The Oregon Ducks pulled off a thrilling 30-24 double-overtime win over the No.3-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions at Beaver Stadium on Saturday.
Oregon went ahead 17-3 at one point in the fourth quarter and survived a late Penn State comeback that had the score tied at the end of regulation.
The result means that the Ducks jumped from No. 6 to No. 2 in the AP Top 25 rankings. Conversely, the Nittany Lions dropped four places to No. 7 in the latest poll.
In what was a rematch of last season’s Big Ten Conference Championship Game, the Ducks won in the second overtime following a Dillon Thieneman interception of a Drew Allar pass. The game was attended by 111,015, who had been stunned into jeers and boos as the Oregon Ducks led 17-3 in the 4th quarter after back-to-back touchdowns by Di