2026 Capital One Orange Bowl Preview

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2026 Capital One Orange Bowl Preview

Publish Date: December 23, 2025

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The 2026 Capital One Orange Bowl features the 12-1 Oregon Ducks and the 12-1 Texas Tech Red Raiders. Here is the 2026 Capital One Orange Bowl Preview.

The Ducks won 11 games to make their second straight CFP. They defeated six bowl-eligible teams this regular season: Northwestern, Penn State, Iowa, Minnesota, USC and Washington. Their only loss of the season was to Indiana, who earned the no. 1 seed in the CFP. They had no issues getting past James Madison in the first round of the CFP.

Oregon scores 39.3 points per game, ranking ninth in the country. They pass for 251.8 yards (ranked 45th) and rush for 217.1 yards (ranked 13th) per game.

Dante Moore sat out a season after transferring from UCLA and has developed well as a result. He has passed for 3,046 yards, 28 touchdowns and eight interceptions on 72.4 percent completion. Six players have at least 250 receiving yards on the season for the Ducks. Malik Benson leads the team with 645 receiving yards. Kenyon Sadiq has been a matchup problem at tight end with 509 receiving yards and eight touchdowns.

Freshman Dakorien Moore provides a spark as well with 29 catches for 448 yards and three touchdowns.

Four running backs have over 200 rushing yards for the Ducks. Noah Whittington is the lead back with 798 rushing yards and six touchdowns. Jordon Davison, Dierre Hill Jr. and Layden Limar all carry the ball a bit too with 625, 557 and 259 rushing yards, respectively.

Defensively, the Ducks allow 16.3 points per game, ranking 10th in the FBS. They give up 113.3 rushing yards (ranked 24th) and 158.1 passing yards (ranked fifth) per game. Bryce Boettcher has been great at pursuing ball carriers with 113 total tackles. Teitum Tuioti leads the team with 7.5 sacks. Dillon Thieneman is a transfer from Purdue that has made plenty of plays with five passes defended and two interceptions.

Texas Tech Red Raiders (12-1)