Lanning and the Ducks also played Washington twice last season, losing both by a field goal — 36-33 on Oct. 14 and 34-31 in the Pac-12 Championship Game on Dec. 1.

Lanning isn’t about to tip his hand about what adjustments the Ducks might make or prepare for, but joked: “Yeah, we’re going to do the exact same thing, right, every play, first call.”

“I won’t really get into the differences, but they’re a really good team,” Lanning said. “I don’t know if there’s a more talented team in the nation.”

And by the time these two teams play again, 81 days will have passed from Round 1. Gameplans figure to change, with plenty of tweaks on offense and defense along the way.

“They’ve changed and they’re much more multiple in what they do,” Day said of the Ducks. “So you combine all those things together and you put the game plan in. And then you throw some things out. You add some things that you think might fit.

“At the end of the day, you only have to pack what you need and you’ve got to make sure that it’s clean and it’s a plan that the guys can go execute with a lot of confidence. That’s what we’re in the middle of right now.”