The Audible with Stew, Bruce & Ralph: A show about college football

The 2026 college football season is officially here! Today we break down the massive emergency eligibility guardrails passed by the Big Ten and SEC, Arch Manning's surprising drop in the Top 100 rankings, and hand out our official Week 0 picks.

Welcome back to The Audible with Stew & Ralph! With the final Week 0 games kicking off this week, football is finally back. Stew and Ralph pull back the curtain on their ultimate game-day viewing habits, detailing the micro player details and macro team schemes they focus on when tape is rolling.

The guys dive into the biggest news of the week: the Big Ten and SEC passing historic roster guardrails to prevent players on professional sports contracts from returning to the college ranks. Plus, we react to The Athletic's Top 100 list seeing Texas quarterback Arch Manning slide to No. 32, predict which Top 25 powerhouse will end up completely unranked, and drop our official Week 0 game picks.

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Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
1:45 - SEC and Big Ten take a stand
11:55 - Top 100 College Football players talk
18:00 - Week 0 preview
23:45 - North Carolina vs. TCU
26:52 - San Jose State at USC
31:45 - NC State at Virginia
35:31 - Memphis at UNLV
39:08 - Mailbag

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Who wins the 2026 College Football Playoff? Could we see a repeat champion with the Indiana Hoosiers? Will Arch Manning and the Texas Longhorns capture the title? Stew and Ralph give their picks for the 2026 CFP.

Welcome back to The Audible presented by The Athletic! In today's episode, Stew and Ralph go head-to-head with their preseason playoff projections. Ralph is backing the Texas Longhorns to take down the Oregon Ducks for the national title. Meanwhile, Stew drops a bombshell prediction, picking the Indiana Hoosiers to defeat Notre Dame and secure back-to-back national championships!

Plus, we break down a historic college football transfer market anomaly. Former Ole Miss tight end Dae'Quan Wright has been waived by the Cleveland Browns and is headed to LSU to rejoin his former coach Lane Kiffin. This would make him the first player to ever go from the pros back to the college ranks. What does this mean for the future of player eligibility?

Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
1:47 - Dea’Quan Wright expected to return to NCAA from NFL
10:05 - How did we get to this point?
23:22 - Ralph’s CFP bracket
38:20 - Stewart’s CFP bracket
49:09 - Bruce’s CFP bracket
50:35 - Heisman predictions

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Ralph's Bracket:
First Round
12 Navy at 5 Miami
11 TCU at 6 Notre Dame
10 Louisville vs 7 Florida
9 Washington vs 8 Texas Tech

Bye
1 Texas
2 Ohio State
3 Oregon
4 LSU

Quarterfinals
Texas vs Texas Tech
LSU vs Miami
Notre Dame vs Oregon
Ohio State vs Florida

Semifinal
Miami vs Texas
Oregon vs Ohio State

Final
Texas-Oregon

Champion
Texas

Stew’s Bracket:

First Round
8 Oklahoma vs 9 Georgia
5 Texas vs 12 Boise State
7 Ohio State vs 10 LSU
6 BYU vs 11 USC

Bye
1 Indiana
2 Notre Dame
3 Oregon
4 Miami

Quarterfinals
Indiana vs Georgia
Miami vs Texas
Notre Dame vs Ohio State
Oregon vs BYU

Semifinal
Indiana vs Miami
Notre Dame vs Oregon

Final
Indiana vs Notre Dame

Champion
Indiana

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Can Dan Lanning finally take the Oregon Ducks all the way to the top? Will Jeremiah Smith follow up a historic season by leading the Ohio State superteam back to a championship? And can Curt Cignetti replicate the unfathomable standard he set at Indiana?

Welcome back to The Audible! In this episode, Stew and Ralph break down everything you need to know about the powerhouse Big Ten ahead of the upcoming season. The guys dive deep into a complete 18-team preview, separating the true College Football Playoff heavyweights from the programs facing massive pressure.

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro
2:05 - Ohio State
3:49 - Oregon
6:25 - Indiana
8:30 - Does their non-conference schedule catch up with them?
10:58 - Challengers
11:09 - USC
13:59 - Michigan
17:30 - Penn State
20:35 - Washington
23:30 - Iowa
26:08 - Nebraska/Interesting coaching situations
29:23 - Wisconsin
32:27 - Maryland
34:38 - Northwestern
38:32 - Rutgers
41:40 - UCLA
43:02 - Michigan State
45:00 - Wildcards/Minnesota
46:45 - Purdue
48:06 - Illinois
50:00 - Mailbag

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The road to the 2026 College Football Playoff starts right here. Today, Stewart Mandel and Ralph Russo are breaking down every angle of the newly released 2026 AP Preseason Top 25 Poll. Big Ten heavyweights Ohio State and Oregon headline the poll at No. 1 and No. 2. But does this mean the Buckeyes or Ducks can actually make the National Championship game? We deep dive into whether Marcus Freeman's Notre Dame Fighting Irish truly belong at No. 4, or if they are sitting in a preseason trap.

Then, we flip the script to the Group of 6 (G6) preview. Stew and Ralph focus on the newly rebuilt Pac-12 conference and look at how Boise State is leading the pack after receiving the most votes outside the Top 25. We rank our top 3 CFP contenders from the G6 and close things out with a coaching special: which coaches could be on the move after the 2026 season wraps up?

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:53 - AP Top 25 Preseason Poll
14:20 - Jayden Daniels
21:21 - Notre Dame
29:49 - G6 conversation
43:08 - Drafting G6 contenders for playoff
53:21 - Coaches Convo

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Can Mario Cristobal finally deliver a championship season in Miami? Is Dabo Swinney ready to evolve and get Clemson out of their recent slump? And can Bill Belichick salvage his high-stakes experiment at North Carolina after a disastrous 4-8 year?

Welcome back to The Audible! In this episode, Stew, Bruce, and Ralph break down everything you need to know about the ACC ahead of the 2026 season. The guess dive deep into the ultimate 17-team ACC preview, sorting the true College Football Playoff contenders from the teams sitting firmly on the coaching hot seat.

🏈 TIMESTAMPS

0:00 - Intro
1:17 - Miami
5:00 - Challengers/Clemson
9:43 - Louisville
12:32 - SMU
14:48 - Miami vs the Field
17:25 - Dark Horses/Virginia
21:36 - NC State
24:26 - Virginia Tech
26:58 - Cal
29:42 - Stanford
31:51 - Hot Seat coaches
32:00 - Florida State
38:16 - Syracuse
40:48 - Boston College
43:24 - North Carolina
48:46 - End of the Belichick era?
50:56 - Wildcards/Georgia Tech
53:16 - Duke
55:00 - Wake Forest
56:32 - Pitt
59:14 - Mailbag

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