MIAMI LAKES, Fla. — 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: a first-round College Football Playoff contest on Dec. 20.

It will be the first meeting between the schools, which is likely no surprise considering James Madison has been at the top level of college football for only four seasons. The first two were with Curt Cignetti as coach, who left for Indiana and has the unbeaten Big Ten champion Hoosiers as the No. 1 seed in this year’s CFP field. The last two were with Chesney, and he simply

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