Dan Lanning and the Ducks are riding high after a 35-6 win over Utah in Salt Lake City.

It was the kind of resounding victory that made the rest of college football take notice of the Ducks. To beat a Kyle Whittingham team in Salt Lake City as soundly as Oregon did on national television, it sent a message. And others throughout the sport have been singing the Ducks’ praises in the days since.

But Lanning has told his team that game is merely the standard at this point.

“I think this is what we’re capable of,” Lanning said when he met with reporters for his Monday night news conference.

The Ducks are 7-1 on the season and ranked No. 6 in the AP poll. Should they continue to win, they’ll find themselves in a position to play for a Pac-12 title and a spot in the College Football Playoff.

All those things are ahead of this team because of what they’ve done to this point in the season. Lanning’s message to Oregon since the offseason has been about going from good to great, and now he’s telling the group that what they do from this point forward will determine whether their dreams become reality.

“Since this summer, we’ve talked about the process of good to great. I’d say we’re good. We’re a good team right now,” Lanning said. “What you do in November, that’s gonna determine if we’re a great team. We want to play our best football at the end of the season. We’ve played our best football to date this last week, and we have to play better going forward.”

Oregon hosts Cal this Saturday (2:30 p.m. PT, Pac-12 Network). It still has a home game against No. 24 USC on the docket and it’ll close the season with No. 16 Oregon State at home — an opportunity to avenge last year’s shocking defeat in Corvallis.

Lanning’s Ducks started last season 8-1 as well. But they lost two of their last three games to miss out on the CFP and miss out on the league’s title game. This team wants to make amends.

“If we continue to grow, I think that (Utah game) just shows what we’re capable of,” Lanning said. “We watched the film and said, ‘Wow, we could have played a lot better.’ That’s certainly a positive moving forward.”