CFP “What IF’s” in McElroy’s Top 10 takeaways from week 13 | Always College Football

Always College Football with Greg McElroy

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🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Can Oklahoma’s offense do enough to win a CFP game, are we underrating Oregon as a complete team, will Arch Manning and the Texas offense be the great “what if” of 2025 and who could get two teams in the CFP - the BIG 12 or the ACC? McElroy gives you his Top 10 takeaways from the weekend and tells you why we need to reassess teams ranked 11-14, why Notre Dame’s dominance might not be enough, why he’s happy that the THIS SEC weekend is off the books and who is in the College Football Playoff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	That is a little bit uncomfortable if I am a Notre Dame fan.
0:04.3	So, root for a little chaos, Irish fans, and you should be just fine.
0:08.7	But if chalk flies, you should be just fine.
0:11.7	But if chalk flies and then you have a big upset in the Big 12 championship,
0:16.1	that's when things could get a little dicey for Notre Dame.
0:26.0	Hello and welcome in.
0:27.7	It is our evening edition.
0:30.5	Looked at a little tape this afternoon.
0:33.4	Looked at some tape of several teams,
0:35.0	watched a bunch of games,
0:37.4	caught up on some serious storylines, and we have now put together our 10 takeaways from week 13 of the college football season. I'm your host Greg McElroy. It is always college football. We love our Sunday evening show. It's probably, I don't know if it's my favorite show of the week. It's at worst, my second favorite show of the week. I love the preview show too.
0:55.0	So it's like picking between your children.
0:57.1	I mean, you love them both very much.
0:58.7	But this one is a good one because we originally went into week 13 kind of thinking,
1:05.6	yeah, you know what?
1:06.5	It's a little bit underwhelming some of the matchups, just two ranked first ranked matchups, a lot of heavy favorites.
1:14.1	We got a little drama.
1:15.4	We got some drama.
1:16.3	We got some clarity in the ACC.
1:18.3	We have some drama in the big 12.
1:20.6	We had very little drama when it comes to the top 12 teams in the college football
1:26.4	playoff committee bracket. We'll get to those as well.
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