Oregon football stunningly kept its slim College Football Playoff hopes alive by trouncing Ohio State 41-28. But coach Dan Lanning dropped a tough update involving star edge rusher Teitum Tuioti.

Lanning revealed to reporters Monday that Tuioti will miss the rest of the season. Max Torres of On3/Rivals adds that Tuioti is expected to undergo surgery in the coming days.

Tuioti became injured during the rout at Columbus. The big 6-foot-3, 270-pound defender produced a team-high nine tackles for a loss to go along with 5.5 sacks. He also delivered 27 solo stops while starring for the defensive minded Lanning.

He's not the only significant loss in Eugene. Oregon shut down star quarterback Dante Moore after sustaining a scary hit to his head against No. 20 USC back on Sept. 26. Moore never returned to that 41-27 Ducks rout, and also never took snaps from there. He's likely going to prepare for the NFL Draft come April, as Moore has garnered first round chatter.

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But Oregon has watched other injuries pileup. Running back Jordon Davison left the Northwestern contest with his own injury. Wide receiver Jeremiah McClellan sustained a broken foot too to start the year, but eventually came back. Fellow wideout Dakorien Moore suffered his own injury scare against Northwestern on Halloween, but eventually played against OSU and helped spearhead that upset.

Oregon, again, re-boosted its CFP possibility by taking down the previous No. 10 ranked Buckeyes. Ohio State became the fourth different ranked foe the Ducks have defeated this season along with former No. 24 Northwestern and 25th-ranked Boist State. Of course, the Ducks must win out then see lots of external factors play into their favor including seeing USC lose one more time.