— Ian Book kept No. 2 Notre Dame’s offense moving while the Fighting Irish defense locked down Sam Howell and No. 25 North Carolina's potent offense for the final three quarters on a 31-17 victory on Friday.
Week 13 provided a history-making kickoff, an 8-TD performance and plenty of Rivalry Week fireworks.
UNC running back Javonte Williams finally has a chance to be noticed when the Tar Heels take on No. 2 Notre Dame. Plus, rivalry weekend has arrived. Here's what you need to know for the Egg Bowl, Iron Bowl and more.
Pollack and Negandhi kick off the podcast discussing the first batch of College Football Playoff rankings, Notre Dame heading to North Carolina down two offensive linemen, Northwestern surprisingly smashing Wisconsin, David’s Dude of the Week, Coastal Carolina’s offense, Maryland-Indiana, JT Daniels impressing in his Georgia debut and their Week 13 picks. Later, Rece Davis hops on to talk about being in the spotlight with Northwestern’s success, BYU landing at No. 14, a nightmare playoff scenario for Cincinnati, the deck being stacked against the Pac-12 and the start of the college basketball season (48:39).
Alabama is No. 1 in the initial College Football Playoff rankings, followed by Notre Dame, Clemson and Ohio State. BYU debuts at No. 14 despite a 9-0 start.
Herbie and Negandhi kick off the podcast discussing what they might see in the first batch of College Football Playoff rankings, BYU turning down a game against Washington, Notre Dame-UNC, Dabo Swinney’s raging against Florida State, Indiana’s near comeback against Ohio State, Northwestern having Wisconsin’s number and the Iron Bowl.
There's a new team atop the Big 12. Who else made a jump in this week's college football conference power rankings?
The top of the AP Top 25 college football poll remains the same, but there's plenty of movement in the back half. Here's what's next for each ranked team.
In a very 2020 weekend in college football, Indiana nearly upset Ohio State, Cincinnati proved it belongs in the playoff discussion and Coastal Carolina stayed undefeated.
Tom Luginbill joins to talk about the necessary win some teams need this weekend and Mark & Wes get some fan ACCounting.
Miami's next three games have been rescheduled as a result of COVID-19 issues inside the program, forcing multiple ACC games to be shuffled.
The ACC Network's Eric Mac Lain stops by for his weekly visit and helps us breakdown the track meet between UNC and Wake Forest. He also gets into Notre Dame’s win over Boston College and Miami’s tight win against Virginia Tech. We also look at the week's best catches in one of the year's best versions of "Wide Receiver U" and RIck Pitino thinks we should push the college basketball season back.
Who were the movers and shakers in this week's college football conference power rankings?
There have been Saturdays with more drama and bigger games. But this week still gave us surprises in the Big Ten, wild finishes and a fake spike for the win.
| TEAM | CONF | OVR |
|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame | 8-0 | 9-0 |
| Clemson | 7-1 | 8-1 |
| Miami | 6-1 | 7-1 |
| North Carolina | 6-3 | 6-3 |
| NC State | 6-3 | 7-3 |
| Boston College | 5-4 | 6-4 |
| Virginia Tech | 4-4 | 4-5 |
| Wake Forest | 3-3 | 4-3 |
| Pittsburgh | 4-5 | 5-5 |
| Virginia | 3-4 | 4-4 |
| Georgia Tech | 3-4 | 3-5 |
| Louisville | 2-7 | 3-7 |
| Florida State | 1-6 | 2-6 |
| Duke | 1-7 | 2-7 |
| Syracuse | 1-8 | 1-9 |
| CFP RANKINGS | AP | COACHES |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | 25 | 23 |
| NAME | POS | STATUS | GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keeshawn Silver | DE | Committed | 90 |
| Drake Maye | QB-PP | Committed | 86 |
| Raneiria Dillworth | OLB | Committed | 85 |
| Power Echols | ILB | Committed | 83 |
| Gavin Blackwell | WR | Committed | 83 |
| YEAR | PLAYER | AWARD |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | J. Peppers | Chuck Bednarik Award |
| 2001 | J. Peppers | Lombardi Award |
