Fact or Fiction: Oregon could finish with the No. 1 class

Rivals national recruiting analyst Marshall Levenson is joined by DuckSportsAuthority.com’s Ryan Young, AggieYell.com’s Landyn Rosow and DeathValleyInsider.com’s Jefferson Powell to tackle three topics and determine whether they believe each statement is FACT or FICTION.

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1. Oregon is the biggest threat to overtake Ohio State atop the 2025 team rankings.

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Young: FACT. The Ducks are presently fourth in the Rivals.com Team Recruiting Rankings and are surging by the week. Combine a staff led by head coach Dan Lanning that has proven to be relentless in pursuit of its top targets — the Ducks have already won some major recruiting battles they weren’t pegged to win a few months ago, like for five-star running back Jordan Davison — and the kind of NIL backing needed nowadays to recruit with the best in the country, and that’s the recipe needed to truly recruit at an elite level.

Since June 25, Oregon has landed commitments from five Rivals250 four-star prospects and two five-stars in Davison (No. 2 RB and No. 18 overall) and receiver Dakorien Moore (No. 1 WR, No. 4 overall). The Ducks are stacking talent across the field, and even after losing out to LSU this week for five-star athlete DJ Pickett they’re far from done while looking strong for five-star safeties Jonah Williams and Trey McNutt and four-star top-100 receiver Michael Terry. Whether Oregon does or does not ultimately get to No. 1 this cycle, the Ducks have everyone’s attention and are definitely a top threat for…

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Publish date : 2024-07-20 06:02:23

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