From play one, it was all Hoosiers as the greatest turnaround in college football history continues. Now, IU is just one win away from being the first team to finish 16-0.

From the first play from scrimmage, Oregon was overmatched and outplayed in Friday night's College Football Playoff semifinal loss to Indiana in Atlanta. The Ducks turned it over on three of their first six possessions, each of those mistakes leading to touchdowns for the Hoosiers and a further increasing deficit that culminated in a 56-22 defeat.

Oregon Ducks offensive coordinator Will Stein met with the media to discuss the key factor in their loss to the Indiana Hoosiers in the CFP.

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The No. 5 Oregon Ducks and quarterback Dante Moore insisted that the nearly three months spent fine-tuning weaknesses and embracing the lessons learned during a regular season home loss to Indiana would pay off.

USC fans reveled in Oregon's 56-22 loss, and that's fine, but USC players and Lincoln Riley should feel embarrassed going into 2026. Here's why:

That attitude extended to the equipment staff. One staffer, identified by CBS Sports recruiting analyst (and former Oregon recruiting staffer) Cooper Petagna as football equipment manager Kenny Farr, found Ponds on the field after the game and handed him a game ball—presumably the one he scored with in the first quarter.

Three first-half turnovers and five touchdown passes by Indiana's Fernando Mendoza lead to one of the Ducks' worst losses in recent memory.