Ranking all 134 teams for the last time this season & low viewership theory

Until Saturday: A show about college football

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4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Chris ranks all 134 college football teams weekly throughout the regular season. He's a madman, and he ranked every team for the last time for the 2024-2025 season. He and David compare his final rankings to his preseason ones, and the two discuss where Chris went wrong in his rankings. Plus, who rose and fell the most? Later, the guys take a look at the final AP and Coaches' Polls. Barry Odom is his own hype man. Lastly, why did the national championship game's draw so few eyes? Rundown: - 134 rankings recap: Preseason expectations vs reality (4:45) - Final AP Poll reaction (29:30) - Coaches' Poll reaction (34:15) - Ohio State-Notre Dame draws low viewership, but why? (42:00) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UntilSaturday Call/text the Until Saturday phone and leave us a question for our Monday reaction podcasts: (316) 462-9852 Subscribe to the FREE Until Saturday newletter:: https://theathletic.com/newsletters/until-saturday Hosts: David Ubben (@davidubben), Chris Vanninin (@ChrisVannini) Audio editor: John Ross Executive producer: Cam Molina (@commentatorcam) Supervising producer: Michael Martinez (@MikeMartinezDC) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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