ESPN’s Bill Connelly, the brains behind the SP+ rating system, joins AP’s Ralph Russo to dig into his first projections for the 2022 season, and see how they compare with the way-too-early preseason rankings. In a comparison of humans and numbers, a trend is spotted. Several of 2021’s surprise teams are expected to regress in 2022, according to SP+. Meanwhile, Bill’s advanced metrics are expecting a bounce back from a few blue bloods that struggled in 2021. Bill also explains how he is adjust...

Just when it looked as if the coaching carousel was about to stop spinning, Auburn has stepped up to the wheel. The Tigers are considering making a move on Bryan Harsin after just one season. Brandon Marcello, the national college football writer for 247 Sports, returns to the show to break down the latest drama on The Plains. Marcello is a former Auburn beat writer and is very familiar with the dynamics of a football program that seems to have chaos in its DNA.Then Dane Brugler, NFL draft an...

The long-awaited, much-anticipated, and not particularly surprising, announcement that quarterback Caleb Williams is following his former coach to USC finally came the day before national signing day. Bud Elliott of 247 Sports joins AP’s Ralph Russo to talk about the immediate impact Williams can have on Lincoln Riley’s Trojans -- and the long-term effect.What other teams are scoring big in the portal? Plus, what coaches have done good work on the recruiting trail between the early signing pe...

A couple of weeks back ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips said that before the College Football Playoff expands there should be a holistic, 365-day review of the sport. He didn’t mean the review should take 365 days but rather that the entire calendar should be re-considered. Not a bad idea. Andy Staples from The Athletic and AP’s Ralph Russo dig into what changes will be considered. Also, a listener email asks what an ideal college football staff should look like from coaches to support staff, re...

Michigan, Michigan State, Oklahoma State and Baylor were among the best surprise teams in 2021. What are their prospects for an encore in 2022? National college football writer Brandon Marcello from 247 Sports joins AP’s Ralph Russo to put a bow on the 2021 season by glancing ahead to ’22. Fourteen teams that were unranked to start last season finished in the final AP Top 25. The Wolverines, Spartans, Cowboys and Bears landed in the top-10. Can they make championship runs again in 2022? Which...

The 2021 college football season is over and Georgia is the national champion. The Bulldogs broke a 41-year title drought be beating Alabama in Indianapolis. To recap the game, lookahead at what’s next for each participant and take yet another dive into College Football Playoff expansion talks, Ross Dellenger of Sports Illustrated joins AP’s Ralph Russo. Georgia finally broke through against Alabama and it sure does look as if we could be heading for a few more years of the Bulldogs and Crims...

There is a big game next Monday in college football with Georgia facing Alabama for the national championship, but the big news in college football comes out of Oklahoma. Sooners quarterback Caleb Williams has announced he is entering his name in the transfer portal. The former five-star recruit has decided to explore his options with former OU coach Lincoln Riley gone to USC.Former Oklahoma offensive lineman Gabe Ikard, who now hosts Big 12 Today on SiriusXM’s Big 12 channel, joins AP’...

The transfer portal is hopping in college football with plenty more than just big-name quarterback going in and coming out. Joining AP’s Ralph Russo to look at some of the most interesting players available in college football’s version of free agency is Max Olson from The Athletic. Max has ranked the top 25 players currently available in the portal and you might be surprised to find out No. 1 is a pass rusher from an FCS school. Max and Ralph talk about the different kinds of prospects coach...

Can Cinderella Cincinnati push mighty Alabama in the Cotton Bowl? Will Georgia enter the Orange Bowl against Michigan with the same swagger it had before getting taken down by the Crimson Tide?Cole Cubelic of ESPN and the SEC Network joins AP’s Ralph Russo to preview The College Football Playoff semifinals. For Cincinnati to show it belongs, it will have to figure out a way to keep Will Anderson Jr. from wrecking Desmond Ridder and an offense with some big-play weapons. On the other side, Hei...

The coaching carousel is finally slowing down with the early signing period upon college football. AP’s Ralph Russo hits on both of those topics with two guests. First up, Steve Wiltfong, national recruiting director of 247 Sports, joins the show for an overview on where things stand with top recruits, top teams and schools with new coaches. There could be a new SEC school at the top of the recruiting rankings. Then Adam Rittenberg from ESPN joins Ralph to talk about Oregon’s new head coach, ...