While Stanford did what they needed to do to help create chaos and slip Oregon into the Rose Bowl, the rest of the top teams also took care of business, shutting the door on the Ducks. Instead, Oregon will head to San Antonio for a fantastic matchup in the Valero Alamo Bowl with No. 11 TCU on January 2.
This is Oregon's second trip to the Valero Alamo Bowl in three years. In 2013 during Mark Helfrich's first season as head coach, the Ducks defeated the Texas Longhorns 30-7. That was also Nick Aliotti's final game as defensive coordinator at Oregon before retiring.