Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner break down one of college football’s wildest weeks ever, in which five of the top seven teams in the country lost and another came awfully close. We start with BYU’s late escape against Notre Dame and continue through the rest of this historic Week 7 in the following order:

* 1:33: Big 12 and Notre Dame, led by BYU 28, Notre Dame 24

* 12:53: SEC, led by Auburn 27, Georgia 24

* 27:58: Big Ten, led by Ohio State 19, Indiana 15

* 36:15: ACC, led by Miami 43, Florida State 35

* 42:40: American, led by Tulane 31, Memphis 17

* 46:04: Pac-12, led by Oregon State 48, Washington State 30

* 47:45: Mountain West, led by Air Force 41, UNLV 31

* 50:20: MAC, led by Western Michigan 21, Central Michigan 14

* 51:54: Sun Belt, led by App State 35, Coastal Carolina 32

* 53:36: Conference USA, led by Jacksonville State 27, FIU 24

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Producer: Anthony Vito

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Richard and Alex react to the College Football Playoff’s expansion to 12 teams, starting in 2027. Let’s talk through this together:

* 0:00: Why this thing we dislike is happening

* 9:12: Whose lot in life just changed a whole lot

* 19:30: The inevitable impact on the regular season

* 30:20: The big winners here, plus a closing discussion about how Split Zone Duo is going to respond to (and be affected by) this change

Produced by Alex in a pinch! Thanks for listening.

College football forgot about Oregon State. But Jesse Legree, Braden Atkinson, and JaMarcus Shephard are forcing the Beavers back in the national CFB consciousness. Yes, there are anxieties about how to keep the band together, but there is also a beautiful story about how a team is rising from the ashes anew to apparently kick ass in the new Pac-12. Richard and Rodger discuss how the Beavers have become one of the nation’s most enjoyable teams.

* 0:00: Oregon State’s revival under JaMarcus Shephard

* 5:05: Jesse Legree’s unlikely rise

* 17:13: Remember a Guy, and how Oregon State got left behind

* 29:25: Pac-12 title hopes and a possible playoff path

* 40:39: Can the Beavers keep Shephard and Legree?

Produced by Anthony Vito.

TEAM OF THE WEEK is a subscriber series where Rodger Sherman and SZD hosts talk about a college football team doing something no one else is doing

We’ve already covered the following:

* Week 1: North Dakota State

* Week 2: UMass

* Week 3: Oklahoma State

* Week 4: Arkansas

* Week 5: Mississippi State

* Week 6: Charlotte

This series will continue all season.