College Football Previews 2025: Big Ten

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast · Aug 19, 2025 · 1h 55m

Alex, Richard, and Rodger Sherman preview the Big Ten for 2025. This nearly two-hour episode runs through all 18 teams, in this order:

* Penn State faces “semifinals or bust” season

* Ohio State should step back, but how much can a team step back when it has Jeremiah Smith on one side of the ball and Caleb Downs on the other?

* Oregon has a few question marks but all the talent in the world

* Iowa has Rodger thinking about a darkhorse playoff run

* USC beefs up and has a QB that you could look at in one of two ways

* Michigan’s season is “found money,” but how much cash is in there?

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