No. 8 Oregon is days removed from its first loss of the season and has to travel all the way across the country for its bounce-back opportunity. Rutgers hosts the Ducks in Week 8 for what will be the first all-time matchup between the schools. It is a "welcome to the Big Ten" trip for Oregon, which is set to make its furthest trip east since joining the conference last year. It is also the second venture to the Eastern Time Zone in three games for the Ducks, who in their last road game defeated Penn State in a double-overtime thriller.
Dan Lanning has never lost consecutive games as a head coach. The Ducks' leader is a perfect 6-0 in games following losses. That is troublesome history for Rutgers as it seeks to pull off one of the biggest upsets in modern program history. The Scarle