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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