MIAMI LAKES, Fla. (AP) — The Dukes got in over Duke, and facing the Ducks is their reward.

Bob Chesney will be bringing his UCLA team to Oregon next year, which would have been his first time going up against the Ducks. But he’s about to get an unplanned preview of that matchup when he takes James Madison to Eugene, Oregon for the biggest game in program history.

James Madison finished at No. 24 in the final College Football Playoff rankings this season, but the combination of being the champions of the Sun Belt Conference and being ranked ahead of Atlantic Coast Champion Duke was enough to give Chesney and the Dukes the No. 12 seed on the 12-team playoff bracket before he leaves for UCLA.

Oregon, the No. 5 seed, and James Madison both have 12-1 records.

The winner of the Oregon-James

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