet No. 4 Texas Tech in a Jan. 1 CFP quarterfinal matchup. James Madison, meanwhile, embarks on a new era with Billy Napier arriving to take over the coaching duties as Bob Chesney departs for UCLA.

The Oregon Ducks are in the College Football Playoff, but that doesn't mean the transfer portal season will wait for them. Oregon coach Dan Lanning will look to keep his streak of not losing a starter to the portal in his tenure in tact.

Safety Kingston Lopa will enter the transfer portal and not be with the Ducks for the remainder of the College Football Playoff, he posted to social media on Sunday. Lopa had 12 tackles with one sack this season. He had one tackle in six games while redshirting last season.

Oregon is back in the CFP for a second straight year, continuing its rise under fourth-year coach Dan Manning with an 11-1 regular season. Backed by Nike founder Phil Knight, the Ducks bring a deep, well-funded roster that weathered a wave of offensive injuries to secure a coveted home game.

The No. 5 Oregon Ducks are coming off a big College Football Playoff win against the James Madison Dukes. Oregon Ducks running back Dierre Hill Jr. was recently compared to Detroit Lions' Jahmyr Gibbs,

The Beavers win on the road for just the sixth time since 2021, erasing an 11-point second-half deficit to beat the Sun Devils.