The Big Ten is just two weeks into the season, and the only thing Barton and Bud are sure about is Ohio State. Michigan and Maryland each brought shocking results, while Penn State continued to impress despite being 0-2. B&B reevaluate the entire Big Ten, then look west in part 2, as the listeners want to know if a 2-loss Oklahoma or 7-0 Pac 12 champion could make the College Football Playoff. All that and more on Barton & Bud. Hosts: Barton Simmons, Bud Elliot Follow or Subscribe to...

Barton and Bud open up the stats from Ohio State and Penn State's opening matchups for insight into what should be the game of the year in the Big Ten. Both of them are taking Ohio State, but there's still a lot to learn. The guys shift to the Big 12, where Oklahoma State hosts Texas. Bud makes the case for the Cowboys at -3, and Barton says that if Texas can't get Urban Meyer, they should look outside the box when looking for their next coach. Plus, some recruiting, Bud's power ranking...

The Big Ten is back with a vengeance, and B&B have all the analysis you need. OSU was a heavy favorite going into the season, but with Justin Fields already looking better than he did last year, the Buckeyes are even more secure at #1. Penn State and Michigan flip-flop in the Big Ten East, while the Big Ten West seems to be a big question mark with some solid if unspectacular teams. After the break, the guys take a listener question about Wide Receiver bus drivers, then hit the no-huddle...

Barton and Bud welcome the Big Ten back into the fold with a mega-preview episode. Ohio State has absurd odds in Vegas to go undefeated. B&B make the case for Penn State in the east division. Then they ask the curious question about the Big Ten West: Wisconsin is definitely the favorite, but how do you sort out everyone after them. And if Wisco doesn't win the West, who can? Plus, B&B hit the no-huddle and open of the listener mailbag. Hosts: Barton Simmons, Bud Elliot Follow or...

The cream is steadily rising to the top. Bama and Clemson each make big statements, while Barton and Bud cruise past 625 5-star reviews (many thanks for that). B&B break down week 7 with deep dives on UGA/Bama and UNC/FSU, and an extended no-huddle in the back half. Hosts: Barton Simmons, Bud Elliot Follow or Subscribe to Barton & Bud on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team...

Barton and Bud ran the math and you should watch Georgia vs Alabama. The best offense by a mile against the best defense by a mile. B&B run through UGA-Bama from every angle, talk a bit about the team talent composite, run through the games between teams with anxious fanbases, and go no-huddle for some recruiting and listener questions. All that and more on Barton & Bud. Hosts: Barton Simmons, Bud Elliot Follow or Subscribe to Barton & Bud on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google...

Week 6 has sealed it. 2020 is shaping up to be the most memorable college football season since 2007. Every week there is a seismic shift in the tectonic plates beneath the college football landscape, and that means excitement all around. Clemson and Georgia are who we thought they were. Texas is in trouble, while Iowa State lurks near the top of the Big 12. Barton and Bud adopt Coastal Carolina, and a whole lot more. Hosts: Barton Simmons, Bud Elliot Follow or Subscribe to Barton & Bud...

Barton and Bud deep dive on their two favorite games of the weekend, Clemson vs Miami and Georgia vs Tennessee, and they've got questions. Can Miami move the ball on 1st and 2nd down? Is Clemson the favorite to win it all if they win this Saturday? How slow will the UGA/Tennessee game be? All that, the no huddle, and a whole lot of accidental shade towards the Red River Showdown. Hosts: Barton Simmons, Bud Elliot Follow or Subscribe to Barton & Bud on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google...

Barton and Bud project forward in the SEC after another crazy weekend of college football. Buy or Sell, SEC style sees the boys ask a season-long question for each team. Is Alabama the best team in the country? Is Georgia a lock for the CFB Playoff? Can UT slip into the top-2 of the SEC East? All that and more on Barton & Bud. Hosts: Barton Simmons, Bud Elliot Follow or Subscribe to Barton & Bud on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your...

Barton and Bud look ahead to week 5 with some big picture questions. Can Texas A&M's receivers carry the team against Alabama? Will Oklahoma and Iowa State play any defense? Is Georgia boring again? CFB's storylines are only going to get crazier now that real games are happening throughout the day, and B&B have the full preview you need. Plus, after the break the guys move to the no-huddle and hit on some news in the recruiting scene. Hosts: Barton Simmons, Bud Elliot Follow or...

Barton and Bud recap every major game from the past weekend with Kansas State and Mississippi State pulling huge upsets and Florida establishing themselves as an SEC power in 2020. Hosts: Barton Simmons, Bud Elliot Follow or Subscribe to Barton & Bud on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here! Subscribe to the 247Sports YouTube Channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

It's SEC week and the guys are pumped. First they run through Barton's article analyzing the new SEC depth charts, and focus on LSU's receiving corps, Florida's defense, and the many many unsettled position battles across the conference. Then they dive deep into the Week 4 slate, moving chronologically through the first full Saturday of the season. All that and more on Barton & Bud. Read Barton's article about SEC Depth Charts here. Hosts: Barton Simmons, Bud Elliot Follow or Subscribe to...

Barton and Bud recap week 3 with ACC takes, late gambling wins, and Barton recanting his Oklahoma State to the Playoff take after just one game. Hosts: Barton Simmons, Bud Elliot Follow or Subscribe to Barton & Bud on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here! Subscribe to the 247Sports YouTube Channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the Big Ten back in the fold, it is safe to say that football is officially back. Barton and Bud jump right into the meat and potatoes and ask who the College Football Playoff selection committee would choose between a 6-0 Big Ten champ or a 1 or 2 loss ACC/SEC/Big 12 team with more wins. Then they look ahead to week 3 and focus in on the marquee matchup between Miami and Louisville. All that and more on Barton & Bud. Extra reading: Barton on Depth chart updates worth noting ahead of...

It's Barton and Bud's first reaction episode together and there's a lot to unpack. Kyren Williams is the best Notre Dame running back since ____? And is he enough to make up for Ian Book's inability to lift their team? Speaking of which, Matt Campbell is the best coach to come to Iowa State in a long time, but he has yet to elevate them into the top tier of the Big 12. Could he be the Ian Book of coaching? All that and more on Barton and Bud. Hosts: Barton Simmons, Bud Elliot Follow or...

Barton and Bud run through the week 2 slate and tell us what they're looking for in each of the games. Plus, some gambling tidbits sprinkled in as well. Hosts: Barton Simmons, Bud Elliot Follow or Subscribe to Barton & Bud on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here! Subscribe to the 247Sports YouTube Channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Following up on last Friday's Big 12 talk, Barton & Bud move from the muddled middle tier to the crème de la crème of the Big 12. They discuss their Big 12 title picks... and Oklahoma too? Hosts: Barton Simmons, Bud Elliot Follow or Subscribe to Barton & Bud on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here! Subscribe to the 247Sports YouTube Channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

The season's here, and that means Barton and Bud are pushing to two episodes a week. Jamie Newman opted out earlier this week, and that makes the guys less comfortable with Georgia's outlook, so they play a quick game of "how many points will Georgia need to win each of their games?" Then they dive into the middle of the Big 12. Every team in the Big 12 has questions, so the question is whose upside speaks most to you, and whose downside is too low for comfort. Check all that and more on...

Barton and Bud came ready to talk rule changes, but when they looked at their notes, they realized that it would be an SEC kind of episode. So after some brief banter about the new eligibility rules for the 2020 senior class, B&B talk about the SEC West. LSU is down to 70 scholarship players. Could they be bad? Could Texas A&M make the CFBP if they are a top-15 offense? Is Bama underrated? All that and more on Barton and Bud. Hosts: Barton Simmons, Bud Elliot Follow or Subscribe to...

You guys did it. 500 ratings and reviews on Apple Podcasts means another mailbag. This time the questions are very philosophical. Who is the big winner in post-COVID recruiting? If all goes well, SEC/ACC/Big 12 schools that play in the fall can tell recruits they care about football more than the Big Ten and Pac 12, but if things go poorly, Big Ten and Pac 12 schools can tell parents they will protect their children. Plus, comparing Sean Clifford and Ian Book, Georgia is Georgia because it is...

Barton and Bud lock in to talk Quinn Ewers, their votes for the combined CBS/247Sports All American team, and guys from the Big Ten and Pac 12 they would like to see play for SEC/Big 12/ACC teams this year. Hosts: Barton Simmons, Bud Elliot Follow or Subscribe to Barton & Bud on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here! Subscribe to the 247Sports YouTube Channel! Learn more about your ad...

Editor's note: This episode was recorded before news of the Big Ten, Pac 12, and Big 12 conferences made their decisions to play or not. The content is still relevant even after that news. We promise. With some conferences canceling and others pushing forward towards a fall season, Barton and Bud wanted to walk through as many of the reasons to play and to cancel and consider all the perspectives with an open mind in hopes to both understand and evaluate the depth of the challenge facing...

After a busy week of schedule announcements, Barton and Bud settle in to choose winners and losers from the conference-only schedules, dig into how many teams they think will end the regular season undefeated, and react to the news that Minnesota star Rashod Bateman is opting out of the 2020 college football season. Hosts: Barton Simmons, Bud Elliot Follow or Subscribe to Barton & Bud on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the...

Barton is still on paternity leave, but he took another hour to talk football with y'all. This week, Bud fills Barton in on the latest movements in 2021 recruiting, including why Miami's 2021 surge could be for real, and Alabama's race against Ohio State for #1. Then the guys deep dive on Barton's annual column on the top QB rooms in college football. Who's at the top? Who could jump from unranked to #1? Who was snubbed? Who does Barton feel strongly that he got right? Check all that and more...

Barton is back after a week's hiatus on paternity leave, and the boys cover two pressing issues. With high school football getting canceled and delayed across the country, what should rising high school seniors do to maximize their college careers? Then, how does the threat of COVID-19 impact the way coaches will manage their rosters this season. Hosts: Barton Simmons, Bud Elliot Follow or Subscribe to Barton & Bud on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get...