Thru the Ringer

The Ringer's Mark Titus and Tate Frazier break down Kansas's upset over Duke and the real purpose behind early-season college basketball events. Then, Titus and Tate run through the SEC (16:30) and offer up their thoughts on the conference as a whole.

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The Ringer’s Mallory Rubin and Ben Glicksman discuss last weekend’s major upsets of Washington (3:10), Clemson (9:35), and Michigan (17:11). They speak with Nicole Auerbach of USA Today about the Big Ten landscape (19:20), which teams are still in the playoff race (37:25), and what games to watch this weekend (47:30).

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The Ringer's Chris Vernon is joined by Andy Staples of Sports Illustrated to discuss the playoff rankings, this week's Top 25 games (6:50), how C.J. Spiller saved Clemson (21:00), and their top picks (27:00).

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The Ringer's Mallory Rubin and Ben Glicksman answer listener questions regarding LSU's offense, a two-loss playoff team (18:42), their fantasy postseason matchups (33:28), and the "Arkansas Waterfall" (45:40).

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The Ringer's Chris Vernon is joined by Bleacher Report's Adam Kramer to discuss Washington's snub (5:00), Bama-LSU (8:00), Nebraska's signature win (15:00), Wisconsin-Northwestern (19:00), Washington-Cal (24:05), Penn State-Iowa (32:00), and Vandy's ridiculous line against Auburn (36:00).

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The Ringer's Mark Titus and Tate Frazier break down all things B1G, including Jim Delany's new frontier (5:00), Northwestern's NCAA drought (10:00), Tom Izzo's favorable reputation (17:00), the year of Tom Crean (23:00), Illinois's bad luck (35:00), an Ed DeChellis conspiracy (44:00), and insane conference predictions (45:00).

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The Ringer's Mallory Rubin and Ben Glicksman predict tonight's College Football Playoff rankings, give their weekly Clemson update (8:50), and review last week's upsets (15:45). Then, they discuss "Heisman moments" (21:35), Jim Harbaugh's corrective spectacles (29:40), and what a win over Bama would mean for Coach O's destiny (33:18).

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The Ringer's Chris Vernon is joined by Vegas Insider's Brian Edwards to discuss the Top 25 matchups this weekend (4:00), being skeptical of the Nebraska hype (8:00), Florida State's shot to upset Clemson (12:00), Charlie Strong’s chances of getting canned (19:15), West Virginia's ability to contend (25:00), the Memphis shooting incident (34:25), Mike Leach's captain selection process (37:00), and lines on potential championship games (41:10).

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The Ringer's Mark Titus and Tate Frazier make their debut and discuss the ACC's dominance, the top five teams in the conference (8:30), Jim Boeheim's happiness (14:00), Virginia's Final Four slump (18:00), Duke's major question marks (26:00), the impressive freshman class (32:00), Kevin Stallings's coaching approach (40:00), and insane predictions for the season (43:00).

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The Ringer's Mallory Rubin and Ben Glicksman discuss Ohio State's shocking loss to Penn State (6:00), Alabama's monstrous defensive line (16:00), Leonard Fournette's return (28:00), the top story lines outside of the top-10 teams (35:00), and the Top 25 matchups in Week 9 (44:00).

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