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Projected college football rankings after Oregon avoids travel curse and BYU survives
While you were sleeping, a pair of top-15 teams for wins on Friday night to really start Week 8 of the 2024 college football season off with a bang. No. 2 Oregon had very little issues dealing with the pitiful Purdue Boilermakers at Ross-Ade. The Ducks left West Lafayette with a breezy 35-0 shutout of Ryan Walter’s football team, who now falls to 1-6 overall and 0-4 in Big Ten play. Oregon is now 7-0!
Although it remains to be seen if Oregon has a shot at No. 1 in the next college football rankings, BYU could see the Cougars fall from No. 13. While they did get a 38-35 victory over Oklahoma State on Friday night, that game was in Provo. Then again, beating a Mike Gundy team that is coming off a bye is almost as impressive as beating an Andy Reid team that is coming off a bye, for what that is worth.
Let’s see if either game featuring a ranked opponent on Friday will impact the projected rankings.
- Texas Longhorns
- Oregon Ducks
- Penn State Nittany Lions
- Ohio State Buckeyes
- Georgia Bulldogs
- Miami Hurricanes
- Alabama Crimson Tide
- LSU Tigers
- Iowa State Cyclones
- Clemson Tigers
- Tennessee Volunteers
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish
- BYU Cougars
- TExas A&M Aggies
- Boise State Broncos
- Indiana Hoosiers
- Kansas State Wildcats
- Ole Miss Rebels
- Missouri Tigers
- Pittsburgh Panthers
- SMU Mustangs
- Illinois Fighting Illini
- Army Black Knights
- Michigan Wolverines
- Navy Midshipmen
Even though Oregon has a case to be No. 1 next week should Georgia beat Texas in Austin, the Ducks beat a team with one win on the year. The Ducks are not going to be ranked any lower than No. 2 next week. As far as BYU is concerned, the Cougars might be 7-0, but it feels like the Associated Press is looking for any evidence to downgrade this Big 12 contender. It could happen, but they will stay put.
It is because we have a full slate of games ahead of us on Saturday that will really impact the rankings.
Right now, Oregon looks like the best bet in the Power Four to go undefeated this season. Texas is the only team that has not lost yet in the SEC, but that conference is already starting to cannibalize. BYU will have a legitimate shot of getting to Arlington unscathed, but the Cougars could face their equal in the Big 12 title bout. Who that ends up being remains to be seen, Iowa State or someone else entirely.
Overall, Oregon feels like a lock to make the College Football Playoff, while BYU is very much on the bubble. This is because the Big Ten will be getting in between three and four teams this season. Oregon will be a top-three team in its league by the end of the season. While BYU may be a top-two team in the Big 12, the league might not be strong enough to get multiple teams into the playoff.
Ultimately, Oregon’s win over Purdue was impressive, while BYU getting all that it could handle from Oklahoma State was a tad concerning. The Pokes might be having a year from hell, but conversely, everything that could go BYU’s way this season has gone the Cougars’ way. It will all even out in the end. Then again, there is a chance that we may be watching the best BYU team since what, 1984?
Oregon will remain top-two, while BYU will remain top-15 no matter what after this weekend’s games.
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Oregon Lottery Powerball, Pick 4 results for July 6
The Oregon Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big.
Here’s a look at July 6, 2026, results for each game:
Winning Powerball numbers from July 6 drawing
17-44-63-66-67, Powerball: 04, Power Play: 2
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Winning Pick 4 numbers from July 6 drawing
1PM: 8-8-0-7
4PM: 4-2-9-2
7PM: 8-2-5-5
10PM: 7-7-2-2
Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Win for Life numbers from July 6 drawing
18-28-41-70
Check Win for Life payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Megabucks numbers from July 6 drawing
14-19-20-21-25-38
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When are the Oregon Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 7:59 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 7:59 p.m. on Tuesday and Friday.
- Pick 4: 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. daily.
- Win for Life: 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Megabucks: 7:29 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by an Oregon editor. You can send feedback using this form.
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Oregon’s Class Surges in Team Recruiting Rankings to No. 3
If you headed to the lake early last week, you missed the best fireworks. Dan Lanning and his staff put on a cup of coffee and closed like the Wolf of Wall Street. Minus the cocaine, probably.
All jokes aside, and believe me, these are jokes, the recruiting this staff is doing is not a joke. From June 28 to July 3, a span of 6 days Oregon added four new commitments and all were four stars or better. If you weren’t paying attention, Oregon landed 12 commits in the months of June and what we’ve had in July so far.
The recruiting class has surged from the teens to No. 9 to start last week to No. 3 overall by Friday afternoon. Only Texas A&M and Notre Dame have better recruiting classes according to Rivals. Oregon has the best class in the Big Ten conference.
The 24 commits sit at an average rating of 90.76 according to Rivals. Additionally 16 of the 24 commits are ranked four-stars or better and that includes the Ducks having a pair of 5-Star commitments. Oregon has 11 defensive commits, 11 offensive commits and 2 listed as athletes.
Up next is a commitment from four-star linebacker Brayton Feister set for Saturday, July 11. I don’t believe that addition will move Oregon up in the rankings but will strengthen their current position.
With five-star wide receiver Xavier Sabb committing, Oregon now has a commitment from 17 different states. Should Feister from Ohio pick the Ducks on Saturday, that would give Oregon an 18th state. The national reach of this program is as good as any school in the country.
Last year Oregon finished with the No. 4 ranked class in the nation. The 2025 class also finished at No. 4 nationally.
The early signing period for the 2027 class begins on December 4 and ends on December 6. The transfer portal window begins on January 2.
Oregon kicks off its 2026 season opener at home on September 5 vs Boise State.
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Former corrections officer sentenced in major Oregon poaching case spanning multiple counties
UMATILLA COUNTY, Ore. (KTVZ) — A yearslong investigation by the Oregon State Police (OSP), in addition to the Fish and Wildlife Division, has resulted in significant penalties for an Umatilla man accused of illegally killing wildlife across Oregon, in what prosecutors describe as one of the most damaging serial poaching cases tied to a single individual.
Christopher George Matson, 48, was sentenced in two separate cases in June following an investigation that began in 2024, when authorities received information he was unlawfully taking big game animals. Matson is a former Oregon Department of Corrections officer.
In February 2025, investigators served a search warrant and seized multiple big game animals and firearms as evidence. In total, 67 criminal charges were referred for prosecution, spanning multiple counties and including allegations such as unlawful take and possession of black bear with the aid of bait, unlawful take of buck deer and antlerless elk, and hunting during prohibited hours. Additional charges included falsely applying for tags, loaning or borrowing big game tags, and unlawful possession of silencers and a short-barreled rifle.
The case was prosecuted by the Oregon Department of Justice’s Wildlife Anti-Poaching Resource Prosecutor.
On June 18, 2026, Matson pleaded guilty in Grant County Circuit Court to seven counts, including unlawful take of buck deer and black bear. He was sentenced to 18 months of probation, a lifetime hunting license revocation, 300 hours of community service, forfeiture of firearms and seized property, and a $52,500 fine payable to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Less than two weeks later, on June 29, Matson pleaded guilty in Umatilla County Circuit Court to additional charges, including unlawful possession of a short-barreled rifle, unlawful possession of a silencer, unlawful possession of multiple wildlife, and unlawful take of mule deer. In that case, he was sentenced to 24 months of probation, a lifetime hunting ban, 300 hours of community service to run concurrently, forfeiture of property, and a $62,000 fine.
Combined, the penalties include probation, a lifetime revocation of hunting privileges, 300 hours of community service and more than $114,000 in fines.
“This is another example of serial poaching which rises to the level of felony conduct based solely on the repeated poaching conduct and impact of one individual on Oregon’s game mammals,” said Jay Hall, the Oregon Department of Justice’s Wildlife Anti-Poaching Resource Prosecutor. “The conduct across the several counties amounts to one of the highest damage amounts done to Oregon wildlife by any singular actor.”
Oregon State Police credited the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife for assisting with interviews and evidence collection, along with multiple witnesses who came forward during the investigation.
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