'Focus on the process, not the result' Dan Lanning isn't concerned with where the Oregon Ducks rank
The Oregon Ducks are the number one team in the country and it's well earned. They have done a great job controlling the majority of their games, including their 38-9 win over Illinois last weekend. While they are the number one team in the nation, that can change pretty quickly, especially with the initial College […]
The Oregon Ducks are the number one team in the country and it's well earned. They have done a great job controlling the majority of their games, including their 38-9 win over Illinois last weekend.
While they are the number one team in the nation, that can change pretty quickly, especially with the initial College Football Playoff rankings dropping on November 5th. Head coach Dan Lanning was asked on Monday night about their ranking and he shrugged it off.
"I just don't think we've ever measured ourselves based on what other people think. And that doesn't necessarily change. We have our own internal goals and our plan of what we want to be, and at the beginning of every year we start by asking what success look like. And to me, it looks like us playing our best football at the end of the season. So that's our goal — to put ourselves in position to play our best football and focus on the process, not the result."
The Ducks are in a great spot right now and the mindset they currently have is a smart one. We have seen multiple number one teams lose so far this year, including the Georgia Bulldogs, Alabama Crimson Tide and Texas Longhorns. It doesn't matter where you rank at the end of October, but rather how you finish.
The mindset of the team going into their first stretch run in the Big Ten is putting them in a great spot.
