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You might not exactly care about what happens between the lines at Doak Campbell Stadium on Saturday — which is a sad reflection of how the FSU-Miami game has fallen — but it will absolutely affect the forthcoming college football offseason. Host:  Trey Scott    Guest: Andrew Ivins Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  Stitcher , or w...

You know the story of Tennessee football the last few months: Booted Jeremy Pruitt, hired the nondescript Josh Heupel, lost about two dozen players in the transfer portal. Yet here the Vols are in November, with an eight-win season still possible. It's one of the best and most surprising quick turnarounds this year in college football. Host:  Trey Scott    Guest: Wes Rucker Follow or Subscribe to...

We begin the episode with news out of Washington and Florida, then — catch your breath — attempt to summarize where every Power Five conference stands with three weeks left in the regular season. Then, Mike Roach joins us to talk about Texas Tech's hire of Joey McGuire as head coach. Host:  Trey Scott    Guest: Mike Roach Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on  Spotify ,  Apple Podca...

Jimmy Lake is suddenly watching his back, while Dan Mullen is banking on his Sunday night firing of DC Todd Grantham being enough to save his job for another year. Those two go down as Week 10's big losers, while the winners are honestly far and few between. Host:  Trey Scott    Guest: Brandon Marcello Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcas...

After a historically great QB class and ahead of what should be a strong one in 2023, the current offering of draft-eligible QBs will be underwhelming for the NFL. That's worth a long discussion, but not before we preview Week 10's slate of games. Host:  Trey Scott    Guest: Kevin Boilard Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  Stitcher...

Speaking from experience, Trey knows what UTSA is like to those who attend — maybe just as a stopover — and from the outside world. But the investment in a rising football program could change the trajectory of the school forever. Host:  Trey Scott    Guest: Chris Hummer Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  Stitcher , or wherever you...

Tuesday night's initial College Football Playoff rankings delivered on the goods, with Alabama surprising at No. 2, Oregon eclipsing Ohio State thanks to its head-to-head win, Cincy on the outside looking in and a content Oklahoma landing at No. 8. Host:  Trey Scott    Guest: Chris Hummer Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  Stitcher...

Talk about an action-packed day for college football fans, as weeknight MACtion returns on the same night the College Football Playoff rankings are unveiled at 7 p.m. ET. Host:  Trey Scott    Guest: Steve Helwick Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  Stitcher , or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your fav...

Jeremy Clark of 247Sports' HornedFrogBlitz.com joins Trey to take a look at the in-season breakup between TCU and Gary Patterson. They discuss what happened, what led to the parting of ways, and who the Horned Frogs could target as their next head coach. Host:  Trey Scott    Guest: Jeremy Clark Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  St...

The Big Ten East's round robin will be as intriguing as advertised, while the West is sorta confusing, too. The Pac-12 South race belongs to Utah after Arizona State's collapse, the talent gap between Georgia and Florida is growing and Notre Dame is quietly quite good. Host:  Trey Scott    Guest: Lance Glinn Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts ,  Google...

From East Lansing to Jacksonville to Waco to Columbus to Houston to Auburn, high-stakes rivalry games dot the Week 9 schedule. Trey Scott and Blake Brockermeyer preview the games and make their predictions. Host:  Trey Scott    Guest: Blake Brockermeyer Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  Stitcher , or wherever you get your podcasts...

Georgia's historic defense is getting all the acclaim so far, but fans are hoping that the possible return of J.T. Daniels kicks the offense into a similar untouchable form. Host:  Trey Scott    Guest: Jake Rowe Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  Stitcher , or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favo...

Come for the viral audio clips of James Franklin's and Mike Tomlin's Tuesday press conferences, stay for a discussion on how Texas Tech can recapture any of the magic left in Lubbock. Host:  Trey Scott    Guest: Jarret Johnson Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  Stitcher , or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcas...

They've been beating up on so-so teams, but while your attention was elsewhere, Ohio State has quietly rounded into Playoff form thanks to a post-Oregon staff change and an offensive recharging. Host:  Trey Scott    Guest: Patrick Murphy Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  Stitcher , or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sp...

It wasn't the loudest weekend as far as upsets are concerned, but we came close with Oklahoma and Kansas and then sat through a 9-OT affair in Happy Valley. Elsewhere, Oregon held on for a huge win and Pitt and Iowa State lived up to the moment. Host:  Trey Scott    Guest: Brandon Marcello Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  Stitche...

The Oregon Ducks look like a shell of the team that blitzed Ohio State in the 'Shoe. Perhaps another big-game atmosphere can wake them back up. We're banking on it, at least. Same can be said for Clemson vs. Pitt and another prove-it-or-lose-it team Saturday. Host:  Trey Scott    Guest: Erik Skopil Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,...

Bret Bielema's comments on the roster he inherited made waves this week, because it's not the kind of stuff coaches usually say about players on their team. Allen Trieu joins us to share how the message is being taken within the locker room and among high school coaches and why most new coaching staffs are probably envious of Bielema's stones. Host:  Trey Scott    Guest: Allen Trieu Follow or Subs...

The 2021 season has already been filled with so many upsets, close games, and big moments. The best part about the season however is that we are only through the first half of it! Josh Pate is joined by Bud Elliott, Blake Brockermeyer, Brandon Marcello, and Chris Hummer, as they run through the biggest storylines so far while also looking ahead at what the second half of the college football year...

Will the college football news cycle slow down a second? Today's episode is action-packed, as Trey Scott digs into the news that Wazzu termined coach Nick Rolovich for cause after he refused the covid-19 vaccine, then brings Billy Embody on board to break down the awkward transition period for LSU and why Lane Kiffin is Billy's top choice to replace Ed Orgeron in Baton Rouge. Host:  Trey Scott   ...

There's nothing better than reacting to news in real-time, which is what Trey Scott and Carl Reed do on today's episode, which began as a discussion about the many happenings of Week 7's college football slate and ended in a musing of who LSU should go after now. Host:  Trey Scott    Guest: Carl Reed Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts...

Can Kentucky pull a Texas A&M this weekend? Probably not, but here's to the 'Cats covering. Elsewhere in Week 7, Oklahoma will reveal its starting QB and the ACC Coastal is up for grabs. Host:  Trey Scott    Guest: Josh Ahler Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  Stitcher , or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports pod...

The Conference of Champions is the Conference of Chaos this season: Arizona State might win the whole thing, while Arizona could go winless. Washington State might be better than Washington. Stanford is ruining people's seasons. Chip Kelly is feeling the heat again. There's so much to get to, there's no time to discuss USC's upcoming coaching search! Host:  Trey Scott    Guest: Ryan Abraham Follow...

Wake Forest has played four ACC games. Seven teams have played two or fewer. Reeling Clemson is the betting favorite. Pitt and Virginia Tech battle this weekend to prove who's for real. North Carolina is already moving on to hoops. Expect a wild ACC championship race as the pieces begin to fit into the puzzle. Host:  Trey Scott    Guest: Cory Smith Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily...

We know Iowa will carry the Big Ten West's flag to Indianapolis. But the Big Ten East still has a TON to figure out, and recent history suggests whoever comes out of that division might topple the Hawkeyes, too, thus throwing a wrench into the Playoff discussion. Host:  Trey Scott    Guest: Steve Lorenz Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podca...

Oklahoma and Iowa kept their playoff chances alive, Texas A&M achieved the impossible, LSU and UNC continued their underachieving seasons, and Texas collapsed in the Red River Showdown. Brad Crawford joins Lance to break down the biggest games of the past Saturday. Host: Lance Glinn Guest: Brad Crawford Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on  Spotify ,  Apple Podcasts ,  Google P...