Todd’s College Football Power Rankings (7-9): Expectations for LSU, Oregon, and Georgia in 2025

The McShay Show

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🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Welcome to The McShay Show! The guys are back to continue Todd’s preseason power ranking series, beginning with season previews for LSU, Oregon, and Georgia. On Monday's show, the series will continue with roster breakdowns for Alabama, Ohio State, and Penn State. Our first LIVE show will take place at Lincoln Hall in Chicago on September 10. Tickets are on sale now—secure your spot today for an evening of NFL draft talk, early reactions to the college football and NFL seasons, and more! (0:00) Welcome to The McShay Show! (1:22) Power Ranking the Top 12 CFB Teams: LSU #9(6:52) Evaluating LSU's NFL Prospects(11:15) Previewing LSU's Schedule and Roster(34:25) Subscribe to The McShay Report(35:45) Join Us in Chicago! TheRinger.com/events(36:38) Week 0 Preview: (22) Iowa State vs. (17) Kansas State [-3.5](39:53) Power Ranking the Top 12 CFB Teams: Oregon #8(44:30) Evaluating Oregon's NFL Prospects(49:15) Previewing Oregon's Schedule and Roster(52:10) Power Ranking the Top 12 CFB Teams: Georgia #7(54:20) Evaluating Georgia's NFL Prospects(55:15) Previewing Georgia's Schedule and Roster Subscribe to The McShay Report for access to all of Todd’s scouting reports and tape notes during the Summer Scouting Series, and for access to all of his content throughout football and draft season.The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Host: Todd McShayGuests: Steve MuenchProducers: Tucker Tashjian, Conor Nevins, and Daniel ComerSocial: Eduardo Ocampo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The excitement's in the air, Munch.
0:04.9	I can feel it, man.
0:06.7	Our college football power rankings continue today with team seven through nine.
0:10.8	Listen, there's no time to waste.
0:12.3	It's Friday, August 22nd, and week zero of college football kicks off tomorrow.
0:17.1	Not to mention, just 244 days until the NFL draft.
0:21.6	Met you good?
0:22.8	I'm great, man.
0:23.9	Let's roll.
0:43.2	This is We started our power rankings just the other day.
0:44.3	Here we are in Friday.
0:46.1	Games tomorrow, Mench.
0:48.4	I just, I can feel it, right?
0:49.4	Yeah. We went through, and we already went through 12 through 10, right?
0:53.9	And these are my power rankings, so don't yell at Mensch. Mensh is going to tell me where I'm making mistakes all the way. And I think he's going to get a sense of the teams that were in the top 12 and out, because you'll know after we get through today going through team seven through nine, which teams are out. And maybe Mention can make a comment or two on that.
1:11.6	We had Oklahoma at 12.
1:13.1	We had Miami at 11 and Florida at 10.
1:16.2	So today is all about seven through nine.
1:18.7	And we're going to start at nine and work our way down.
1:21.2	And let's just dive into it.
1:23.1	At number nine, my ninth ranked team heading into the season, the LSU Tigers.
1:29.8	So good about it?
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