Oregon, Texas Tech Set To Make Orange Bowl Debuts, With Berth In

No. 5 Oregon (12-1, CFP No. 5 seed) vs. No. 4 Texas Tech (12-1, CFP No. 4 seed), Thursday, 12 p.m. EST (ESPN)


BetMGM Sportsbook College Football Odds: Oregon by 2 1/2.


Series record: Oregon leads 3-0.


A berth in the College Football Playoff semifinals against either Indiana or Alabama waits for the winner of this video game, which occurs to be a matchup of 2 groups making their Orange Bowl debuts. The winner of the Oregon-Texas Tech game moves on to the Peach Bowl on Jan. 9; the other CFP semifinal - pitting the Ole Miss-Georgia winner against the Ohio State-Miami winner - is the day in the past at the Fiesta Bowl.


Impossible to state there is just one (or 2, or 3), however the obvious one would pit Oregon QB Dante Moore versus the Texas Tech defensive front led by All-American LB Jacob Rodriguez. If Moore has time, he's deadly. He's 13-0 in in games where he averages more than 7 lawns per passing attempt.


Oregon: RB Jordon Davison. The freshman harmed his right foot in the CFP first-round win over James Madison, but leads the Ducks with 13 TD runs on only 98 brings this season - and the signs are that he'll be prepared to play in the Orange Bowl.


Texas Tech: LB David Bailey. He's part of the 1-2 punch of All-Americans together with Rodriguez, and his 12.5 sacks up until now this season are the clear proof that even the best blocking plans have been no match for him in 2025.


Texas Tech has actually outscored challengers by 262 points in very first halves this season, the biggest margin in the country. Oregon is No. 2 on that list, outscoring challengers by 222 points in the first 2 quarters. ... Both teams had their one loss in mid-October - Texas Tech on Oct. 18 against Arizona State, Oregon on Oct. 11 versus Indiana. ... The teams fulfilled in 2023, a wild back-and-forth affair where Oregon dominated 38-30. Oregon still has 13 of its players who appeared in that game, and Texas Tech still has 8. ... Oregon is coming to Miami for the third time to play a third various challenger. The Ducks lost to Florida in 1929 and to the Hurricanes in 1958. ... Texas Tech offending planner Mack Leftwich and Oregon assistant offending line coach/run video game organizer Cutter Leftwich are brothers. They've never ever formerly faced off as coaches; they did once when Cutter, the more youthful bro, was dipping into McNeese State and Mack was a graduate assistant at Incarnate Word. ... Oregon coach Dan Lanning is 47-7 in his career, now just ahead of Chip Kelly (46-7) for the finest gaining percentage as coach of the Ducks.