Podcast of Champions - Big Ten Football Podcast
The Podcast of Champions discusses Big Ten football on a weekly basis. Hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods discuss the B1G programs on the football field, breaking down games, picking against the spread and keeping things interesting during the off-seasons.
Wisconsin AD, Preseason All Big Ten Team, World Cup
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back in studio for another offseason show. In this edition, they break down Athlon's preseason All Big Ten team among other topics. As always, they wrap up the podcast by answering listener email and live chat questions. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Ranking Big Ten Football Schedules, Media Day
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back in studio for another offseason show. In this edition, we talk about the toughest schedules in the Big Ten, media day invitees, and much more. As always, they wrap up the podcast by answering listener email and live chat questions. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Potential Impact Players in the Big Ten in 2026
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back in studio for another offseason show. In this edition, we talk about who some of the breakout players in the Big Ten could be in 2026. As always, they wrap up the podcast by answering listener email and live chat questions. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Big Ten Meetings, Remembering Adam Munsterteiger
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back in studio for another offseason show. In this edition, we talk about the ongoing Big Ten meetings, Playoff expansion, and more. Ryan and Dave also take a few minutes to remember Buff Stampede publisher, wonderful guy, and friend of the show Adam Munsterteiger, who died unexpectedly this week. As always, they wrap up the podcast by answering listener email and live chat questions. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data...
Post-Spring Big Ten Notes, Schedule Updates, and CFP Expansion
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back in studio for another offseason show. In this edition, we break down some post-spring notes throughout the Big Ten. Ryan and Dave also talk about some future schedule updates, as well as the proposed expansion of the College Football Playoff. As always, they wrap up the podcast by answering listener email and live chat questions. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Latest from spring football, Sherrone Moore sentencing, Kirk Ferentz a CHEATER
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back in studio for another offseason show. In this edition, the fellas provide the latest updates from spring football and then talk about Sherrone Moore's sentencing. The fellas also discuss Wisconsin's AD moving to the Big Ten, and Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz somehow getting caught for tampering when the concept barely exists anymore. As always, they wrap up the podcast by answering listener email and live chat questions. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection...
Spring storylines for Maryland, Minnesota, UCLA and Washington
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back in studio for another offseason show. In this edition, the fellas talk about the spring storylines for Minnesota, Maryland, UCLA, and Washington as those schools kick off spring football. They also discuss the preseason SP+ and where the Big Ten schools land in the ranking system. As always, they wrap up the podcast by answering listener email and live chat questions. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
More Spring Ball in the Big Ten
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back in studio for another offseason Podcast of Champions. In this edition, the fellas talk about the start of spring football at several more Big Ten schools, including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, Northwestern, Penn State, Rutgers, and Wisconsin. As always, they wrap up the podcast by answering listener email and live chat questions. This is a video simulcast of our Podcast of Champions episode. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal...
Offseason Podcast of Champions Talking Start of Spring Ball for Six Big Ten Schools
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back in studio for another offseason Podcast of Champions. In this edition, the fellas talk about the start of spring football for Oregon, USC Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, and Purdue, and some of the main storylines from each. As always, they wrap up the podcast by answering listener email and live chat questions. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Offseason Podcast of Champions Talking Spring Games, Answering Questions
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back in studio for another offseason Podcast of Champions. In this edition, we talk about spring games, Ohio State having the highest paid assistant in college football, Northwestern's new stadium not opening until October, and more. As always, they wrap up the podcast by answering listener email and live chat questions. For the video simulcasts of our POC please subscribe to your â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â YouTube channelâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â ! Please follow, give the POC a five-star rating and post a review on â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Apple Podcastsâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â and â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Spotifyâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â ! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Offseason Podcast of Champions Answering Questions and Talking BRO's Move to On3
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back in studio for another offseason Podcast of Champions. In this edition, we'll go over some news and notes from around the Big Ten, and then dive into your questions, including many about BRO's move to On3 from 247.
As always, they wrap up the podcast by answering listener email and live chat questions.
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Starting our Big Ten big off-season with a discussion about which Big Ten coach gets fired first
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back in studio for the first Big Ten off-season show of 2026 and we are relying on our users to come up topics of discussion. First up we will take a look at the Big Ten football coaches and try to predict which one will be the first to get fired during the 2026 college football season. On a similar note one user wanted us to predict which coach would come out on top of a Survivor-type game if all 18 were contestants.
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Big Ten Schedule Release, Reviewing Preseason Prognostications
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods talk about the release of the Big Ten schedule for the 2026 football season. There are also several prominent former Big Ten stars that will be playing for a Super Bowl championship on Sunday.
The fellas also talk about their preseason prognostications, and where they landed predicting the over/unders for each team. At the top of the conference they were way off, missing on Oregon and Ohio State going over and predicting a Penn State over.
As always, they wrap up...
Indiana shocks the world and wins the national championship
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back to recap Indiana -- INDIANA -- winning a national championship, beating Miami 27-21 on Monday night. The Killer Curt Cignetti put the finishing touches on the first 16-0 season in modern college football history, taking a 3-9 Hoosiers squad that was the loosingest program in the country to national champions in just two seasons.
The fellas talk about everything they saw in the game, and also whether this level of play is sustainable for Indiana going forward. This is also the...
Recapping Indiana Blasting Oregon, Previewing the National Championship
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back to recap Indiana absolutely demolishing Oregon in the Semifinals, setting up a National Championship Game between Indiana and Miami.
Can Curt Cignetti continues his killing ways? Do we always ask stupid questions? You'll find out the answers to both in this episode (hint: it's yes.)
As always, they wrap up the podcast by answering listener email and live chat questions.
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Recapping Indiana and Oregon stomping in the quarters, previewing their rematch
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back to recap Oregon blowing out Texas Tech and Indiana mud-stomping Alabama in the quarterfinals to set up a rematch in the semifinals of the College Football Playoff. The fellas also recap every other Big Ten bowl game.
Dave and Ryan then preview the game between Indiana and Oregon, with the winner advancing the national title game against either Ole Miss or Miami.
As always, they wrap up the podcast by answering listener email and live chat questions.
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Oregon advances in the CFP and full Big Ten bowl previews including three quarterfinal games
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back to discuss the Oregon Ducks taking care of business against James Madison, advancing in the College Football Playoffs and putting three Big Ten programs into the quarterfinals. Dan Lanning and company jumped all over the Dukes early, but allowed 28 points in the second half including 14 in the final quarter that gave JMU the backdoor cover (much to the chagrin of our hosts).
The guys look ahead to the rest of the Big Ten bowl games, previewing each of them and giving...
Recapping the L.A. Bowl and previewing the first round of the Playoffs
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods talk about Washington's blowout victory over Boise State in the L.A. Bowl, and then preview the matchup between James Madison and Oregon in the first round of the Playoffs tomorrow.
As always, they wrap up the podcast by answering listener email and live chat questions.
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Recapping Indiana's Big Ten Title Victory and the CRAZINESS out of Michigan
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods talk about Indiana's victory over Ohio State in the Big Ten Title game, and then the placement for each of the Big Ten teams in the Playoffs. With the Hoosiers and Buckeyes being the top-2 seeds, both programs get a bye and with Oregon coming in at No. 5, the Ducks get a home game against the lowest ranked program in the field, James Madison University.
Then they get to the real news: what in the hell is going on in the state of...
Recapping rivalry week in the Big Ten, and previewing Indiana/Ohio State
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods talk about rivalry week in the Big Ten, featuring Ohio State finally exorcising its Michigan demons, and Oregon taking care of business against Washington, among many other games. Additionally, the fellas talk about UCLA hiring a new coach, and Penn State operating on Day 1314 of its coaching search.
Next, the guys preview the Big Ten Championship game between Indiana and Ohio State, with the two undefeateds facing off for the first time this season. They also discuss how the Big Ten teams did...
Oregon dashes USC's playoff hopes, and rivalry week kicks off
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods talk about week 13 in the Big Ten, featuring Oregon taking care of business at home and in the process wiping out USC's chances at the College Football Playoff.
The fellas also preview week 14 in the Big Ten, featuring rivalry games between Michigan and Ohio State, UCLA and USC, Indiana and Purdue, and others.
As always, they wrap up the podcast by answering listener email and live chat questions.
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USC wins a big one against Iowa, while Penn State finally notches a Big Ten win
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods talk about week 12 in the Big Ten, featuring USC's big home victory over Iowa as well as Penn State winning the battle of the winless against Michigan State.
The fellas also preview week 13 in the Big Ten, featuring a hugely significant matchup between now No. 15 USC and No. 7 Oregon in Eugene.
As always, they wrap up the podcast by answering listener email and live chat questions.
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Indiana survives at Penn State, and Oregon pulls out the big road win at Iowa
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods talk about week 11 in the Big Ten that included No. 2 Indiana surviving a major test at Penn State and No. 9 Oregon doing the same at Iowa. Then they talk about Jedd Fisch committing a fireable offense, losing on the road at Wisconsin.
The fellas then preview week 12 in the Big Ten, featuring a ranked matchup between Iowa and USC and, honestly, not much else.
As always, they wrap up the podcast by answering listener email and live chat questions.
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Buckeyes crush Nittany Lions, Trojans tackle Huskers and Indiana eviscerates Terps in B1G week 10
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods talk about week ten in the Big Ten that included No. 1 Ohio State tearing the heart out of Penn State, leaving the Nittany Lions winless in conference play heading into November. The No. 19 ranked Trojans didn't play a clean game, but it was clean enough to take down Nebraska in Lincoln. The Huskers not only lost the game, but lost starting quarterback Dylan Raiola for the remainder of the season. Curt Cignetti continues his killing spree, obliterating Maryland before Indiana's debut at No. 2 in the...
Indiana keeps rolling, Wolverines are back and Washington makes a statement in week 9
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods talk about week nine in the Big Ten, including Indiana's demolition of upstart UCLA, Michigan knocking off Michigan State, and Rutgers coming from behind to beat Purdue on the road.
Looking ahead to week ten, Penn State squares off against Ohio State, USC heads to Nebraska, and Indiana looks to go 9-0 against Maryland.
As always, they wrap up the podcast by answering listener email and live chat questions.
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Indiana extends Curt Cignetti and Hoosiers set to host Big Noon Kickoff
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods talk about Curt Cignetti signing a big extension and then hosting Big Noon Kickoff this weekend against suddenly resurgent UCLA.
From week eight, the Big Ten had many exciting games, including UCLA's walkoff win over Maryland, USC's 34-24 loss to Notre Dame in maybe the last rivalry game ever between the two, and much more in between.
Looking ahead to week nine, Michigan and Michigan State will face off, while No. 23 Illinois will look to get a road win at Washington.<...
Penn State fires James Franklin plus we recap Big Ten week 7 games and preview week 8
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods try to make sense of the unprecedented fall from grace for the Penn State Nittany Lions, who three weeks ago was a play away from taking down Oregon to now firing head coach James Franklin after inexplicable losses to UCLA and Northwestern. The guys give their takes on the regime change and discuss where PSU goes from here.
From week seven the Big Ten had some exciting games including Indiana smashing Oregon in Eugene, USC outmuscling Michigan, Ohio State throttling Illinois and UCLA...
Recapping Big Ten week 6 including UCLA's major upset and previewing a massive week 7
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap an exciting week six in the Big Ten, including UCLA's surprising victory over Penn State in the Rose Bowl, the biggest upset of the 2025 college football season. The Bruins shocked the Nittany Lions, marking the first time a winless program with at least four losses took down a top-10 team since 1985. Dave and Ryan then preview this weekend's slate, featuring Indiana heading to Oregon, Michigan in the Coliseum against USC and Ohio State on the road taking on Illinois. As always, they wrap up...
Recapping week 5 and previewing week 6 in the Big Ten
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap a big week 5 in the Big Ten, including Oregon knocking off Penn State in Happy Valley. Dave and Ryan then preview the weekend slate, with Penn State looking to rebound against UCLA and six other Big Ten games. As always, they wrap up by answering listener questions. Here is the link to the Survivor Pool: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfd40mHRlNb_kMm2alkG1Nh_l9_osLfJqXQ5MdMaMlr8fHPww/viewform?fbzx=7409685804100062573
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Recapping week 4 in the Big Ten and previewing week 5 including Oregon at Penn State
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap a big week 4 in the Big Ten that saw Indiana absolutely trounce then-No. 9 Illinois 63-10. Last season the guys were 100% on the Curt Cignetti bandwagon, are they back on now?
Dave and Ryan then preview the huge weekend slate, featuring a massive headliner, with No. 6 Oregon traveling to No. 3 Penn State for a White Out game plus No. 21 USC visiting No. 23 Illinois.
As usual Ryan and Dave end the podcast answering listener emails and questions from the YouTube chat.
<...Recapping week 3 in the Big Ten, previewing week 4
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap a big week 3 in Big Ten football, which saw the first coach firing of the season with UCLA letting go of DeShaun Foster.
The fellas then preview the weekend slate, featuring a nearly full slate of conference matchups, as well as Washington and Oregon playing their in-state rivals.
As usual Ryan and Dave end the podcast answering listener emails and questions from the YouTube chat.
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Recapping week 2 in the Big Ten, previewing week 3
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap a big week 2 in Big Ten football, including Michigan's loss to Oklahoma, Illinois' big blowout of Duke, and much more in-between.
The fellas then preview the weekend slate, featuring the first conference matchups of the season in addition to the Wisconsin roadie to Alabama.
As usual Ryan and Dave end the podcast answering listener emails and questions from the YouTube chat.
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Recapping week 1 in the Big Ten and previewing week 2
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap a big week 1 in Big Ten football, including Ohio State knocking off Texas, Utah blasting UCLA, and Michigan surviving against New Mexico.
The fellas then preview the weekend slate, featuring Michigan traveling to Oklahoma.
As usual Ryan and Dave end the podcast answering listener emails and questions from the YouTube chat.
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First week of Big Ten football kicks off
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods preview week 1 of Big Ten football.
The fellas talk about the big P4 vs. P4 matchups between Texas and Ohio State and Utah and UCLA, and then also touch on the rest of the games throughout the conference.
As usual Ryan and Dave end the podcast answering listener emails and questions from the YouTube chat.
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The SEC finally moves to 9 conference games plus the B1G's dumb playoff proposal
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back to talk more Big Ten football.
The fellas talk about the sanctions Michigan will face, and then dive into the beyond stupid Big Ten expanded playoff proposal that would include 24 or 28 teams and seven (7) automatic qualifiers from the B1G and SEC.
They also talk about the SEC finally moving to nine conference games, something the B1G has wanted to even the playing field at the end of the regular season. The SEC will also require each program...
Where the Big Ten stands in the newly released Coaches Poll
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back to talk more Big Ten football. The season kicks off in about three weeks and the excitement and anticipation continues to grow as we get closer and closer to watching real college football in 2025.
Today, the fellas go over the Coaches Poll being released and where the different Big Ten teams stack up in the poll. Ohio State comes in at No. 2, Penn State at No. 3, Oregon at No. 7, Illinois at No. 12, Michigan at No. 14, Indiana at No. 19 with USC, Iowa...
Picking all of the Big Ten season win total over/unders
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods have returned from Las Vegas and Media Days to actually record another episode less than one week later.
The fellas go over the MyBookie regular season over/under win totals for each of the Big Ten football programs and make their picks of over or under the projected number of wins. Preparation was minimal we can assure you, with the guys looking at the schedules in detail for the first time while making their picks.
As usual Ryan and Dave end...
Big Ten Media Days Recap Show
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods return to talk about Big Ten Media Days, live from Las Vegas.
The fellas talk about what they learned during the three days in Vegas, and their general takeaways from hearing from the coaches.
As usual Ryan and Dave end the podcast answering listener emails and questions from the YouTube chat.
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...Big Ten and SEC fight about playoff format, B1G Media Days approach
In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods return to talk about a variety of news and notes from around the world of Big Ten football.
The fellas talk about the fight between the Big Ten and SEC regarding the future format of the ever-metastasizing College Football Playoff. They also discuss Indiana cancelling its series with Virginia, and any implications for the future of marquee non-conference games.
As usual Ryan and Dave end the podcast answering listener emails and questions from the YouTube chat.
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