While Oregon's frontline returnees make them an immediate title contender, a few missing pieces stand in their way.
Dan Lanning and his staff have to secure depth in the secondary and on the defensive line. They need a green dot linebacker to replace Bryce Boettcher and his team-leading 136 tackles, the Winter Soldier who plugs the A-gap and blows up opponents with the blitz.
The latter is rare and hard to find, but a clone of Indiana's Aiden Fisher or Texas Tech's Jacob Rodriguez would be perfect. Though a secret Nike lab is working on that, progress is uncertain before September.