The Number One College Football Show with RJ Young

FOX Sports’ RJ Young presents his Top 25 rankings after Week 1 of the 2022 college football season. RJ was particularly impressed by the Oklahoma Sooners, USC Trojans, and BYU Cougars, but thought the Iowa Hawkeyes, Utah Utes, and Oklahoma State Cowboys had disappointing performances in their season openers. Then, RJ discusses the travel issues for Utah and the Texas Longhorns following their game...

RJ Young reacts to the biggest games and storylines from Week 1 of the college football season. RJ shares his thoughts on the Notre Dame - Ohio State game, Georgia’s rout over Oregon, Utah’s matchup against Florida, and more. Then, RJ discusses the College Football Playoff's board of managers decision to expand the CFP to 12 teams in 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com...

RJ Young reacts to the news that The CFP Board of Managers has approved a 12-Team College Football Playoff by unanimous vote. More analysis on this topic to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FOX Sports’ RJ Young is joined by Producer Tyler for the first mailbag episode of the season. RJ and Tyler discuss the future of the OU-Oklahoma State rivalry, public perception of the Oklahoma Sooners, how Nebraska can get back to .500, which teams are going to be a problem this season, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FOX Sports’ RJ Young is joined by Geoff Schwartz to preview the biggest matchups in Week 1 of the college football season. They start by breaking down the top five game between Notre Dame and Ohio State and then shift gears to Oregon vs. Georgia. Oregon is Geoff’s alma mater and he’s high on the ducks this year. Then they discuss the matchups between Cincinnati and Arkansas, Utah and Florida, and...

FOX Sports’ RJ Young debuts a new name and design for the show, which is now called ‘The Number One College Football Show with RJ Young.’ Then, RJ breaks down what happened in the Week 0 Big Noon matchup between the Nebraska Cornhuskers and Northwestern Wildcats. Nebraska had an 11-point lead in the third quarter, but costly turnovers and a strong rushing attack propelled Northwestern over Nebrask...

Welcome to the Number One College Football Show! Each week, FOX College Football Analyst RJ Young sits down with coaches, players & legends of the game for a unique conversation about all things college football & recruiting. In season, RJ shares his perspective on the top storylines from Saturday plus instant reactions to the AP and College Football Playoff rankings. Learn more about your ad choi...

FOX Sports’ RJ Young previews the 2022 college football season. RJ opens the show with a preview of the Big Noon match-up between Nebraska and Northwestern that will take place on Saturday in Ireland. Then, RJ breaks down the ten teams who he believes can make the national championship and the top five most important non-conference games. RJ closes the show by giving his top five Heisman contender...

FOX Sports’ RJ Young is joined by Florida A&M head coach Willie Simmons. Coach Simmons discusses his playing career at Clemson, his relationship with Jackson State head coach and former NFL/MLB star Deion Sanders, and what his goals are for his team and other HBCU football programs.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FOX Sports’ RJ Young breaks down the top storylines, teams, and players in the SEC heading into the 2022 season. RJ shares the top five storylines around the conference that he’ll be following most closely as the season goes along. Then, RJ breaks down which teams he thinks will overachieve, which teams will underachieve, and shares which players he thinks will have a breakout year. Finally, RJ cl...

FOX Sports’ RJ Young breaks down the top storylines, teams, and players in the ACC heading into the 2022 season. RJ shares the top five storylines around the conference that he’ll be following most closely as the season goes along. Then, RJ breaks down which teams he thinks will overachieve, which teams will underachieve, and shares which players he thinks will have a breakout year. Finally, RJ cl...

RJ Young reacts to Mike Gundy’s comments about Oklahoma and Texas leaving the Big 12 for the SEC. Gundy was quoted as saying ‘People can talk about all the reasons, but that’s why they did it, all for the money, and took a lot of history out of this league and a lot of history out of college football with them’ in an interview with ESPN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/a...

FOX Sports’ RJ Young breaks down the top storylines, teams, and players in the Pac-12 heading into the 2022 season. RJ shares the top five storylines around the conference that he’ll be following most closely as the season goes along. Then, RJ breaks down which teams he thinks will overachieve, which teams will underachieve, and shares which players he thinks will have a breakout year. Finally, RJ...

Fox Sports’ RJ Young reacts to the AP Preseason poll by going through the top 25 and comparing the AP’s poll with his own rankings. RJ is not as high on Clemson as the AP is, but overall, there are a lot of similarities between his rankings and the AP’s. The most glaring difference is the AP has Michigan at number eight, whereas RJ leaves them out of his top 25 entirely. RJ explains that with two...

FOX Sports’ RJ Young breaks down the top storylines, teams, and players in the Big Ten heading into the 2022 season. RJ shares the top five storylines around the conference that he’ll be following most closely as the season goes along. Then, RJ breaks down which teams he thinks will overachieve, which teams will underachieve, and shares which players he thinks will have a breakout year. Finally, R...

FOX Sports’ RJ Young breaks down the top storylines, teams, and players in the Big 12 heading into the 2022 season. RJ shares the top five storylines around the conference that he’ll be following most closely as the season goes along. Then, RJ breaks down which teams he thinks will exceed preseason expectations, which teams will fall short of expectations, and shares which players he thinks will h...

RJ Young reacts to the news of longtime Oklahoma assistant Cale Gundy stepping down from the program. RJ details why Gundy stepped down, how head coach Brent Venables reacted, and how it affects the Sooners heading into the season. RJ explores the emotions Sooner fans are feeling, and how they can move forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In part two from Pac-12 Media Day, FOX Sports’ RJ Young sits down with Oregon Ducks head coach Dan Lanning, Utah Utes head coach Kyle Whittingham, Stanford Cardinal head coach David Shaw, Colorado Buffaloes head coach Karl Dorrell, Oregon State Beavers head coach Jonathan Smith, and Washington Huskies head coach Kalen DeBoer. RJ also gets the chance to speak with Utah QB Cameron Rising and Colorad...

RJ Young sits down with USC Trojans head coach Lincoln Riley, UCLA Bruins head coach Chip Kelly, Cal’s Justin Wilcox, Washington State’s Jake Dickert, Arizona State’s Herm Edwards, and Arizona’s Jedd Fisch. RJ also gets the chance to speak with USC Quarterback Caleb Williams and Washington State QB Cameron Ward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the second show from Big Ten Media Days, RJ Young speaks with Ohio State QB CJ Stroud and head coach Ryan Day, Penn State's Sean Clifford and James Franklin, Wisconsin's Graham Mertz and Paul Chryst, and more. RJ and CJ Stroud have a great conversation about his mom, how he stays motivated, and how he ended up being a Buckeye. Then, RJ chats with Ohio State head coach Ryan Day about WR coach Br...

Fox Sports' RJ Young sits down with head coaches Jim Harbaugh, Scott Frost, Kirk Ferentz, PJ Fleck and more from Big Ten Media Days in Indianapolis. He asks them about the season ahead, what they think about USC and UCLA joining the Big Ten, and how they feel about the future of college football. RJ also speaks with Michigan QB Cade McNamara, Minnesota QB Tanner Morgan, and other players on what t...

FOX Sports’ RJ Young shares his thoughts on Kirby Smart’s new contract with Georgia, which makes him the highest-paid coach in college football. This news comes just a few days after he made some interesting comments regarding NIL. Then, RJ explains why “The Bear” in the Big Ten’s “Original Beef” is conference realignment and makes his prediction for who will win the Heisman trophy. Finally, RJ wo...

FOX Sports’ RJ Young shares his biggest takeaways after Big 12 Media Days. RJ reacts to the Big 12 director of officiating’s comments regarding the ‘Horns Down’ gesture, and wonders why this is still a problem. Then RJ explains why he believes Brent Venables is the third perfect hire in a row to be the head coach of Oklahoma. Finally, RJ wonders if the parity in the conference has ever been higher...

FOX Sports' RJ Young provides a behind the scenes look from Big 12 media days as he interviewed players off-camera. -Oklahoma’s Marvin Mims & Woodi Washington (00:00:23-00:10:32) -Baylor’s Dillon Doyle & Bryson Jackson (00:10:30:-00:21:02) -Texas Tech’s Myles Price & Tyree Wilson (00:21:03-00:32:53) -Kansas’ Earl Bostick (00:32:54-00:45:42) -Kansas’ Kenny Logan Jr, Devin Neal, Jalon Daniels (00:45...

FOX Sports’ RJ Young sat down with Texas Longhorns' Steve Sarkisian, Baylor Bears' Dave Aranda, Texas Tech Red Raiders' Joey McGuire, TCU Horned Frogs' Sonny Dykes, and Iowa State Cyclones' Matt Campbell at Big 12 Media Days in Dallas. RJ also got the chance to speak with Texas RB Bijan Robinson and LB DeMarvion Overshown, plus TCU WR Quentin Johnston. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...