ESPN College Football

This is the Saturday we all had circled! SIX ranked vs ranked matchups. BYU and Utah start off Saturday with an early ‘Holy War’. Will it be the Utes or the Cougars who take control of the BIG 12? Arch Manning and Texas head to Columbia to take on Austin Simmons and the Missouri Tigers. Oregon could completely ruin Ohio State’s season by knocking off the Buckeyes in Columbus, Alabama heads to LSU in what is essentially a CFP elimination game for the Crimson Tide and Tigers. Will Stein and the 1st place Kentucky Wildcats are out to prove they are the real deal heading to Knoxville to take on Josh Heupel and the Tennessee Volunteers. In primetime it’s all about revenge as Notre Dame welcomes in the #1 ranked Miami Hurricanes to South Bend and Georgia visits Ole Miss in a rematch from the CFP last year.

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Greg McElroy delivers his Top 10 takeaways from week 9 of the college football season. USC took a huge step in making their first College Football Playoff by taking down Ohio State, can the Trojans win their next 3 games and what’s next for Ryan Day and the Buckeyes? Indiana’s defense keeps winning games for the Hoosiers, Miami’s offense is masking defensive issues and Georgia’s defense looks championship caliber. Notre Dame beat Navy, but their resume took a hit which means beating Miami is their only option to make the CFP, Texas Tech got a big win to keep the BIG 12 in flux for another week and McElroy gives you what he thinks the CFP rankings will be.

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Seven top 25 teams lost on Saturday ending an absolutely wild October. Lincoln Riley and USC got a huge win over Ryan Day and Ohio State giving the Buckeyes 2 losses before November. Miami survived a scare with a 3 point win over North Carolina. Georgia beat Florida for the 6th straight time and Texas Tech got a big win at home. McElroy gives you his rapid reaction from all those games plus the big wins from Notre Dame, Ole Miss, Texas, Wake Forest and the stunning upsets from Syracuse and Iowa State.

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Who would you least like to play between Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Ole Miss, LSU, Missouri, Texas and Tennessee? McElroy tackles that question and tells you why the SEC is back on top (at least for now). Plus, the coaching carousel has already started at Maryland, NC State and Baylor, McElroy gives his best options at each school and what programs might be looking for a new head coach soon. QB1 also delivers the best bets of the weekend and narratives behind Florida vs Georgia, Ohio State vs USC, Clemson vs Florida State and Arizona vs Texas Tech.

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Week 9 of the college football season is here and Greg McElroy gives you the most in-depth previews you will find anywhere! In a season where chaos reigns supreme, you better not get caught looking ahead! Kirby Smart, Gunner Stockton and the Georgia Bulldogs welcome Jon Sumrall, Jadan Baugh and the Florida Gators to Atlanta. Ryan Day, Jeremiah Smith and the Ohio State Buckeyes head out west to take on Lincoln Riley, Jayden Maiava and the USC Trojans in a must win for the home team, Auburn travels to Oxford to take on Trinidad Chambliss and the Ole Miss Rebels, and Arizona visits Texas Tech. Plus, #1 Miami plays at North Carolina in primetime, Utah travels to a dangerous Cincinnati team and Clemson visits Florida State where both coaches need a big win.

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Another crazy weekend in college football as chaos and upsets continue. BYU, Texas Tech and Ole Miss all lost as top 10 teams. The Texas Longhorns won their 3rd game vs a ranked opponent, Indiana won at Michigan for the first time since 1967, Wisconsin man-handled USC for another devastating loss for Lincoln Riley and BYU lasted one week as the #2 team in America. The SEC is a jumbled mess with Alabama, LSU, Florida, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, Texas and Tennessee all with two conference losses, Cincinnati beat Texas Tech and now just Utah, UCLA and Miami remain undefeated with the Hurricanes looking like they are in fact the best team in the country. Greg McElroy is here to break it all down and give you his top 10 takeaways from week 8.

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Scott Van Pelt and Stanford Steve Coughlin give their reactions to Week 8 of the college football season. It was a thriller in Austin as Texas held on to defeat Ole Miss, giving yet another SEC team two losses. Texas Tech is no longer unbeaten as Cincinnati pulled off the big upset in historic Nippert. To cloud the Big 12 waters even more, BYU fell at UCF to leave the conference with one unbeaten remaining: Utah. Speaking of un-beatens, there aren't many. Miami dominated Pitt to remain perfect and UCLA cruised against Sparty. Shoutout Wisconsin for a major home win over USC, as the Luke Fickell doubters are quiet but the Lincoln Riley doubters are as loud as ever. What to make of the USC coaching situation and if the guys are feeling a change could be coming. A change was made at NC State after Stanford won on Friday, and Minnesota pulled off the upset over Iowa casting serious doubt on any chance the Hawkeyes had at making the dance.

Tennessee suffered a loss in one of the biggest results of the day, as South Carolina pulled it off thanks to several Tennessee penalties and mistakes, especially late. Tennessee is one of seven 2-loss SEC teams, including LSU who dominated Auburn. Both Tennessee and LSU have a bye before facing Kentucky and Alabama, respectively, on a loaded slate on November 7. Plus, full reaction from Indiana's win over Michigan, Alabama-Texas A&M, Vanderbilt-Kentucky, live reaction of Utah-Houston, Virginia Tech-Clemson, Oklahoma State-Colorado, Arizona-Iowa State, Northwestern-Rutgers, Cal-SMU, Boise State-Washington State, Oregon-Illinois and more.

Approx. Timecodes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:54) Ole Miss-Texas reaction

(13:38) Cincinnati-Texas Tech reaction

(17:26) Indiana-Michigan reaction

(22:20) Miami-Pitt reaction

(25:49) Northwestern-Rutgers reaction

(26:20) LSU-Auburn reaction

(29:01) Alabama-Texas A&M reaction

(31:53) BYU-UCF reaction

(37:49) South Carolina-Tennessee reaction

(45:34) UCLA-Michigan State reaction

(47:11) Virginia Tech-Clemson reaction

(49:40) Cal-SMU, Boise-Wazzu reaction

(50:11) Arizona-Iowa State reaction

(52:06) Wisconsin-USC reaction

(54:06) Minnesota-Iowa reaction

(56:40) Oregon-Illinois reaction

(58:36) About the Civil Conflict Trophy

(59:16) Thursday night had some BANGERS

(1:01:15) Dave Doeren fired reax

(1:01:44) OK State-Colorado reaction

(1:03:09) Syracuse-UNC reaction

(1:03:41) College GameDay Week 9 options

(1:05:13) Late night musings

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Can anyone tell who really are the best teams in college football right now? Miami, BYU, Texas Tech, UCLA and Utah are all undefeated. Indiana and Notre Dame just failed their first real test, Ohio State lost Julian Sayin, Georgia just lost to Auburn at home, Ole Miss got blown out by an up and down Florida team, Miami survived against Florida State and both Alabama and Texas have lost 2 straight. McElroy breaks it down and gives you his Top 15 teams, why we have to get used to saying “what seed are we”, the narratives on the big games this weekend and his best best for Saturday.

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Week 8 of the college football season is here and Greg McElroy gives you the most in-depth previews you will find anywhere! Curt Cignetti and the Indiana Hoosiers looking to rebound head to the Big House and take on Kyle Whittingham and the Michigan Wolverines. Trinidad Chambliss and Ole Miss head to Austin to take on Steve Sarkisian and the Texas Longhorns who have lost two in a row. Fresh off taking down the #1 team in the country the Auburn Tigers welcome Lane Kiffin and the LSU Tigers, Bear Bachmeier BYU brings their #2 ranking on the road to UCF, Tennessee is an underdog at South Carolina and the Houston Cougars take on Utah Utes in another huge BIG 12 matchup. Plus, the Alabama Crimson Tide host Texas A&M, Miami welcomes Pittsburgh and Texas Tech brings their undefeated record on the road to Cincinnati.

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Greg McElroy delivers his Top 10 takeaways from a CRAZY week 7 of the college football season! Ryan Day and Ohio State escaped Indiana by literally a foot for a huge win handing Curt Cignetti’s team their first loss of the season. BYU beat Notre Dame and took Marcus Freeman’s margin for error, Tennessee beat up Alabama handing the Crimson Tide back-to-back losses and Miami survived at home against Florida State. Georgia lost to Auburn at home, Texas and Arch Manning lost to Florida at home and Kentucky won again putting them in a tie for 1st place in the SEC. There are three undefeated teams in the BIG 12 and ONE undefeated team between the SEC and BIG 10 - UCLA of course. Just a topping on the wild weekend McElroy explains why the CFP picked the perfect week to expand to 24 teams.

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WOW, week 7 delivered! Five of the Top 8 teams in the AP Poll lost. Texas went from the #1 team in the country to losing to two unranked opponents in back to back weeks. #1 ranked Georgia lost to Auburn for the first time since 2017. Alabama loses to Tennessee and has lost consecutive regular season games for the first time since 2007. Miami beats Florida State in a double overtime thriller, Ohio State beats Indiana in a huge Big 10 game but loses Julian Sayin in the process and BYU holds on to upset Notre Dame. McElroy gives his rapid reaction to a wild day in college football.

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McElroy gives you his Top 15 teams heading into week 7 and why so much will change after this weekend. Plus, we preview Mississippi State at LSU and the must win game for Lane Kiffin. SMU hopes to keep their CFP hopes alive when Virginia comes to town and will Georgia make it 10 straight wins over Auburn in the ‘Deep South's Oldest Rivalry’? Can Mike Norvell and Florida State get their first road win since 2023 at Miami or will the Hurricanes embarrass the Seminoles and who needs the win more Nebraska or Oregon? McElroy also gives you a peak at the narratives that will come out of this weekend's epic matchups: what if Indiana beats Ohio State and the Buckeyes have 2 losses before November? What if BYU beats Notre Dame and pushes the BIG 12 into a two bid conference in the CFP? What if Texas and Arch Manning struggle and lose to Florida at home and can Oklahoma make it two straight weeks of knocking off ranked opponents?

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Week 6 of the college football season is here and Greg McElroy gives you the most in-depth previews you will find anywhere! This is the weekend we have been waiting for. The defending National Champion Indiana Hoosiers led by instant legend Curt Cignetti welcome 2024 National Champions Ryan Day and Ohio State Buckeyes. The Florida Gators head to Austin licking their wounds to take on Arch Manning and the Texas Longhorns; Kalen Doboer, Keelon Russell and the Alabama Crimson Tide go to Knoxville to face Josh Heupel and the Tennessee Volunteers in the “Third Saturday in October and Missouri heads to Ole Miss in another huge SEC matchup. Plus, a top 10 showdown in Provo when Marcus Freeman, CJ Carr and Notre Dame take on Kalani Sitake, Bear Bachmeier and the BYU Cougars and in another big game for the BIG 12, the surprising 4-1 Oklahoma State Cowboys face off against a hungry Houston Cougars team.

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Greg McElroy delivers his Top 10 takeaways from Week 6 of the college football season! The Oklahoma Sooners took down Arch Manning and the Texas Longhorns in a classic, Georgia walked into Tuscaloosa and took out Alabama and Kentucky got a huge victory over an LSU team that can’t win on the road. Indiana didn’t play like a champion but still beat Nebraska, UCLA stayed undefeated talking out Oregon while Notre Dame, Ohio State and Ole Miss impressed before huge week 7 showdowns. Plus, Mike Elko picked a fight with a portion of his fan base while Lincoln Riley, Shane Bearmer and Bill Belichick got big wins for their fans.

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What a weekend in College Football! Greg McElroy gives you his rapid reaction to Oklahoma stunning Texas in the Red River Rivalry, Georgia walking out of Tuscaloosa with 20-17 win over Alabama, Oregon losing at home to UCLA, LSU losing on the road (again) this time to Kentucky and South Carolina humbling the Florida Gators in the Swamp. Plus, Indiana survives Nebraska, Notre Dame runs all over Stanford and USC takes care of Penn State in a white out.

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Scott Van Pelt and Stanford Steve Coughlin give their instant reactions to college football week 6. Georgia knocked off Alabama in an absolute thriller in Tuscaloosa while Kentucky upset LSU in Lexington. As if the night window wasn't good enough, USC went into State College and beat Penn State on white out night. Plus, what to make of Oklahoma's upset win over Texas in the Red River Rivalry, UCLA's low-scoring road victory over Oregon in Eugene as the Ducks' season takes a turn for the worse and South Carolina's demolition of a Florida team that was ranked in the Top 10 just last week, before experiencing back-to-back uncompetitive losses to Mizzou and SC.

Missouri continued its strong season with a commanding win over Texas A&M, and Indiana came back to prevent Nebraska's upset bid in Lincoln, still leaving Matt Rhule's record against ranked teams with a 0 in the W column. Plus, reaction to UNC's win over ranked Pitt, Oregon State's electric offense, Ole Miss' dominant win over Vanderbilt, Notre Dame and Ohio State's wins, Houston and Oklahoma State staying strong, Tennessee's road victory, Wake Forest, Virginia and of course, Bang That Big Ass Drum.

Lastly, Steve gives the full recap of his time in Tuscaloosa including the experiences watching the 'Saban' documentary series premiere.

TIMECODES:

(0:00) Intro

(1:52) Oklahoma-Texas reaction

(10:45) Kentucky-LSU reaction

(18:30) Alabama-Georgia reaction

(31:45) Indiana-Nebraska reaction

(42:00) Houston & Oklahoma State reactions

(45:00) UCLA-Oregon reaction

(51:43) South Carolina-Florida reaction

(55:55) Missouri-Texas A&M reaction

(1:01:38) USC-Penn State reaction

(1:04:55) Ole Miss-Vanderbilt reaction

(1:07:45) Tennessee-Arkansas reaction

(1:08:45) Florida State-Louisville reaction

(1:09:25) Purdue-Minnesota reaction

(1:10:25) Oregon State’s offense is amazing

(1:12:30) Shoutout UNC

(1:13:00) Rank Wake Forest

(1:14:00) Virginia-Syracuse reaction

(1:14:40) College GameDay recap

(1:16:40) Tuscaloosa, ‘Saban’ premiere recap

(1:28:45) Summarizing a wild day

(1:30:25) Thanks for watching

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Greg McElroy makes the argument that the BIG 10 is deeper than people think with teams like Northwestern, UCLA and Nebraska starting off strong through five weeks of the season. What will the narratives be if UCLA upsets Oregon or Nebraska takes down Indiana? How hot will Linocln Riley’s seat be if USC loses at Penn State and are Lane Kiffin and LSU ready for a dangerous Kentucky team? Will a 24-team playoff make these games feel as important as they are? McElroy answers all of these questions plus gives you his Top 15 teams - with Alabama shooting up that rankings.

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Week 6 of the college football season is here and Greg McElroy gives you the most in-depth previews you will find anywhere! Kirby Smart, Gunner Stockton and the Georgia Bulldogs head to Tuscaloosa to take on Kalen DeBoer, Keelon Russell and the Alabama Crimson Tide in a huge SEC showdown. Nebraska, off to their best start since 2016, welcome the Indiana Hoosiers to Lincoln, UCLA heads to Eugene to take on Oregon and the #1 ranked Texas Longhorns led by Arch Manning battle the Oklahoma Sooners in the Red River Rivalry. Plus, USC takes on Penn State in Happy Valley with the losing coach having to answer a lot of questions, Florida tries to rebound against South Carolina and LSU is heading to the bluegrass state to take on a dangerous Kentucky team.

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Greg McElroy delivers his Top 10 takeaways from Week 5 of the college football season! Alabama looked dominant going into Starkville and crushing Mississippi State, the Florida Gators were all the rage this week labeled as National Championship contenders, that is until Missouri beat them by 28. Jeremiah Smith continues to put on a show as Ohio State beat up Iowa, and the Miami Hurricanes had no problem taking care of Clemson in Death Valley. Plus, Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame found another weapon at running back, beating North Carolina for their 15th consecutive victory (all by double digits), Michigan and Penn State are falling apart, Tennessee made a quarterback switch and USC may have found a defense.

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Greg McElroy gives his rapid reaction to week 5 of the college football season. The Florida Gators got dominated by a hungry Missouri Tiger team, Alabama dismantles Mississippi State (but Kamario Taylor looks hurt), Jeremiah Smith put on a show against Iowa as the Buckeyes beat the Hawkeyes 31-14,Miami proved they are as good as everyone thought crushing Clemson 41-13 and more reaction from the Top 25.

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