Thru the Ringer

The Ringer’s Ben Glicksman and Rodger Sherman break down the newly unveiled College Football Playoff rankings and how they differ from their personal rankings (1:00) before discussing last weekend’s instant classic between Ohio State and Penn State, TCU’s big loss, and Florida’s decision to fire head coach Jim McElwain (17:00). Later they look ahead to this weekend's plethora of big matchups (37:00).

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The Ringer’s Chris Vernon and Yahoo Sports' Dan Wetzel discuss the “double revenge” factor and playoff implications in this weekend's matchup between no. 2 Penn State at no. 6 Ohio State (1:00). They also break down no. 9 Notre Dame vs. no. 14 N.C. State, no. 3 Georgia vs. Florida (15:00), and the rest of this weekend's big matchups, and some lines to look out for (33:00).

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The Ringer’s Ben Glicksman and Rodger Sherman break down last week's dominant wins by Notre Dame and Penn State (2:00) before previewing this weekend’s huge matchup between Penn State and Ohio State (28:00) and a slew of other big games (35:00).

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The Ringer’s Chris Vernon is joined by Barton Simmons, director of scouting at 247Sports, to look ahead to this weekend’s big matchups: no. 11 USC vs. no. 13 Notre Dame, and no. 2 Penn State vs. no. 19 Michigan before (1:00). Then they take a closer look at Texas’s future (21:00) and run through the lines (41:00).

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The Ringer’s Ben Glicksman and Rodger Sherman welcome Mallory Rubin back to discuss Clemson’s shocking loss to Syracuse (2:00) before revisiting the other major upsets from the weekend (20:00). Later, Ben and Rodger give their midseason review and predictions for who makes the playoffs, who wins the Heisman trophy, and which team takes home the national championship (29:00) before looking ahead to this weekend’s big matchups (38:00).

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The Ringer's Mark Titus and Tate Frazier respond to the NCAA ruling at the conclusion of the academic investigation into North Carolina and figure out whether Pack Pride posters will survive the lack of penalties handed down.

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The Ringer’s Chris Vernon and sportswriter Wes Rucker of GoVols247 consider the potential firing of Tennessee Volunteers head coach Butch Jones (1:00) and whether Baker Mayfield and Oklahoma have what it takes to bounce back against Texas in the Red River Shootout (25:00), before looking ahead to this weekend’s lines (30:00).

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The Ringer’s Ben Glicksman and Rodger Sherman discuss the toppling of top-10 programs Oklahoma and Michigan (1:30) and wonder whether the Big 12 is out of the playoff race (7:00). Later, they discuss the seven-overtime game between Western Michigan and Buffalo and give their best prop bets of the week (15:30).

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The Ringer’s Chris Vernon and USA Today’s Dan Wolken look ahead to all of this weekend’s big matchups and talk about Bobby Petrino’s job prospects (1:00), Washington’s chances to go undefeated this season (29:00), and which lines they like most (34:00).

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The Ringer’s Ben Glicksman and Rodger Sherman discuss LSU and the SEC’s conference woes outside of Alabama’s dominance (1:20). They also discuss Washington State’s big upset against USC (14:00), Clemson’s supremacy, and this weekend’s big matchups (32:00).

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