No. 2 Oregon’s 2026 season opens Saturday at Autzen Stadium, and the Ducks get a familiar opponent right away: Boise State.
Kickoff is set for 12:30 p.m. PT, with CBS carrying the game nationally. Fans can also stream it on Paramount+ Premium.
This is the fifth all-time meeting between the programs, and it comes with a little recent history attached. Oregon beat Boise State for the first time in 2024, surviving a 37-34 thriller at Autzen on Atticus Sappington’s 25-yard field goal as time expired. Saturday will be the second matchup between the teams in the last three seasons.
The Ducks enter the year ranked No. 2 in both the Associated Press and Coaches polls, the highest preseason ranking in program history. That comes after back-to-back 13-win seasons and a run to the College Football Playoff semifinals last season, when Oregon beat James Madison and Texas Tech.
Boise State arrives after finishing 9-5 in 2025 and is receiving votes in both major polls.
Here’s the full game information:
Game: No. 2 Oregon vs. Boise State
Date: Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026
Kickoff: 12:30 p.m. PT / 3:30 p.m. ET
Location: Autzen Stadium, Eugene, Oregon
TV: CBS
Streaming: Paramount+ Premium
Oregon radio: Oregon Sports Network
Eugene radio: KUJZ-FM 95.3
Portland radio: KRSK 105.1 FM / 1080 AM
Satellite radio: Sirius 133 / XM 197
Betting Line: Oregon -24.5 point favorite
CBS’ broadcast team will feature Brad Nessler on play-by-play, Charles Davis as analyst and Jenny Dell reporting from the sideline.
On the Oregon side, Jerry Allen will handle play-by-play on the radio call with Mike Jorgensen as analyst. Dusty Harrah will serve as sideline reporter, and Joey McMurry will host the pregame show.
There’s also some notable history baked into this one. Boise State was the last nonconference team to beat Oregon at Autzen, taking a 37-32 win on Sept.
20, 2008. Since then, the Ducks have run off the nation’s longest active nonconference home winning streak, now sitting at 38 games.
A win Saturday would push that number to 39, give Oregon its 22nd straight home-opening victory and improve Dan Lanning’s home record to 27-2. It would also give the Ducks back-to-back wins over Boise State for the first time and cut the Broncos’ lead in the series to 3-2.
Saturday also launches Lanning’s fifth season in Eugene. Through four years, Oregon is 48-8 under him, with double-digit wins every season. Since the start of the 2023 campaign, the Ducks are 38-5, the best mark in college football, and the only FBS team to win 13 games in each of the last two seasons.
Oregon Athletics has also tagged the game as a Stripe Out Autzen.
And there’s a lot riding on the first snap of the year, with quarterback Dante Moore back after completing 71.8 percent of his passes for 3,565 yards and 30 touchdowns last season. Moore enters 2026 as a preseason Associated Press first-team All-American.
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