College basketball rankings: Oregon's CFP title chase is over, but the Ducks are having a great hoops season

I'd like to start by offering my condolences to fans of Oregon's football program.

I imagine it must be tough having an undefeated season end via a blowout at the hands of a team you'd already beaten back in October, especially when you were just three more wins away from becoming the first 16-0 national champion in college football history.

Again, my condolences.

But I also have some encouraging news specifically that you have a pretty good basketball team to follow, if you're ready to flip the page.

Dana Altman's Ducks are 12-1 and sitting at No.

11 in Thursday morning's updated CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings heading into Thursday night's game against an Illinois team I have slotted 17th.

So, for our purposes, it's a top-20 matchup inside Matthew Knight Arena, where the Ducks are listed as 3.5-point favorites.

If Oregon prevails, the Ducks will record their fifth Quadrant 1 victory of the season, which would give them more Q1 wins than any other team in the country besides Auburn .

This game with Illinois is actually the first of four straight Q1 opportunities for Oregon, based on current projections.

Next up is a home game with Maryland on Sunday.

After that, it's back-to-back road games at Ohio State (Jan.

9) and at Penn State (Jan.

12).

So, if Oregon can turn its current three-game winning streak into a seven-game winning streak, the Ducks could be 16-1 with eight Quadrant 1 victories heading into a Jan.

18 home game with Purdue .

While still early, that kind of resume in mid-January would have Oregon firmly in the conversation to eventually secure a No.

1 seed in the NCAA Tournament on Selection Sunday.

Top 25 And 1 rankings.

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