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UCLA Bruins at Oregon Ducks

·Oct 10, 2026·2:30 PM CT·CBS·Eugene, OR

By JR·2 min read

#21 UCLA(4-0)

#13 Oregon(3-1)

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TLDR: No. 23 UCLA comes to Eugene on Saturday, October 10 with a 4-0 start and a real Big Ten statement on the table. The first question of the week isn't about the Bruins, though. It's about whether Oregon has its starting quarterback.

Week 6 · 10/10, SAT OCT 10, 2:30 PM CT CBS

#21 UCLA

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#13 Oregon

(3-1)

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Unbeaten No. 23 UCLA visits No. 15 Oregon in a Big Ten game where the biggest unknown is Dante Moore's concussion. Raiola was sharp in relief at USC, but Oregon's receivers are thin and its defense has given up points all season, while UCLA's 4-0 start includes routs of a Maryland team that has been losing for a while. With no games in between for either side, whatever Oregon says about Moore will shape the matchup.

UCLA Bruins

45+ points in 3 of 4 games
2 pick-sixes in the 54-3 rout at Maryland
Already won a Big Ten road game
WR M. Matthews shut down for the season
Gave up 38 to Purdue at home
Maryland was on 9 straight Big Ten losses

Oregon Ducks

504 yards, 7.4 per snap at USC
Raiola 19-of-25, 289 yards in relief
Jamari Johnson a reliable TE target, 7 for 119
Moore concussion, status for UCLA unknown
McClellan out, Lott and Gresham questionable
Allowed 39 at Oklahoma State, 27 to Boise

Dante Moore left the Coliseum in an ambulance in the second quarter at USC after a late hit on a slide that got linebacker Desman Stephens ejected for targeting. The diagnosis was a concussion, and reports said he had movement in all his extremities. As of now nobody has said whether he'll be cleared for UCLA. What Oregon does know is that Dylan Raiola can handle it. The Nebraska transfer came in cold and went 19-of-25 for 289 yards and 2 touchdowns to close out a 41-27 win on the road. That's not a backup trying to survive. He ran the offense.

The quarterback question gets louder when you look at who's catching the ball. Oregon's receiver room is banged up: J. McClellan is out with a foot injury and no timetable, and J. Lott (hand) and D. Gresham (neck) are both questionable for this one. At USC the passing game went through tight end Jamari Johnson, who had 7 catches for 119 yards. Whoever starts at quarterback, Johnson is probably the first read again. No board has posted on this game yet, and the Moore news will shape it more than anything else once one does.

UCLA has earned its trip here. The Bruins are 4-0 for the first time since 2022, 2-0 in the Big Ten, and just went to Maryland and won 54-3. It was their biggest margin of victory since 2012, and the defense returned 2 interceptions for touchdowns. One caveat: that Maryland team has now lost 9 straight Big Ten games, so the score says as much about the Terps as it does about UCLA. The Bruins have hung 45 or more on 3 of their 4 opponents, and that kind of scoring travels.

Oregon's 3-1 has more going on underneath it. The Ducks got past Boise State by only 7 at home, then gave up 39 in a loss at Oklahoma State. The 84-0 win over Portland State doesn't tell you much. The USC game was the most complete thing they've done: 504 yards on 68 plays, 7.4 yards a snap, points on 7 of 9 drives, and 2-for-2 on fourth down, most of it with the backup under center. The offense looks fine. The worry is a defense that has given up 27 or more to 3 of its 4 opponents, and now it faces a UCLA team that scores a lot.

UCLA has lost a receiver too. M. Matthews has been shut down for the season with a lower-leg injury, so both teams will be leaning on depth on the outside. Neither team plays again before this one, which gives Moore extra time to clear protocol and gives both staffs 2 weeks to prepare. The winner comes out of Autzen in good shape in the Big Ten race, and the loser has its first conference loss to explain.

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