This wasn’t a version of the Civil War so much as it was the United States vs. Granada.

This wasn’t a matchup of ranked teams, this was a future Big Ten power vs. a program with no conference at all.

This was inevitably vs. uncertainty, dominance vs. doubt.

Oregon so thoroughly dismantled Oregon State on Friday night, so ruthlessly took the Beavers out of their own game in a 31-7 Ducks win, the question isn’t if Oregon can handle Washington in next Friday’s Pac-12 title game, it whether any team outside or Athens can dance with the Ducks whatsoever.

*****

It’s not fair to say that this one was over in the first 10 minutes. Maybe the first 11.

Oregon went 88 yards and almost 9 minutes for a touchdown on its first possession of the game, forced an unsuccessful 4th-down conversion on Oregon State’s first drive, then went 58 yards on 8 plays to go up 14-0 early in the 2nd quarter.

Just when the Beavers showed some moxie late in the 2nd — driving 80 yards on 25 plays, capped off by a DJ Uiagalelei to Silas Bolden 9-yard score — Oregon responded with a 5-play, 77-yard touchdown drive as Bo Nix found Troy Franklin for the 41-yard touchdown.

And the 2nd half? Forget about it. New verse, same as the first. Pure destruction.

A dozen games into an 11-1 season, the Ducks may have just played their most complete game of the year.

“Every quarter, every minute, every snap, our guys played today,” Oregon coach Dan Lanning said on the field after the game. “We want to play our best football at the end, and we’re playing that now.”

But as someone who’s watched just about 720 minutes of Oregon football this year, this was new.

This was special.

This was College Football Playoff football.

*****

The Beavers were flawed coming into the game, sure. You don’t rack up 3 losses without a few warts.

But the things that make Oregon State good have, by and large, served them well this season: controlling the ground offensively, controlling the air defensively.

The Beavers took their potent running and Damien Martinez, often the best running back in the Pac-12, and Oregon immediately stuffed them. Oregon State came into the game averaging almost 200 rushing yards per contest; the Ducks held them to 53, with not a single carry going for more than 6 yards. That’s a mediocre drive for the Beavers, not a game!

Similarly, compared to their usual pass defense, Oregon State turned into a welcome mat. Against a Beavers defense that usually ranks 2nd in the league in passing yardage allowed (224.27 yards per game) and 2nd in the conference with 12 interceptions, Bo Nix made them look like, well, everyone else he’s faced this year.

Nix continued his methodical march toward the Heisman Trophy with 33-of-40 passing for 367 yards and 2 touchdowns while running in a 3rd score.

“That dude was dialed in man,” Lanning said. “Every opportunity, he took advantage of. Pressure in his face, he hit some dimes. This guy is special, we get to see it every day in practice.”

Nix concluded his remarkable November with more than 1,560 passing yards and 19 total touchdowns, while completing nearly 80 percent of his passes.

“God is good,” Nix said after the game. “He’s put me in an incredible position to be around such great teammates and coaches. I just wanted to come out here and have fun tonight. There was so much at stake, so much in the line, we had to play for a lot. It was great team win. Offense played great, defense played great, it’s was a great team win tonight.”

Do the Ducks have one more in them?

How about 3?

*****

Last year, with Nix banged up down the stretch against Washington and Oregon State, the Ducks lost both games to end a successful debut regular season under Lanning on a bit of a down note.

But it wasn’t Nix who allowed 267 rushing yards and 5 rushing touchdowns to the Beavers last season.

That performance left a sour taste that seems to have lingered for the Ducks.

“They took it personal last year,” Lanning said. “We didn’t play to our standard and they said this year, we’re going to play to our standard.”

The scary thing is 31-7 over the No. 16 team in the country is Oregon’s standard.

The Ducks have been this good all year, even if they do seem to be hitting their stride just now.

They’ve just got to keep it up for one more week. Or more.