Dabo vs Ole Miss + Texas, Texas Tech, Oregon & Indiana loaded again in ‘26 | Always College Football

The College Football Playoff is staying at 12 teams next year despite a lot of talk about expanding, McElroy tells you why it stayed and what the chances are of expanding next December. Dabo Swinney shined a bright light on transfer portal tampering calling out Pete Golding and Ole Miss - will the NCAA do anything about it? Plus, it’s never too early to start looking ahead, so we started our series of title contender teams today where McElroy goes over the additions that Indiana, Texas, Texas Tech and Oregon made in the transfer portal and what the early outlook is for a run at a National Championship.

0:00 Intros
3:18 CFP Staying at the 12 team playoff
8:18 The Irish protection
11:12 Dabo Swinney vs Ole Miss
23:23 Who looks like they can complete for a Title in 2026
24:20 Texas is Championship contender in ‘26
25:50 Arch Manning surgery (perception vs reality)
27:49 Texas’ schedule
30:50 Indiana is here to stay and might win it all again in ‘26
32:30 Fernando Mendoza to Josh Hoover
36:17 Indiana's schedule
38:27 Can Oregon make a run at Natty in ‘26?
40:00 The Rich getting richer in the Oregon QB room
45:00 Oregon Schedule
45:27 Texas Tech will be back, can they win it all in ‘26 with Sorsby?
49:30 Texas Tech Schedule

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