Does Oregon have college football’s top offense? Urban Meyer thinks so

Oregon has proven it is a force to be reckoned with on the offensive side of the football early in 2025.

Through three games, it is tied for third among NCAA Division I FBS teams in points per game (54.0), behind only Texas Tech (58.0) and USC (55.0). The Ducks scored a season-low 34 points in their most recent game against Northwestern, but they began the campaign by racking up 59 points against Montana State and an additional 69 against Oklahoma State.

Oregon's exploits thus far have former head coach and current Fox analyst Urban Meyer believing that it possesses the best offense in college football.

Meyer lists three reasons why Oregon possesses best offense in college football

Meyer said as such during a segment on Fox's "Big Noon" Kickoff show last weekend. He offered a lengthy response as to why that was the case.

"Oregon, right now, is by far, in my opinion, the number one most difficult offense to defend. Why? Number one, great players down the field. Number two, schematically, they're great. Number three, they do something more than I can remember in recent history. They run something called deceptives — more trick plays," Meyer said, via Ducks on SI's Charlie Viehl.

"A deceptive is you show something, and you do something much different. ... When we were game planning, I would always carry, maybe, two to three per week. Against Oklahoma State, Oregon, in the first 27 plays, ran five deceptives," Meyer added.

"You're game planning during the week, and coaches say, 'Let's run this trick play or deceptive.' I would always ask a coach, 'How expensive is it? And here's what I mean by expensive. Number one, is it cheap? Is that easy? It's low risk, it's minimal players involved, like a quarterback and receiver. Then, you have medium. That's like a reverse, where it takes about a week to get that thing ready, and it's a medium-risk, medium-preparation. But then, there is the expensive. That usually takes a couple months to get ready, and that's high-risk, but it's also high-reward," Meyer continued. "They run them all."

Oregon's success on offense starts with redshirt sophomore Dante Moore, who is in the midst of his first season as the team's starting quarterback. He has completed 50 of his 64 pass attempts (78.1%) for 657 yards, seven touchdowns and one interception.

Outside of Moore, the Ducks possess a balanced attack in their offense.

Senior Malik Benson (11 catches, 161 yards, two scores) and true freshman Dakorien Moore (nine catches, 144 yards, one score) are the only two wideouts to have eclipsed triple-digit yards on the season. An additional five receivers have between 50 and 99 yards.

Meanwhile, Oregon's backfield has a three-headed monster in true freshman Dierre Hill Jr. (11 carries, 161 yards, two scores), redshirt senior Noah Whittington (14 carries, 159 yards, two scores) and junior Jayden Limar (20 carries, 145 yards, three scores).

It's important to note, though, that the Ducks have been massive favorites in all three of their regular-season contests this season. But that hasn't stopped offensive coordinator Will Stein from drawing praise for his unit's efforts in the early going.