Oregon State — Pac-12
PPA off / def
0.06 / 0.18
2025
Class rank
#100
class of 2026
Returning PPA
58%
returning production
| 2018 |
OSU W 77–31 | Columbus |
| 1984 |
OSU W 22–14 | Columbus |
| 1974 |
OSU W 51–10 | Columbus |
2026 schedule
2025 results (2–10)
Statistical comps — 2025 Oregon State's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (20 in / 35 out)
| Incoming |
|---|
| Broderick Shull | OT | ← Auburn | ★★★ |
| Kwan Johnson | OT | ← Eastern Illinois | ★★★ |
| Isaiah Houi | CB | ← Eastern Illinois | ★★★ |
| Braden Atkinson | QB | ← Mercer | ★★★ |
| Daniel Matagi | DL | ← Portland State | ★★★ |
| Carter Guillaume | IOL | ← Louisville | ★★★ |
| Teko Shoats | OT | ← Bethune-Cookman | ★★★ |
| AJ Newberry | RB | ← Vanderbilt | ★★★ |
| + 12 more |
Origins
The 1967 Giant Killers beat or tied the top three teams in the country in one month, including O.J. Simpson's USC. Left behind by realignment in 2024 and rebuilding a conference from the wreckage.
Founded 1868 · Corvallis College, which became Oregon's land-grant school in 1868 · first football 1893 · defined by Dee Andros
All-time record
All-time
499–608–36
1915–2025
Win %
45.2%
109 seasons played
Winning seasons
43
39% of seasons
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2000 | 11 | 1 | Pac-10 |
| 2022 | 10 | 3 | Pac-12 |
| 2006 | 10 | 4 | Pac-10 |
| 1939 | 9 | 1 | Pacific |
| 1962 | 9 | 2 | FBS Independents |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1915 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 320 | 53% |
45% | 47 of 136 | 5.8 | 12% |
| 2nd down | 239 | 49% |
42% | 68 of 136 | 4.9 | 10% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 38 | 82% |
68% | — | 2.3 | 3% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 50 | 10% |
38% | — | 5.1 | 12% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 63 | 11% |
16% | — | 3.9 | 11% |
| 4th down | 17 | 29% |
29% | — | 0.3 | 0% |
155 drives · 23% ended in points · 6.9 plays and 38.8 yards per drive · 0.34 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 8 | Lafayette |
Anthony Hankerson run for 65 yds for a TD (Caleb Ojeda KICK) |
65 | 5.24 |
| 3 | Texas Tech |
Karson Boschma 26 Yd pass from Maalik Murphy (Caleb Ojeda Kick) |
26 | 4.97 |
| 8 | Lafayette |
Gabarri Johnson run for 52 yds to the LAF 21 for a 1ST down |
52 | 4.07 |
| 3 | Texas Tech |
Maalik Murphy pass complete to Trent Walker for 15 yds to the TTU 46 for a 1ST down Texas … |
30 | 4.02 |
| 12 | Tulsa |
(03:34) #10 T.Ti'a pass complete deep right to #7 T.Walker caught at Tulsa22, for 38 yards… |
38 | 3.87 |
| 7 | Wake Forest |
Cornell Hatcher Jr. run for 29 yds for a TD (Caleb Ojeda KICK) |
29 | 3.64 |
| 11 | Sam Houston |
End of 1st quarter. |
64 | 3.56 |
| 6 | App State |
Maalik Murphy pass complete to Trent Walker for 20 yds to the APP 45 for a 1ST down App St… |
20 | 3.38 |