It's May 21, so Athlon sports is talking about January.
The national football magazine, which is about to release its 2018 college football preview, released its projected top 25 rankings on Monday, taking into account where they expect teams to wind up by the end of the upcoming college football season.
So, let's talk about the Oregon Ducks. Coming off a 7-6 season that ended in a loss in the Las Vegas Bowl, and with a new coach in Mario Cristobal, the magazine projects the Ducks to be the No. 23 team in the country when it's all said and done.