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Episodes · 12 months
272
Nov 2025–Oct 2026peak share, Dec 2025
Share of analysed episodes per month, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026: 33 of 3,584, 55 of 3,862, 56 of 4,115, 13 of 4,226, 1 of 4,731, 7 of 4,438, 5 of 4,230, 6 of 4,319, 5 of 4,515, 13 of 4,419, 42 of 4,624, 36 of 4,594.
All time
637
+44 via 36 narrower
On record
167
took a position
Where they standLast discussed
1d ago
Nov 12, 2026
Who's talking
Top voices on this topicThe eight guests on the most episodes about this topic in the last 13 weeks, not counting their own shows or clips they were only heard in, most episodes first. VoiceRank (their score across the whole corpus) is shown for context and only breaks a tie. Each strip is that guest's episodes week by week, and the newest week is still in progress.
#Guest · last 13 weeksEpisodes, sorted, most firstVoiceRank
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Episodes on this topic, by weekEvery analysed episode tagged with this topic in each of the last 13 weeks, across all shows and whoever was on them. The newest week is still in progress, and recent weeks fill in as transcripts are analysed. Point at a name, or tab to it, to highlight the weeks that guest was on an episode.
All shows
Episodes on this topic per week, weeks starting Aug 17 to Nov 9 (the last still in progress): 2, 6, 10, 14, 11, 6, 5, 8, 9, 11, 5, 12, 7.
Where they stand
Camps of opinion · 3Positions people took on this topic in transcripts, grouped by school of thought. The bar shows each camp's share of the people sorted into a camp. It is not a poll and not a share of any audience, and people whose position fit no camp are left out of it. Within a camp, people with demonstrated expertise on the topic come first, then those who reached the most listeners on it. Positions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
Share of people placed in a camp23 people
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- Demystify playoff ranking processes11 people · 48%
- Prioritize traditional development9 people · 39%
- Professionalize and embrace change3 people · 13%
Demystify playoff ranking processes
The College Football Playoff selection process is often arbitrary, flawed, or manipulated for entertainment rather than merit.
11 people · 10 episodes
The College Football Playoff committee's ranking of Indiana at four is impossible to justify based on metrics or criteria.
“I don't. It doesn't make sense. The only thing I could think of, and knowing how stupid some of the feedback we've gotten from that committee room has been in the past, it could be as simple as a bunch of old former coaches and people who have never played or coached the game before sat around a tab”
The Colin Cowherd Podcast · Nov 2026 · 32 episodes · 2.3M views on this topicBW
Brandon Walker claims that the current AP Top 25 poll is a major disaster.
“The AP.25 is one of the bigger disasters we've ever had.”
Pardon My Take · Oct 2025 · 6 episodes · 961K views on this topicDK
He claims the College Football Playoff committee made an incorrect decision by excluding Notre Dame while including Miami based on their rankings history.
“The committee, which had [ __ ] up for a month, putting Notre Dame ahead of Miami, even though they played a game and Miami won that game, they reverse it this week. Miamiy's in. Notre Dame's out. That part sucks.”
Pardon My Take · Dec 2025 · 25 episodes · 3.7M views on this topicPrioritize traditional development
The current emphasis on money, constant transfers, and professional shortcuts is damaging the sport's quality and player growth.
9 people · 9 episodes
Athletes should avoid making impulsive career decisions, such as transferring, based solely on emotional reactions to coaching changes.
“I didn't want to make an emotional decision leaving Alabama. I didn't want to to do something I didn't that I would eventually regret.”
The Pivot Podcast · Sep 2024 · 1 episode · 354K views on this topicRD
The current environment in college football regarding coaching stability and changes will likely lead to a high number of coaching changes after a historical low.
“There probably going to be a lot of coaching changes this year. There weren't a lot last year. It was like a historic low. And usually what happens after historic low is we get a really big high.”
Pardon My Take · Aug 2025 · 2 episodes · 257K views on this topic
He believes the transfer portal makes it easy to leave, but there is value in being loyal to one's school for four years.
“Hey, the transfer portal makes it easy nowadays to just up and leave. But, um, I think it says something about being loyal and, uh, just sticking out and being playing all four years at a at your school.”
I AM ATHLETE · Sep 2025 · 1 episode · 24K views on this topicProfessionalize and embrace change
College football has evolved into a professionalized, free-agent environment driven by NIL and the transfer portal.
3 people · 3 episodes
He asserts that name image and likeness has not changed college football as much as the proliferation of collective funding has.
“it's not name inamin likeus you just name six people out of all these Collegian athletes it's a collective you know what a collective is is when you pass a bucket and everybody put money donors in this bucket then you figure out who you going to give it to”
FULL SEND PODCAST · May 2024 · 1 episode · 834K views on this topic
Reggie BushUnrated
Reggie Bush argues that the transfer portal and NIL have changed college football into a professionalized environment that functions like free agency.
“I mean it's crazy nowadays is like college is professional and it's just it's free agency you get to free agency every year and if we were talking about this 2005 team the whole team would have left the whole team was a pro they were all free agents”
Games With Names · Jan 2024 · 1 episode · 280K views on this topicAS
A.Q. ShipleyUnrated
The current era of college football culture, including NIL and the transfer portal, provides a competitive advantage to Big 10 teams.
“To me, in this in this day and age of the culture we have now in college football, paying players, name, image, and likeness, transferring, it's an advantage for the Big 10. I don't I don't care. You You'll never convince me otherwise.”
The Pat McAfee Show · Feb 2026 · 1 episode · 98K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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Over time
Share of episodesThis topic's episodes as a share of every episode we analysed, in each complete month. We analyse more episodes every month, so a raw count would mostly show that growth. Recent months fill in as transcripts are analysed.
Complete months · first on record Jan 2021