Oregon Ducks Athletic Director Stresses Regular Season Scheduling For College Football Playoff

According to the College Football Playoff website, conference with teams that reached the playoffs in the 2024-2025 year received $300,000 for each team that played a post season football game and the same amount for each individual program participating (if they meet NCAA’s APR for participation).

Conferences earned $4 million for each team that reached the College Football Playoff.

According to reporting from OPB's Kyra Buckley, Oregon 's football program brought in $80 million out of the athletic department's $150 million revenue total in 2023. That figure includes ticket sales, conference media agreements, parking, merchandise, donor donations. That figure is heavily impacted by home game attendance and regular season support, like Mullens pointed to.

In his interview with Wrighster, Mullens emphasized Oregon's dedication to scheduling interesting opponents throughout the landscape of college football and building home-and-home relationships with teams across the nation.

"So, you know, in the last 15 years, we've had, we've played a regional FCS opponent which in our region tends to be a really good FCS team. We've played a group of five opponent again, which in our region, tends to be a really good group of five team. And then we've done a home and home with other power four, you know, we've got Oklahoma State next year. We played Boise [State] last year. We've got Baylor in the future," Mullens said.

Oregon's first three home games in the 2025 season are all scheduled with out of conference opponents. Montana State on August 30 (Big Sky), Oklahoma State on September 6 (Big Twelve), and Oregon State (PAC-12) all represent efforts to bring regular season games to hook fans.

"I think our formula will still stay the same. Because now, you really have to win your conference to prove it," Mullens said. "You still want the regular season to be relevant."