Always College Football with Greg McElroy

Utah survived at home vs Kansas State and kept their slim playoff hopes alive, Pitt jumped all over Georgia Tech ending the Yellowjacks ACC and CFP dreams, Miami and Oregon both won, while Notre Dame dominated Syracuse with a 63 point victory. Ohio State, Texas and Michigan all looked good in victory heading into the last week of the regular season and the defining weekend for the college football playoff. McElroy gives you his reaction on a chalky week 13. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With two weeks remaining in the college football regular season the new CFP rankings came out and saw Alabama drop to #10 and Miami move up to #13. Could the Tide miss the CFP with a loss in the SEC Championship, does Miami have to win BIG enough to jump BYU and Utah, is Notre Dame safe in the CFP at #9 and what if USC beats Oregon? McElroy gives his indepth reaction to the latest CFP rankings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The pressure is on as the season winds down for teams in the middle of the CFP race. Oklahoma, fresh off a win at Alabama, heads to a dangerous Missouri team, while Miami is gearing up for a season-defining stretch that starts at Virginia Tech (we don’t think James Franklin will be on the sidelines). USC and Oregon will battle in Eugene with the winner having the inside track as the 3rd team from the BIG 10 in the CFP. Notre Dame and Utah look to avoid let downs at home while Pittsburgh and Georgia Tech fight for the top of the ACC and Cincinnati could throw the BIG 12 into chaos with an upset win at home over BYU. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oklahoma is now in prime position to make the CFP for the first time since 2019, Georgia looks like they are peaking at the right time, Texas A&M continues to find ways to win and the SEC’s path to getting 5 teams in the CFP is becoming very clear. Plus, there were dominating performances from Ohio State, Indiana, Miami and Texas Tech. Notre Dame looks like a playoff team but they might not control their own destiny and the group 5 (and ACC) are still in chaos. McElroy breaks it all down in his Top 10 takeaways from Week 12. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What a Saturday in college football! Oklahoma took down Alabama at home, Georgia destroyed Texas, Texas A&M rallies from down 30-3 to stun South Carolina and keep their undefeated season alive and Ole Miss fights off a pesky Florida team to keep their CFP hopes alive. Plus, Notre Dame rolls Pitt, Ohio State and Indiana keep dominating, Michigan and USC survive and the ACC just keeps getting crazier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The committee is favoring the eye test - is that a good or bad thing? McElroy goes through and breaks down the Top 25 telling you why Miami moving up is the right thing, what Utah has done for the BIG 12, why Indiana stayed at #2 and what might happen if Texas beats Georgia and Oklahoma beats Alabama. Plus does Notre Dame control their own destiny and could the ACC Champion be left OUT of the CFP? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There could be some CFP clarity after this weekend OR things could get even more convoluted. With GameDay in town, Pittsburgh will try to end Notre Dame’s CFP dreams as the Irish stand under the college football microscope, Texas heads to Georgia looking to keep their CFP hopes alive (even with a loss they could still beat A&M and make things VERY interesting), while Alabama welcomes Oklahoma to town a year after the Sooners ended the Tides playoff dreams. BYU, Louisville and Virginia are looking to bounce back and stay alive in conference races, while Texas A&M and USC try to keep things rolling. McElroy breaks it all down for you in his week 12 previews. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Indiana showed they have the “guts” to win a game at the end, Oregon continues to grow up right in front of our eyes and Texas Tech sends a message to the college football world. Alabama is rounding into a complete team, while Texas A&M proved once again that in a blink of an eye they can take a game away from anyone. The ACC is a mess but don’t count Miami out just yet. Notre Dame and Ohio State keep rolling, the Heisman race is starting to narrow while the Group of 5 race is heating up. All that and more as McElroy goes over his top 10 takeaways from week 11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What a day in college football! Texas Tech let the world know they are a legit National Title contender by dominating BYU, the BIG 10 was wildly entertaining with Indiana surviving Penn State and Oregon beating Iowa in the slop. Ohio State, Texas A&M and Alabama cruise to another victory, while the ACC just continues to get more messy with Virginia and Louisville both losing AT HOME! McElroy gives you his Sunday morning reactions to all that and the rest of the Top 25. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Strong wins, good losses, dominant performances and consistency seem to be the formula the committee is using in their 1st CFP rankings. McElroy goes through the Top 25 and tells you why teams were ranked where they were and some scenarios that could change everything. Plus we have a discussion if Texas A&M or Alabama eventually jump Ohio State or Indiana, why Notre Dame continues to be polarizing, Miami’s tough position, if it's the ACC or BIG 12 that gets two teams in and how many teams from the SEC could get in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Greg McElroy is here to get you ready for a pivotal week 11 in college football as the college football playoff takes shape. Who takes control of the BIG 12: BYU or Texas Tech and is the loser out of the CFP race? Can Indiana, Georgia, Oregon and Texas A&M handle difficult road tests, will LSU put up a fight against Alabama and are Virginia and Louisville on UPSET alert in a crazy year for the ACC? McElroy cover’s it all plus gives you his giant killers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

McElroy delivers his Top 10 takeaways from a crazy week 10 where Miami dropped their second game in 3 weeks and Georgia Tech got run over by NC State leaving the ACC completely up in the air. Ohio State and Indiana continued to dominate the rest of the BIG 10, Utah and Texas Tech won big while Houston laid an egg against West Virginia further shaking up the BIG 12 standings. Georgia got past Florida, Oklahoma forced 3 turnovers and beat Tennessee in Knoxville, ending the Vols CFP dreams and Texas just loves the drama, as the Longhorns hung on to beat Vanderbilt at home. Notre Dame, Michigan and Virginia won ugly, but on a weekend like that a win is a win! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Week 10 is here and CFP hopes and dreams are on the line. Will Arch Manning be back to help lead the Longhorns to a much needed Top 10 win over Vanderbilt, will leaving the state of Florida for the first time all season hurt Miami’s chances at SMU and can USC prove they are still a CFP contender by beating Nebraska in Lincoln? Plus, will Florida play loose and aggressive in their first game without Billy Napier against a hungry Georgia team and whose playoff dreams will come crashing down in Knoxville on Saturday night? McElroy delivers his in-depth previews and predictions for the biggest games of the weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

LSU, Florida, Penn State, Virginia Tech, Oklahoma State, Arkansas and UCLA headline a crazy in-season coaching carousel the likes that the sport has never seen before. McElroy uses his industry contacts and breaks down the top jobs and tells you why Lane Kiffin, Matt Rhule, Matt Campbell, Shane Beamer, Eli Drinkwitz, Clark Lea, Brent Key, Rhett Lashlee and many more are getting the calls to take over other programs. Plus, McElroy gives you HIS top 25 after week 9. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Greg McElroy breaks down his TOP 10 takeaways from Week 9 of the college football season. Starting with Texas A&M’s dominant win over LSU in Baton Rouge, Greg acknowledges that THIS is the moment the Aggies have officially arrived. Alabama and Vanderbilt continued to show they can win in a variety of ways, with Bama showing great competitive character on the road. Ole Miss did so as well, and Greg has the Rebels as borderline playoff locks. Indiana and Oregon seem that way, too, but there is a clear gap between those teams. Finally, Greg explains why Texas isn’t dead yet, how it could be a WILD finish for the ACC, goes through the Big 12 and Heisman races and takes a look at YOUR bold predictions. | Always College Football Approximate Timecodes: (0:00) Intros (2:26) Texas A&M has ARRIVED (10:31) Alabama weathered the Sandstorm (16:04) Ole Miss is going to the CFP (22:00) Vandy is a legit title contender (26:51) The gap between IU and Oregon is growing (32:37) Texas isn’t dead yet (36:55) It’ll be a WILD finish in the ACC (42:54) Big 12 race is WIDE OPEN (48:21) G5 CFP race was sent into tailspin (52:01) Heisman update (56:44) Looking at YOUR bold predictions (58:39) Thanks for watching Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Texas A&M won in Baton Rouge for the first time since 1994 solidifying their spot as a true National Title contender. What next for Brian Kelly and LSU? Ole Miss got a statement win taking down Oklahoma in Norman. Alabama and Texas both escaped with wins. Indiana continues to dominate, Vanderbilt continues to make believers out of all of us and the G5 CFP spot is wide open. McElroy goes over all of it in his week 9 rapid reactions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Greg McElroy is here to get you ready for week 9. With a daunting schedule ahead, is this a must win for Oklahoma at home against Ole Miss, should Indiana be worried about a resurgent UCLA team, does Alabama have anything to worry about going against a struggling South Carolina team and can Texas A&M get their first win in Baton Rouge since 1994? Plus, BYU is a ranked underdog at Iowa State, Missouri and Vanderbilt are both in the thick of the CFP race and Michigan is looking for their longest win streak over Michigan State (3 games) in almost 20 years! Weekends like this ALWAYS have upsets we don’t see coming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On our 500th episode of Always College Football, Greg McElroy gives you his top 25 after week 8 and goes through the P4 to tell you who might (will) win the conference championship and who the real CFP contenders are. Is it just Ohio State, Indiana and Oregon from the BIG 10, will the ACC get TWO teams in again, or is this the year the BIG 12 gets two in and is it just Alabama, Georgia, Texas A&M and Ole Miss from the SEC? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Outside of Billy Napier getting fired there were some BIG takeaways from an incredible weekend where 9 AP ranked teams lost. Georgia pulled out a gutsy win over Ole Miss, Notre Dame ran all over USC, Alabama continues to be clutch, Vanderbilt and Indiana continue to change the narrative, and with Miami and Texas Tech losing, the ACC and BIG 12 are up for grabs. Plus, what happened to Florida State, and is this the most interesting Heisman race in years? McElroy gives you all the answers in his week 8 takeaways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

College Football delivers again. 9 Top 25 went down over the weekend and McElroy is here to give you his rapid reaction. Georgia and Gunner Stockton take down Ole Miss, Vanderbilt is a real CFP contender after dominating LSU and BYU knocks off Utah. Alabama might be playing the best football out of anyone in the country, Notre Dame continues to make their case for the CFP and will anyone challenge Ohio State this season? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices