Aug 17, 2026 · 1 hr 29 min · 22 segments
SVP and Stanford Steve are here to give their thoughts on various CFB storylines - including the recent AP Top 25 Preseason Poll release - ahead of the season and break down some NFL preseason games…
Stanford SteveHostJackPanelistum because i looked last year steve last year week one not week zero week one you had ohio state texas that was just staring at you then you had clemson lsu which felt at the time like a big game after the season played out we realized oh neither was great blubnick usmeyer neither had the kind of years they wanted this year i'd Ohio State's playing Ball State to start the season.
And I saw Josh Pate tweeted out the other day something to the effect that there'll be a seismic nuclear, I forget the word he used, upset week one.
I just don't feel that that week one, which is a week further in the distance than it was last year, has that giant tentpole game that's got me like Miami-Notre Dame.

No, and I think that's why everybody was upset because they don't want Clemson to be ranked, but the AP poll just came out.

Because everybody's like, oh, it's just so Lane can get a ranked opponent in his first game against LSU.

The coach's poll kind of tends towards guys that have done it a long time, and Dabo's...
We say in reporting that the rankings are out that in a sense they're useless because last year this time we were waving the
That week won? Yeah, that looks like
um because i looked last year steve last year week one not week zero week one you had ohio state texas that was just staring at you then you had clemson lsu which felt at the time like a big game after the season played out we realized oh neither was great blubnick usmeyer neither had the kind of years they wanted this year i'd Ohio State's playing Ball State to start the season.
And I saw Josh Pate tweeted out the other day something to the effect that there'll be a seismic nuclear, I forget the word he used, upset week one.
I just don't feel that that week one, which is a week further in the distance than it was last year, has that giant tentpole game that's got me like Miami-Notre Dame.

No, and I think that's why everybody was upset because they don't want Clemson to be ranked, but the AP poll just came out.

Because everybody's like, oh, it's just so Lane can get a ranked opponent in his first game against LSU.

The coach's poll kind of tends towards guys that have done it a long time, and Dabo's...
We say in reporting that the rankings are out that in a sense they're useless because last year this time we were waving the
That week won? Yeah, that looks like
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