CFP Rankings Debut: Miami Snubbed? + Auburn's Coaching Search Begins
The Audible with Stew, Bruce & Ralph: A show about college football
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🗓️ 5 November 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
The first College Football Playoff rankings are out, and Ralph has a gripe: every head-to-head matchup mattered except Notre Dame-Miami. Ralph and Stew debate whether the Hurricanes got disrespected at #18 while the Irish sit at #10, and break down why the committee might be valuing progression over early-season results.
There are blueprints for getting two Big 12 teams in the playoff, with BYU and Texas Tech both ranked in the top eight. They discuss Oregon's surprisingly low ranking at #9 despite being undefeated, Texas's position as the first team out, and whether the SEC could realistically get six or even seven teams into the playoff.
Bruce joins to talk about who might replace Hugh Freeze, from James Franklin and Jimbo Fisher to rising stars like John Sumrall and Kenny Dillingham. Plus, the crew makes their picks for the week's biggest games: BYU at Texas Tech, Texas A&M at Missouri, Oregon at Iowa, and LSU at Alabama.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Audible presented by Trader Joe's. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm Stuart Mandel, joined right now by Ralph Russo. |
| 0:16.0 | Bruce Feldman will be joining us later, though when it was recorded was earlier. |
| 0:22.1 | Ralph and I are hitting you up right after the first college football playoff rankings come out. |
| 0:26.4 | Later with Bruce, we will do our picks, talk a little bit of Auburn coaching candidates. |
| 0:31.6 | But first, Ralph, it's back. |
| 0:33.6 | It's that time of year where we first we find a way to watch ESPN with that isn't, you know, pirated. |
| 0:42.6 | And then we watch Joey Galloway and Greg McElroy or Reese Davis. |
| 0:47.3 | Yeah, Greg McElroy said on the show, hey, I don't really have any problem with this. |
| 0:52.0 | I didn't either, but I hear you have a gripe. |
| 0:56.0 | I do. |
| 0:57.9 | You know, I try not to make too much of this. |
| 1:00.6 | And Mitch is, again, maybe not the best podcasting. |
| 1:03.0 | Maybe I need to be more fired up about it. |
| 1:05.1 | But every head-to-head mattered except Notre Dame and Miami. |
| 1:10.8 | That was every other head to Texas. |
| 1:13.4 | I had Oklahoma. |
| 1:14.3 | They even had Virginia at like 14. |
| 1:17.8 | And Virginia is like barely a top 30 team. |
| 1:21.5 | But, you know, again, the Cavaliers are playing great. |
| 1:23.7 | So you got to give them the recognition because of the way, you know, they're winning games. |
| 1:27.2 | Well, they mean Louisville. So they're above Louisville. And they're one above Louisville. So it just |
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