Podcast of Champions - Big Ten Football Podcast

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back to recap Indiana -- INDIANA -- winning a national championship, beating Miami 27-21 on Monday night. The Killer Curt Cignetti put the finishing touches on the first 16-0 season in modern college football history, taking a 3-9 Hoosiers squad that was the loosingest program in the country to national champions in...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back to recap Indiana absolutely demolishing Oregon in the Semifinals, setting up a National Championship Game between Indiana and Miami. Can Curt Cignetti continues his killing ways? Do we always ask stupid questions? You'll find out the answers to both in this episode (hint: it's yes.) As always, they wrap up the...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back to recap Oregon blowing out Texas Tech and Indiana mud-stomping Alabama in the quarterfinals to set up a rematch in the semifinals of the College Football Playoff. The fellas also recap every other Big Ten bowl game. Dave and Ryan then preview the game between Indiana and Oregon, with the winner advancing the n...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back to discuss the Oregon Ducks taking care of business against James Madison, advancing in the College Football Playoffs and putting three Big Ten programs into the quarterfinals. Dan Lanning and company jumped all over the Dukes early, but allowed 28 points in the second half including 14 in the final quarter tha...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods talk about Washington's blowout victory over Boise State in the L.A. Bowl, and then preview the matchup between James Madison and Oregon in the first round of the Playoffs tomorrow. As always, they wrap up the podcast by answering listener email and live chat questions. For the video simulcasts of our POC please subscri...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods talk about Indiana's victory over Ohio State in the Big Ten Title game, and then the placement for each of the Big Ten teams in the Playoffs. With the Hoosiers and Buckeyes being the top-2 seeds, both programs get a bye and with Oregon coming in at No. 5, the Ducks get a home game against the lowest ranked program in th...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods talk about rivalry week in the Big Ten, featuring Ohio State finally exorcising its Michigan demons, and Oregon taking care of business against Washington, among many other games. Additionally, the fellas talk about UCLA hiring a new coach, and Penn State operating on Day 1314 of its coaching search. Next, the guys prev...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods talk about week 13 in the Big Ten, featuring Oregon taking care of business at home and in the process wiping out USC's chances at the College Football Playoff. The fellas also preview week 14 in the Big Ten, featuring rivalry games between Michigan and Ohio State, UCLA and USC, Indiana and Purdue, and others. As always...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods talk about week 12 in the Big Ten, featuring USC's big home victory over Iowa as well as Penn State winning the battle of the winless against Michigan State. The fellas also preview week 13 in the Big Ten, featuring a hugely significant matchup between now No. 15 USC and No. 7 Oregon in Eugene. As always, they wrap up t...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods talk about week 11 in the Big Ten that included No. 2 Indiana surviving a major test at Penn State and No. 9 Oregon doing the same at Iowa. Then they talk about Jedd Fisch committing a fireable offense, losing on the road at Wisconsin. The fellas then preview week 12 in the Big Ten, featuring a ranked matchup between Io...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods talk about week ten in the Big Ten that included No. 1 Ohio State tearing the heart out of Penn State, leaving the Nittany Lions winless in conference play heading into November. The No. 19 ranked Trojans didn't play a clean game, but it was clean enough to take down Nebraska in Lincoln. The Huskers not only lost the ga...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods talk about week nine in the Big Ten, including Indiana's demolition of upstart UCLA, Michigan knocking off Michigan State, and Rutgers coming from behind to beat Purdue on the road. Looking ahead to week ten, Penn State squares off against Ohio State, USC heads to Nebraska, and Indiana looks to go 9-0 against Maryland....

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods talk about Curt Cignetti signing a big extension and then hosting Big Noon Kickoff this weekend against suddenly resurgent UCLA. From week eight, the Big Ten had many exciting games, including UCLA's walkoff win over Maryland, USC's 34-24 loss to Notre Dame in maybe the last rivalry game ever between the two, and much m...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods try to make sense of the unprecedented fall from grace for the Penn State Nittany Lions, who three weeks ago was a play away from taking down Oregon to now firing head coach James Franklin after inexplicable losses to UCLA and Northwestern. The guys give their takes on the regime change and discuss where PSU goes from h...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap an exciting week six in the Big Ten, including UCLA's surprising victory over Penn State in the Rose Bowl, the biggest upset of the 2025 college football season. The Bruins shocked the Nittany Lions, marking the first time a winless program with at least four losses took down a top-10 team since 1985. Dave and Rya...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap a big week 5 in the Big Ten, including Oregon knocking off Penn State in Happy Valley. Dave and Ryan then preview the weekend slate, with Penn State looking to rebound against UCLA and six other Big Ten games. As always, they wrap up by answering listener questions. Here is the link to the Survivor Pool: https://d...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap a big week 4 in the Big Ten that saw Indiana absolutely trounce then-No. 9 Illinois 63-10. Last season the guys were 100% on the Curt Cignetti bandwagon, are they back on now? Dave and Ryan then preview the huge weekend slate, featuring a massive headliner, with No. 6 Oregon traveling to No. 3 Penn State for a Whi...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap a big week 3 in Big Ten football, which saw the first coach firing of the season with UCLA letting go of DeShaun Foster . The fellas then preview the weekend slate, featuring a nearly full slate of conference matchups, as well as Washington and Oregon playing their in-state rivals. As usual Ryan and Dave end the p...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap a big week 2 in Big Ten football, including Michigan's loss to Oklahoma, Illinois' big blowout of Duke, and much more in-between. The fellas then preview the weekend slate, featuring the first conference matchups of the season in addition to the Wisconsin roadie to Alabama. As usual Ryan and Dave end the podcast a...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap a big week 1 in Big Ten football, including Ohio State knocking off Texas, Utah blasting UCLA, and Michigan surviving against New Mexico. The fellas then preview the weekend slate, featuring Michigan traveling to Oklahoma. As usual Ryan and Dave end the podcast answering listener emails and questions from the YouT...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods preview week 1 of Big Ten football. The fellas talk about the big P4 vs. P4 matchups between Texas and Ohio State and Utah and UCLA, and then also touch on the rest of the games throughout the conference. As usual Ryan and Dave end the podcast answering listener emails and questions from the YouTube chat. Join our POC S...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back to talk more Big Ten football. The fellas talk about the sanctions Michigan will face, and then dive into the beyond stupid Big Ten expanded playoff proposal that would include 24 or 28 teams and seven (7) automatic qualifiers from the B1G and SEC. They also talk about the SEC finally moving to nine conference...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back to talk more Big Ten football. The season kicks off in about three weeks and the excitement and anticipation continues to grow as we get closer and closer to watching real college football in 2025. Today, the fellas go over the Coaches Poll being released and where the different Big Ten teams stack up in the po...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods have returned from Las Vegas and Media Days to actually record another episode less than one week later. The fellas go over the MyBookie regular season over/under win totals for each of the Big Ten football programs and make their picks of over or under the projected number of wins. Preparation was minimal we can assure...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts  Ryan Abraham  and  David Woods  return to talk about Big Ten Media Days, live from Las Vegas. The fellas talk about what they learned during the three days in Vegas, and their general takeaways from hearing from the coaches. As usual Ryan and Dave end the podcast answering listener emails and questions from the YouTube chat. For the video simulcas...