Arch Manning, Oregon’s Collapse and Unbeaten UCLA: College Football’s Midseason Surprises

The Mike Blitz Show · Oct 13, 2026 · 51m · transcript

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Six weeks into the 2026 college football season, preseason No. 2 Oregon is unranked and Wake Forest is in the AP Top 25. Mike Wade, Mark Franzen and Darren Steadman hand out the Mike Blitz midseason progress report: three good surprises and three bad surprises each.

In this episode:

- Breaking news: James Madison is leaving the Sun Belt for the American, and why Mike thinks the move puts JMU in control of its own playoff path

- Parlay check: last week's ticket hit 6 of 8 legs, plus the road-favorite lesson from the two misses

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