Oregon dashes USC's playoff hopes, and rivalry week kicks off

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, they wrap up the podcast by answering listener email and live chat questions. For the video simulcasts of our POC please subscribe to your ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube channel⁠⁠⁠⁠! Please follow, give the POC a five-star rating and post a review on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠You can bet all of the Big Ten games over at MyBookie! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 the podcast by answering listener email and live chat questions. For the video simulcasts of our POC please subscribe to your ⁠⁠⁠YouTube channel⁠⁠⁠! Please follow, give the POC a five-star rating and post a review on ⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠! ⁠⁠⁠⁠You can bet all of the Big Ten games over at MyBookie! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Iowa and USC and, honestly, not much else. As always, they wrap up the podcast by answering listener email and live chat questions. For the video simulcasts of our POC please subscribe to your ⁠⁠YouTube channel⁠⁠! Please follow, give the POC a five-star rating and post a review on ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠! ⁠⁠⁠You can bet all of the Big Ten games over at MyBookie! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 game, but lost starting quarterback Dylan Raiola for the remainder of the season. Curt Cignetti continues his killing spree, obliterating Maryland before Indiana's debut at No. 2 in the first College Football Playoff rankings. Looking ahead to week 11, the guys preview and pick against the spread for all of the Big Ten games including the marquee game of the weekend with No. 9 Oregon at No. 20 Iowa. The guys also discuss those initial CFP rankings and discuss UCLA suing the Rose Bowl trying to get out of its contract to play there. As always, they wrap up the podcast by answering listener email and live chat questions. For the video simulcasts of our POC please subscribe to your ⁠YouTube channel⁠! Please follow, give the POC a five-star rating and post a review on ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠ and ⁠Spotify⁠! ⁠⁠You can bet all of the Big Ten games over at MyBookie! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. As always, they wrap up the podcast by answering listener email and live chat questions. For the video simulcasts of our POC please subscribe to your YouTube channel! Please follow, give the POC a five-star rating and post a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! ⁠You can bet all of the Big Ten games over at MyBookie! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 more in between. Looking ahead to week nine, Michigan and Michigan State will face off, while No. 23 Illinois will look to get a road win at Washington. As always, they wrap up the podcast by answering listener email and live chat questions. You can bet all of the Big Ten games over at MyBookie! Here is the link to the Survivor Pool: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfd40mHRlNb_kMm2alkG1Nh_l9_osLfJqXQ5MdMaMlr8fHPww/viewform?fbzx=7409685804100062573 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 here. From week seven the Big Ten had some exciting games including Indiana smashing Oregon in Eugene, USC outmuscling Michigan, Ohio State throttling Illinois and UCLA smoking Michigan State. Looking ahead to week eight the last scheduled USC vs. Notre Dame game is in South Bend, Washington travels to Michigan and Penn State will try to get right at Iowa. The guys also welcome in special guest Chris Gorham, starring in CBS's new drama "Sheriff Country" (and a huge UCLA fan). As always, they wrap up the podcast by answering listener email and live chat questions. Here is the link to the Survivor Pool: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfd40mHRlNb_kMm2alkG1Nh_l9_osLfJqXQ5MdMaMlr8fHPww/viewform?fbzx=7409685804100062573 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Ryan then preview this weekend's slate, featuring Indiana heading to Oregon, Michigan in the Coliseum against USC and Ohio State on the road taking on Illinois. As always, they wrap up the podcast by answering listener questions. Here is the link to the Survivor Pool: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfd40mHRlNb_kMm2alkG1Nh_l9_osLfJqXQ5MdMaMlr8fHPww/viewform?fbzx=7409685804100062573 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfd40mHRlNb_kMm2alkG1Nh_l9_osLfJqXQ5MdMaMlr8fHPww/viewform?fbzx=7409685804100062573 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 White Out game plus No. 21 USC visiting No. 23 Illinois. As usual Ryan and Dave end the podcast answering listener emails and questions from the YouTube chat. Join our POC ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Survivor Pool⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! For the video simulcasts of our POC please subscribe to your ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Please subscribe, give the POC a five-star rating and post a review on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Send us a text or leave us a voicemail by texting or calling (424) 532-0678 or you can email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices