Top 10 Linebacker units in College Football | Always College Football

Greg McElroy goes through and ranks the Top 10 linebacker units in College Football heading into the 2026 season. Are the veteran leaders at Clemson and Pittsburgh enough and can Georgia just continue to reload with NFL caliber talent? Can transfers at Texas A&M and Texas keep the production level up and will Ben Roberts and Austin Romaine be able to pick up where Jacob Rodriguez left off? Can Indiana and Oklahoma keep up their domination, is the key to Auburn finally turning it around at linebacker and does Notre Dame have the deepest and most dominant linebacker unit in college football?

Timecodes:
0:00 Intros
2:47 This a Lineback UNIT not just individuals
4:59 #10 Clemson: Sammy Brown headlines a strong Tigers LB room
6:10 #9 Georgia: The Dawgs just reload not rebuild
9:04 #8 Pittsburgh: Braylan Lovelace leads Panthers LB unit
11:07 #7 Texas Tech: Ben Roberts & Austin Romaine anchor the Red Raiders LB unit
13:40 #6 Texas: Ty’Anthony Smith & Rasheem Biles (transfer from Pitt) lead LB group
15:47 #5 Texas A&M: Ray Coney (transfer from Tulsa) & Daymion Sanford anchor LB unit
18:14 #4 Indiana: Rolijah Hardy & Isaiah Jones lead Hoosiers LB group
20:29 #3 Auburn: Xavier Atkins, Elijah Melendez & Demarcus Riddick lead Tigers LB unit
22:23 #2 Oklahoma: Owen Heinecke & Kip Lewis
24:57 #1 Notre Dame: Experienced, deep and dominate
27:49 Why LSU, Ole Miss & Missouri didn’t make the list
31:20 Hot Take - Healthy Whit Weeks makes LSU a top unit
32:11 Hot Take - Owen Heinecke will be in the mix for Butkus Award
32:41 Hot Take - Texas Tech will finish with one of the Top defenses
33:16 Hot Take - Xavier Atkins will be the most disruptive LB in CFB
33:55 Hot Take - Notre Dame will have 3 LB’s drafted next year

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