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Bowl Games or Home Games?
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - June 22, 2021 23:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsRece Davis, the host of ESPN’s “College GameDay,” joins AP’s Ralph Russo to discuss the proposed plan to expand the college football playoff from four to 12 teams. If the plan was on Rece’s desk, what revisions would he consider? First off, bowls games or home games? As of now the plan is for th...
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How college football got to a 12-team playoff
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - June 15, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsThere is a plan in place to expand the College Football Playoff from four teams to 12. It’s a remarkable change for a sport that for decades seemed committed to using any other way possible to determine a national champion than the one used by just about every other sport. How did college footba...
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Georgia’s quest; Northwestern’s mess
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - June 08, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsThe most talented roster in college football this season might very well belong to Georgia. But can the Bulldogs breakthrough and win the program’s first national championship since 1980? Marc Weiszer from the Athens Banner-Herald joins AP’s Ralph Russo to assess Kirby Smart’s program, including...
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Win total over/unders with the Bear from ESPN
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - June 02, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsBeware teams coming off a magical season. Often, it’s hard to repeat. Oddsmakers have set win totals for this upcoming season for every FBS team and ESPN’s Chris Fallica has been scanning the board, looking for value. The Bear joins AP’s Ralph Russo to talk overs and unders. Chris goes into th...
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An opening weekend road trip
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - May 25, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsThe opening weekend of the college football season is starting to take shape. Game times have been set for some marquee matchups, including Alabama-Miami in Atlanta and Clemson-Georgia in Charlotte. USA Today national college football writer Paul Myerberg joins AP’s Ralph Russo to take a hopeful...
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David Shaw on the Pac-12, the playoff and practice
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - May 18, 2021 21:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsFew college football coaches are more involved in the shaping the state and future of the game than Stanford coach David Shaw. He joins AP’s Ralph Russo to discuss changes made to preseason practice aimed at reducing the number of full contact practices. Shaw explains the thinking behind the mod...
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Future of the Power 5
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - May 11, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsThey are called the Power Five conferences but really there is a big two among the group. The Southeastern Conference and Big Ten have pulled away from their peers when it comes to generating revenue. How can the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big 12 and Pac-12 keep up? Does Notre Dame hold the keys...
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Does major college football need the NCAA?
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - May 04, 2021 23:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsWill the Power Five conferences ever break away from the NCAA? Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports says they kind of already have. Inspired by a email from a listener, the AP Top 25 College Football Podcast begins a series of shows on the future of the sport. This week Dodd joins AP’s Ralph Russo to discu...
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The 2022 NFL Draft and CFP Expansion
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - April 27, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsWe have finally reached NFL Draft week. But instead of again chewing over the 2021 class, which we have been doing for four months, Matt Miller of The NFL Draft Scout and ESPN jumps ahead to 2022. Who are the players you can already pencil in at the top of next year’s draft boards? There is a p...
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NFL Draft Preview
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - April 20, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsThe upcoming NFL Draft could be a historic one, with as many as five quarterbacks going in the top-10 picks. Eric Edholm, draft analysis for Yahoo! Sports, joins AP’s Ralph Russo to take a deep dive into the quarterbacks from Trevor Lawrence to Mac Jones and the entire pool of players that NFL t...
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The state of college football in Florida
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - April 06, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsAt Florida, Dan Mullen is breaking in a new quarterback and trying to stay ahead of Georgia. At Florida State, Mike Norvell is just looking for some normalcy in year two of his tenure as the Seminoles coach. Matt Baker from the Tampa Bay Times joins AP’s Ralph Russo to discuss about the state of ...
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Harbaugh: How we Got Here and Where it’s Going?
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - March 30, 2021 20:06 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsThere was a point where Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh was the most polarizing figure in college football. While he’s still maybe the most talked about college football coach outside of Nick Saban and Dabo Swinney, it’s getting harder to find supporters. This week on the AP Top 25 College Football P...
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Who are College Football’s Best Coaches?
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - March 25, 2021 16:20 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsRanking college football coaches is even tougher than ranking college football teams. But we tend to do it anyway, especially in the offseason. Stewart Mandel from The Athletic and Bruce Feldman from Fox join AP’s Ralph Russo to talk about their current Top 25 college coaches. Bruce and Stew are ...
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The Brackets Are Back!
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - March 16, 2021 23:31 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsThe NCAA Tournament is back after a one-year pandemic-forced hiatus. That means the football show turns to basketball for a week. AP college basketball writer Aaron Beard joins Ralph Russo to break down the bracket, search for upsets and pick a Final Four. Plus, what went wrong this season for bl...
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Trouble with Kansas, Plus Marshall Coach Charles Huff
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - March 09, 2021 22:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsThe worst Power Five program in college football is once again in the news for all the wrong reasons. Kansas parted ways with coach Les Miles after revelations about inappropriate behavior toward women while he was at LSU. It is another setback for a program that has become synonymous with them. ...
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Vandy’s new coach and CFB’s biggest underachievers.
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - March 03, 2021 00:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsNew Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea played for the Commodores and grew up in Nashville. If there is a man who understands the challenges and potential for the football program of the Southeastern Conference’s lone private school, it’s Lea, the former Notre Dame defensive coordinator. Then Steven Godfr...
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Humans vs. Math: Early 2021 Projections.
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - February 24, 2021 19:08 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsThe 2021 season is about seven months away, but it’s never to early to start projecting how teams will do. ESPN’s Bill Connelly, the mastermind behind SP+ power rankings, joins AP’s Ralph Russo to discuss the first 2021 projections. They’ll compare SP+ to the composite of way-too-early rankings d...
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Steve Sarkisian’s Road to Texas
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - February 16, 2021 22:07 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsFive and half year ago, Steve Sarkisian was fired by Southern California, a promising career derailed by alcoholism. The road back for Sark went thrown Alabama and the NFL and now he is a head coach again, taking at Texas. Sarkisian joins AP’s Ralph D. Russo to talk about his comeback and how rec...
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Lessons Learned From the Coaching Carousel
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - February 09, 2021 21:05 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsThe 2020 coaching carousel in college football was more active than expected. ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg joins AP Ralph Russo to talk takeaways on changes made from Texas to Marshall. For some schools it’s never a and time to fire a coach, even though the chances of landing an established and proven ...
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How is the Recruiting Class of 2022 Shaping Up?
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - February 02, 2021 21:52 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsThe early signing period in college football has become the main signing period for the sport. So the traditional signing period in February is mostly about tying up loose ends. Most teams have already moved on to 2022, and we will, too. Bud Elliott, recruiting director for 247 Sports joins AP’s ...
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Tennessee’s Coaching Search, Scott’s Tenure and a Radical Change to Football Rules
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - January 26, 2021 23:56 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsCollege football’s offseason has already included a coaching change at Tennessee and a Power Five commissioner announcing he will step down. The news never really stops. To kickoff the offseason mode at the AP Top 25 College Football Podcast, Andy Staples from The Athletic joins AP’s Ralph Russo....
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A Strange Season Ends With a Familiar Champion _ Alabama.
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - January 12, 2021 18:44 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsCollege football’s season in a pandemic has ended with a most familiar champion. Nick Saban’s Alabama dynasty won its sixth title by beating Ohio State in the College Football Playoff national championship game.To put a wrap on the season and the championship game, Paul Myerberg and Dan Wolken fr...
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CFP Championship Preview With Chris Fowler
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - January 05, 2021 16:54 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsAlabama against Ohio State for the national championship. After a long, strange season there is one game left to be played. The College Football Playoff title game will feature the two most talented rosters in the country and put to bed a season that has been a grind for everyone involved. To pre...
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College Football Playoff Preview
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - December 29, 2020 18:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsThe College Football Playoff features four of the bluest of blue bloods. No. 1 Alabama takes on No. 4 Notre Dame and No. 2 Clemson faces No. 3 Ohio State. Cole Cubelic of the SEC Network and ESPN joins AP’s Ralph Russo to breakdown each matchup. For Notre Dame to stay within striking distance of ...
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Dashing through the bowls!
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - December 22, 2020 23:26 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsBowl season is here in college football. It is not as long as usual, which is sad. But there are plenty of games to enjoy. To preview them all _ even the ones that might have already been played by the time you listen _ Matt Brown, college football editor at The Athletic and an AP poll voter, joi...
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Will There Be CFP Drama on Championship Weekend?
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - December 15, 2020 20:20 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsThe latest conference championship weekend in the history of college football has arrived and the question is: Will the results create any drama for Sunday’s College Football Playoff selections.National college football writer Paul Myerberg joins AP’s Ralph D. Russo to go through the scenarios an...
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How The Pandemic Impacted Recruiting
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - December 08, 2020 22:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsThe never-ending college football season will now combine the early signing period with championship weekend. Starting Dec. 16, schools can begin signing high school prospects, but because the season started late and was extended because of the pandemic, the College Football Playoff won’t be set ...
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Alabama’s Unrelenting Excellence and LSU’s Severe Regression
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - December 01, 2020 22:14 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsAbout 13 months ago LSU-Alabama was a No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup. Biggest game of the season. Game of the Century. And LSU broke through for a landmark victory on the way to a national championship. Now the Tide and Tigers play again and LSU is slogging through a season of attrition and regression w...
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First CFP Rankings of The Season
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - November 23, 2020 20:47 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsBecause everything is a little weird this season, we have the convergence of two events in college football that would normally be weeks apart.The first College Football Playoff selection committee rankings of season make their debut. And Thanksgiving week comes with some _ though not as many us ...
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Big Ten Showdowns, Bedlam and Bearcats
AP Top 25 College Football Podcast - November 18, 2020 05:23 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsFrom Monday to Friday the college football season has been a grind of uncertainty and instability. But the Saturdays are still delivering intrigue and excitement. Dennis Dodd of CBS joins AP’s Ralph Russo to talk about the odd dynamic of the season in the pandemic. Plus, will the first head coach...
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