College Gridiron 365

Topic this week include:

• Notre Dame's path to the College Football Playoff
• Florida and Texas score big wins as they continue impressive bounceback from early season losses.
• UCF and the American are the class of the Group of Five
• Which Power 5 unbeaten isn't getting the love it deserves
• And a look ahead to this weekend:

No. 2 Georgia at No. 13 LSU

No. 7 Washington at No. 17 Oregon

No. 15 Wisconsin at No. 12 Michigan

No. 19 Colorado at USC

Ohio State and Notre Dame were the big winners last weekend on the football field, earning big wins over ranked opponents. We talk about their playoff chances and touch up on these other topics:

• Clemson's quarterback situation with Trevor Lawrence taking the starting job and Kelly Bryant deciding to leave the program.
• Alabama continues to look invincible
• West Virginia and Oklahoma appear on a collision course in the Big 12.
• And we look ahead to big games this weekend:

No. 19 Texas vs. No. 7 Oklahoma Maryland at No. 15 Michigan No. 5 LSU at No. 22 Florida FSU at No. 17 Miami No. 6 Notre Dame at No. 24 Virginia Tech

This past week saw seven teams in the bottom half of the top 25 lose - with five of them being upsets.

We look at the five upsets - Virginia Tech (Old Dominion), Mississippi State (Kentucky), Oklahoma State (Texas Tech), TCU (Texas), Boston College (Purdue)

We also talk about how the top 12 did not have a single loss in it and who survived the biggest scare.

Also, which team has the longest road back to where they want to be? Tennessee, Nebraska, UCLA and Florida State.

We also look ahead to Top 25 games this weekend:

• #12 West Virginia at #25 Texas Tech
• #19 Oregon at #24 Cal
• #20 BYU at #11 Washington
• #7 Stanford at #8 Notre Dame
• #4 Ohio State at #9 Penn State

Ohio State, LSU and Alabama were the big winners this past Saturday.

The Big Ten, Pac-12 South and Florida State were the big losers.

We talk about all of that and more on this week's podcast.

There were no big stunning upsets in Week 2, but there were plenty of interesting talking points from it.

On this podcast we discuss:

• Clemson's tight win over Texas A&M
• Jalen Hurts playing significant minutes for Alabama
• Georgia's statement win over South Carolina
• Stanford's rightful claim to being the favorite in the Pac-12
• A good weekend for the American
• Kansas and Kentucky break some really old streaks
• And the big games in Week 3

All of this and more on this week's episode.

Five days of college football has passed us by and we're looking at the biggest stories from the weekend.

• Alabama's special new starting QB
• The Big Ten (L)East
• Auburn's big win over Washington
• LSU's triumph over Miami

Also some of the bigger upsets, coaches on the hot seat and more on the season opening podcast.

Our college football countdown started at No. 129 back in April - now we are at No. 1 and ready for the season to begin.

Teams we discuss on this podcast:

10. Washington

9. Auburn

8. Wisconsin

7. USC

6. Oklahoma

5. Ohio State

4. Georgia

3. Miami

2. Clemson

1. Alabama

Karl Benson talks about when he made the decision to step away as commissioner, what he plans on doing in his retirement, whether he's interested in a spot on the College Football Playoff selection committee and his thoughts on conference realignment.

On this week's podcast, we talk about:

No. 16 Stanford

No. 15 Mississippi State

No. 14 Notre Dame

No. 13 Virginia Tech

No. 12 Penn State

No. 11 Michigan State

On this week's podcast, we talk about:

No. 24 Texas A&M

No. 23 Oklahoma State

No. 22 Boise State

No. 21 LSU

No. 20 TCU

No. 19 Northwestern

No. 18 UCF

No. 17 West Virginia