Locked On Hawkeyes - Daily Podcast On Iowa Hawkeyes Football & Basketball - Big 10 SQUAD - How ANOTHER CFP Change Impacts Iowa Hawkeyes

Episode Date: June 20, 2025

College Football Playoff negotiations hit a snag. Will the 2026 format be decided before kickoff?Hosts dissect the ongoing CFP debates, exploring potential impacts on conference championships and automatic qualifiers. The conversation shifts to June's recruiting frenzy, with updates on Ohio State's methodical approach and UCLA's surprising Florida pipeline. Nebraska's 2025 win total predictions take center stage, as the panel analyzes the Cornhuskers' favorable schedule and potential for a breakout season under Matt Rhule.Tune in for expert insights on Big Ten football's hottest topics and discover why Nebraska might be a dark horse contender in 2025.

We're starting over for the 2026 College Football Playoff format because nobody can seem to agree. Plus June is the new recruiting month. We'll check in on schools from around the Big Ten there. And it's Nebraska's win total this time. It's a new episode of the Locked On Big Ten Squad. You're talking ball with the Big Ten Squad, sponsored by Game Time. From USC to Ohio State, from Michigan to Oregon, from Nebraska to Washington, it's the local experts of the Locked On Podcast Network, bringing you scoops, breakdowns, and the most comprehensive preview of the upcoming Big Ten weekend.

No hurt feelings and thin skin allowed. Squad up, you're part of the Big Ten Squad. Yes, welcome in. It is the Big Ten Squad, kinda. I don't know if three is considered a squad, but we're the ones that care. We're wel the big 10 squad. Kinda. is considered a squad, bu care. We're the ones that I'm Jacob going to host o

We've got J Stevens have and Zach Anderson, yaksim with UCLA guys. We have a today. Nebraska's wind to a little bit. Plus we're recruiting in the month of June, but we thought we were on the path to a new and improved new looking at 2026 college football playoff format, and barely nobody could come to an agreement. So they said, You know what, let's just restart. Let's just reset and start from the beginning. J Stevens. I'll start with you. Are we ever going to come to a

conclusion on this thing? Because we do still have to have a postseason at some point in twenty twenty six, right? And that's why I think they're going to come to a conclusion at some point. Will it be the week before week one

of the twenty twenty six season? That's possible. It wouldn't shock me if they got into the middle of the season before making a format, but they will come to some type of conclusion. My only hope now is that when they go to start from scratch, they don't go to 16. They don't go to 14. They stick with 12 and then move that way, do straight seating and just keep that thing rolling.

Because I think straight seating is a proper way to go. And I understand the pushback from the other conferences about, yeah, we don't like what you guys are proposing. We don't like the Big Ten's thing. We don't like the Big Ten's thing, or we don't like the SEC's thing. I love the pushback, and I love that people are comfortable standing up and saying, nah, this is stupid.

We know we don't have a seat at the table to make a decision, but we can use our own mouths right now and speak very boldly to make sure that our voices are still heard, even if we don't have a seat at the table, to come to a conclusion about what the format should be.

I hope they get to something soon. I hate the waiting game and I hate where we are right now in this sport where we're just changing things so quickly, but I don't think that's going to happen. So you want a decision, but you're also in favor of not rushing it to not rushing to get the wrong decision and waiting it out for the right decision ultimately. We won't know until we get into it like we have this past year, but I kind of like that.

Jay Zach, what about you in terms of whether we should make a decision quickly and just kind of figure it out once we get in or taking enough time and figuring out what's best for all? I mean, did we really think they were gonna figure this out and do it correctly if Greed wasn't in play, the Big Ten and the SEC weren't running the conversation.

I mean, it was the NCAA, now it's become the Big Ten, the SEC conversation. Why would they think four bids for the Big Ten, four bids for the SEC, that model in a 16 team playoff, would that work? I'd be okay with a 16 team playoff, I don't have any problems with a 12 team playoff. But the five bids in 11, I think that's better.

I think if it's a straight seating, it's better. There should not be auto bids other than just one per conference and earn your way in. It's the bigger conversation, which has been brought up, I think, by Brett Bielema. Play nine conference games. You know, let's get some standard of scheduling. Now, say you have a power five

power 14 on the schedule and they're bad. That's one thing, but we have so in such an imbalance schedule across the country that we're not really comparing the same thing. And it's like, Oh, this conference is better. It's like, really? Are they not? I think the playoff schedule could be 16 with the five and 11, but under no circumstances should conferences get four teams in because what the big 10 or the SEC is a down year. How do you sell? How do you divide the tiebreaker? There's three teams in fourth place, right? Is the big 10 championship game just going to be two fourth place teams playing in a play in game, right? Well, what is this? I don't think

that's the way and will we get a rate of championship games and conferences? Like are those even relevant anymore? I don't really know. 16's okay, of course I've watched a lot of FCS football. So I think 24 teams is funny to watch. I'm not sure if it'll work at the FPS level. So I just wonder where that goes. What do you think, Jacob? Yeah, it's just, you know,

you bring up a lot of points about championship, conference championship games going away and trying to have automatic bids because if you let four of them in the fifth one's going to be upset. It's the same thing we talked about on the whole, right? Of going from four to 12, 16 or whatever. It's like, okay, the team left out still going to be upset. And there will be years like you said, Zach, where the SEC maybe deserves

six or seven teams in, but maybe there's a year they only deserve two. And I just find it fascinating that the Big 10 and the SEC both agreed on four automatic qualifiers for each other, two for the ACC and the Big 12 who, of course, raised a lot of commotion about that and disagreement. And then what Brett McMurphy said, which is what we're basing this whole conversation off of, the SEC said, we actually slept on it and we actually want the five plus 11 model. We don't want guaranteed bids. It's just, it's confusing.

And so my concern is they're saying, okay, let's clean the slate. Let's go, let's go take a vacation. Let's come back and have this conversation again. What's going to change? What, what's going to change? What's going to change? And if every conference in the power four and then all the group of five just hold their ground and say, Nope, we're not budging. Sorry. Then what do we do guys? I genuinely don't know how this is all going to play out. This feels like siblings in like a big family where

you're like, okay, you have chores and then it's like the older siblings try to agree. All right, you guys get the terrible chores and we'll take the easy chore. And then one older sibling changes their minds. Actually, I want that chore because it'll be done quicker. And that's how they're kind of splitting out the bids per conference. Like, okay, we're in agreement, Big Ten SEC. Then there'd be a Big Ten SEC challenge. I'm not sure if you saw that potentially,

if that's gonna go down the road. But we just can't seem to agree. I don't know why we're flip-flopping, but for some reason, the SEC changed their their mind I just wonder which way it's gonna go yeah and reminder for fans who are watching or listening December 1 is the deadline for finalizing the 2026 College of Ball Playoff format I don't know what happens if that doesn't happen by December 1 what are they gonna do but here's something that McMurphy said that I think is fascinating.

It's the SEC who says they want more emphasis on the strength of schedule, but those within the, in this circle, they said, okay, that's fine, but it's still gonna be a beauty contest, an opinion based on who gets in and who gets left out. Jay, your thoughts on it being more strength of schedule, funny enough, coming from the SEC. Yeah, you read my mind. Strength of schedule to me for the SEC. I, there are

years at the SEC can't have an argument saying, yeah, our eight games conference schedule is very, very tough. And it's tougher than any other conferences conference. Like I can get that once they take the FCS team off the schedule, then I'll buy into that for that, for that conference. And I'm a lover of SEC football. Like I'm not team off the schedule, then I'll buy into that for that conference. And I'm a lover of SEC football. Like I'm not like a hater, but I just can't stand the fact that you would say that when you're comfortable playing a school

that's not even at your same level, even a bottom feeder, FBS school, it ain't a whole lot more sense than an FCS school that's not anywhere close to being competitive. They're not playing the FCS national champions. They're not going down south to play. You're playing teams, you know, you know, you can beat by 50 before your biggest rivalry game.

And that's been happening for a very long time. So I find it weird. Um, I do, I would love some way to unify the schedules across the country. I think all of us would agree with that. I don't think that would happen anytime soon. I don't have any faith in these conferences, the SEC or the ACT to say, well, let's play nine conference games. I don't think it's gonna happen at all, but I think at some point,

they're gonna get a lot of coaches to say, we need to do this for ourselves. And so once the coaches collectively say, yeah, let's go to nine conference games, I think that's when the conferences will do that. But if you've got a cupcake out there and you're gonna be able to win that game easily, I'm a coach, I might be inclined to play that game

just because it's an easy win. Yeah, Zach, your thoughts on this before we move to recruiting. Again, all of this has to be finalized for the 2026 playoff, which is wild to me that we're a year away from that happening and we still don't even know what the format's going to be. But December 1 is the deadline. Question question is do they get it done?

Will they get it done? I think they do. Will they change it after they get it done? Probably. But I do think if you go with the strength of schedule SEC talk it's just like what are you talking about? That's just a joke. That's laughable that you play FCS schools, eight conference games like like, well, what makes that ninth game so much tougher than a random road game? It's that random road game against somebody late in the season, you know, early wintery conditions that just makes it tough for some of these schools

compared to those, you know, SEC games. Not that it's bad or anything. My dream scenario is you play nine conference games. You play one conference, you play one power conference team, and the other two, you get a cupcake and a group of five or one conference. You play one power conference team and the other two you get a cupcake and a group of five or power conference. You do whatever you want, but everybody has to like spread the wealth. Go find that FCS program to donate money to and then I

think that would be you know, you mix it in you stagger the game. So you have good games week one week two week three week four and that would be a blessing in disguise. I don't know it seems simpler than what they're making it to be but money and TV drives it all. And nobody is coming to an agreement yet and they have until December 1 to see if they do. As long as the SEC and Florida get left out of the playoff that's all we care about right Brandon? Well we'll talk a little bit of recruiting around the Big Ten for our three schools in particular maybe our rivals as well and

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I don't know what we're doing here, but we got lots more to talk about here on this week's episode. And we're talking a little bit of recruiting because we're now going towards the end of June. I know some schools still have some big official visits to wrap up at the end of this month, but guys, June is now the month. I know you've all been talking about it on your shows. We have been on Hoosiers as well. It's just a little weird, right? With June being the big month rather than July and getting into the

fall and it seems just a little bit off Jay Stevens have locked on Buckeyes. How's it been for you guys in Columbus? It's been a little slower than I think a lot of Buckeye fans would like because Ryan Day has been very picky with the guys he's extended offers to and extended official visits to and Ohio State had a big official visit weekend. I believe the first weekend in June they had a big official visit weekend this past weekend where they had 10 plus visitors. Both of those weekends have done something different where they've had a couple of guys come in on solo official visits, where normally Ryan Day is like, no, you're going to come in with a group,

but to accommodate other people's schedules. And one kid was an in-state kid who's already committed. It's like, look, you're here, come in by yourself. It's not a big deal. Get your time on campus and then going back home. But, while it stays really in a good spot right now, I believe they have 15 guys verbally committed in the 2026 class.

Recently got a commitment, the first commitment in the 2028 class a young man from Tampa Elijah Newman Hall they also have a young man since your Johnson committing today by the time this comes out he may have already announced his commitment but he's a Glenville high school kid right there in Cleveland really down it's between Ohio State and Alabama those are the two schools that are competing for him right now. And it's been fun to see Brady Edmonds from out there in California come to Ohio State.

He was there for almost a week was at three recruiting camps and took a visit to a Trojans hospital there in Columbus, donated some books and some stuff to the youngsters there. So already kind of leading in that way, even though he's not a Buckeye yet. Um, but it's been a little slow. I say slow because normally I would have thought Ohio State would have had 20 to 22 guys committed already. But they're taking a slow methodical approach,

kind of just doing it at their own pace. And I hope it works out for Ohio State. I am a little nervous right now because of the way things have gone. But I got faith in Ryan Day to get this thing done. Yeah, we normally here in Bloomington always come down to Indiana and Alabama in recruiting. We hear that a lot for the Indiana Hoosiers.

Zach Anderson, Yaksheimer have locked on UCLA. I've been seeing you guys keeping the little track, flirting with a top 10 class here and there. It seems like it's changing every day right now with commits going crazy, but flirting with a top 10 class, pushing up against 20 verbal commits for the class of 2026 are you guys going to catch USC or is Mark just going to be able to hold that over your head

for the end of time? Well I don't think UCLA is going to catch USC. The USC has so many commits there's just so many they have a lot they're the number one class they'll be close to number one or number two by the end of the 26th class. The thing is the fact that UCLA went from what the forties to basically top 10 class in almost three weeks. Mind you, beginning to mid May when the recruiting for the 26th started for UCLA, because they spent a little bit of time in the spring. They weren't, they're a little active in the spring portal window, you know, they're a little focused on NECO, but then they started to focus on the 26th where UCLA had to commit the class class 26 for almost six plus months. So it's like, Oh, were they forgotten about? No, they

weren't forgotten about they were just waiting to make their move. UCLA has gotten a string of commits from the mid from the middle of May, all through June. It's been a big rise. I mean, today as much as they've been doing great things, they got the top ranked long snapper. And I know y'all don't care about the long snapper. But hey, they got the top ranked long snapper. And I know you all don't care about the long snapper, but, hey, they got the top ranked long snapper in 2026. Gene Carlo from Campolingo. Hey, you boast that high, Zach, man.

Let's go. But obviously, they've been doing big things. UCLA has now gotten four commits from the state of Florida. We shout out Brandon. I don't know what his skaters are doing over there in that state, but UCLA has gotten a stranglehold in terms of, oh, look, they got a recruiting pipeline in the state of Florida. Four commits in the state of Florida.

Four commits in the last week plus. I've been talking with Brian Smith. I've locked on the portal. Bruins are going nationally with their recruiting, something I didn't think was possible just a couple of weeks ago. Yeah, that's kind of where we are in Indiana. And actually, yes, talking football recruiting,

where we are on the verge of a top 25 class, have 18 verbal commits, as this episode will be coming out. And a lot of them are three stars. Yes. But you talk about branching out Zach and that's what Kurt signetti has done a lot of we have nine different states represented in the class of 2026 including Florida. Like you mentioned couple of kids from Ohio J Stevens. I mean Indiana starting to brand brand. We have offensive lineman from Wisconsin, guys don't know how that happened. But here we are, where Indiana wins some football games. And all of a sudden people at least want to come and check it out and see what's happening. And there are some IU fans and even some who aren't Indiana fans that are like, that's a bunch of three stars, some four stars. They're really not going to be that good, but you got to start somewhere, right? Indiana has been terrible for so long, you can't just walk in and compete

with the Ohio States or the Alabamas of the world, right? I mean, you have to start somewhere. And Indiana has done a really good job of that. And most of the time, if they come for a visit, they don't leave without a commit. And I think that's something that's really, really big for Kurt Signegnaz at Indiana. But I'm curious with you guys, Jay with Michigan and Zach with USC, of course, how the rivals are doing. I mean, USC with all the verbal commits they have, it's gonna be tough for anybody to catch them. But what about Michigan, Jay?

Are you keeping up with the Wolverines on what they're doing in terms of recruiting? Not keeping up as well as I used to because this is one of the weird times when Ohio State, Michigan aren't battling for the same guys. Not as often as they used to. OK. I'm not here to try to shade at Michigan or anything like that.

I think a lot of guys are waiting to figure out what's going to happen with this sign stealing thing. The NCAA is not handing out a punishment. I'm sure Michigan's waiting for something to happen. And I do know that it's hurting their recruiting, excuse me, in a little bit. Now, at the end of the day, do I think Michigan can have a top 10 recruiting class? Yes. I still think Ohio State will have a higher recruiting class, one, two, or three, probably somewhere in that nature. But I feel bad for these kids, man man because if I was a Michigan kid in any part of the state and I grew up all my

entire life waiting to go to Michigan but all of a sudden I'm waiting to find out if they have to lose scholarships or will they miss opportunities to play in the postseason or play in bowl games I'd be nervous because that's what I want to play in college football I want to play in the playoff I want to play in bowl games I don't want to be in a team that's basically where Ohio State was in 2011 or 2012 where you're on probation. You can't really do the things you want to do.

So I do know for a fact for Michigan, their recruiting has been going well at times, but I think it could be going better. But that sign stealing thing is still over their head, which that was a few years ago. Like I don't even care about it like I used to, but the NCAA is just waiting and waiting and waiting to hand down the punishment,

which I don't even know if that's going to happen before kickoff of the season, which is pretty bad. I mean, it's not surprising. Michigan's ranked like 39th right now, if you're looking at recruiting in the country. All of us are above Michigan. All of us in this call are above Michigan in recruiting right now. I mean, that's crazy.

It is. It is crazy. I didn't know they were that low. I thought they were like at least top 25. They, the model I'm looking at, they're like 39. You can obviously look at different ones that might have them higher, but they're 39. Oregon is 36, but in the 26 model, but. Yeah, talk about kids being skeptical

of going to play somewhere. Oregon, no, I'm just kidding. They have something good going on, but being skeptical of going to play somewhere. They also have money. They also got a lot of money out there too. They do have Oregon, no, I'm just kidding. They have something good going on. But being skeptical of going to play somewhere. They also have money. They also got a lot of money out there, too. They do have that, which does rule the world, especially in college football recruiting.

But being skeptical of playing somewhere, USC, I mean, they've got a ton of commits right now, guys. But we've had plenty of conversations here on the squad about what if Lincoln Riley is no longer the coach out there? What if they have a complete change? I mean, that recruiting class is just going to plummet, kids aren't going to go there and maybe they just walk across town and go to UCLA. Hunzack? That would be nice USC is pushing 30 commits in the class 26. That's absurd. They have a lot. They just beat UCLA in a commitment

race for a Tallinnola Ely and that would have been a big battle for you to win that. But for USC, they just add on to their commitments. If they do lose, it's funny, right? Lincoln Riley's ability to get all these kids to commit to USC, despite what we believe is him on a warming seat or a hot seat, I'm not sure where you guys are. But if you're thinking of Big Ten coaches on the hot seat, Lincoln Riley's there for him to get all the support. If they lose this year, if they don't succeed, do they keep them based off this class or

do all these kids de-commit as you're mentioning, Jacob? I would think there's kids, a couple, not a whole class, but one or two that would reconsider and flip closer to Saturday. Does that mean they go to UCLA? They get more money, something similar in a better spot with a coach and with a longer leash, maybe, but they lose. I'll rate the benefits, change those colors, blue and gold will welcome you into UCLA, but it is a fascinating topic that USC is right there. Does that extend Lincoln Riley a year, even if that doesn't mean a good year in 25? We will see at a team that we have yet to talk about on the show today. It's

Nebraska and we continue our series of win total seven and a half for Nebraska. We talk about that next here on the victim squad. All right, it's our favorite segment of the week. We're talking win totals. We did Iowa last week. Is that right? And now we have Nebraska. It's the last team with our friends over at FanDuel. Be sure you

check them out of FanDuelSportsBook.com. It's the last team with a seven and a half win total before we move up to eight and a half guys. And for the fans who are watching and listening who have not looked at Nebraska's football schedule, I don't know who they talked to. I don't know I don't know who they kiss that they have. But for tr four, that's it. And one o play a non conference neut

the season. Tons of home lots of opportunities. We Zach Anderson, Yaksheimer, seven and a half win total from the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the year 2025 over or under and why I wanted to be a punk and say under, but I just looked at this schedule. You mentioned how many home games they have. This is their starting schedule at Cincinnati, Akron and Houston Christian. If you're not three, you know, I don't know what you're doing. Hosting Michigan should be a win.

Think of Dylan Ray Eulish sophomore, Matt Rowe. This is one of those years where is he going to dominate is, you know, coming into another year at Nebraska. They had so many struggles in one score games. If they're not three and one or four, no heading into Michigan State for homecoming at all, like they get Michigan and Michigan State at home before going to Maryland. They can be mid October before they even lose a game and then they play minutes. They could start the season undefeated. They could be the Indiana, if you will, of starting the season unbeaten and

easily be over before they have their first loss. That is my thought about this schedule, is that what's going to happen? I'm not entirely sure, but this is a very, very manageable schedule for them not only to win, but maybe be in the playoff conversation come November before they probably start playing a lot tougher of a schedule UCLA in there, but all seriousness, then they get Penn State on the road,

you host in Iowa, you play USC and go to California with UCLA after that. That's when I think the schedule would be a little tougher, but they'll go over possibly before November. The hang over seven and a half for Nebraska. Reminder that game against Cincinnati in week one is on Thursday night. That is August 28th.

That is at Arrowhead. So you would expect them to have the majority of the fans, but you never know. You see fans are kind of wild up there in Cincinnati. And so yeah, they have Cincinnati you mentioned it Akron at home Houston Christian at home Michigan at home Michigan State at home. Real games is crazy. Home games yeah I mean it's ridiculous then at Maryland at Minnesota home for Northwestern home for USC at UCLA at Penn State of of course, that's difficult. And then home versus Iowa.

I mean, Jay Stevens have locked on, but guys, all they got to do is win one or two road games and take care of business at home. And they may be eight or nine win team this year. Yeah, I'm thinking that they're going to be eight or nine wins easily going with the over seven and a half wins. It's weird because when I think about Nebraska,

I still think they're in that period where you think they have the talent, but is this year they put it all together? And I want to lean towards yes. And I yeah, I'll lean towards yes, they do it, but even if they don't put it all together, they're going to get eight wins. Just walking through the door, just walking through the gate to get to the field. I don't understand how that schedule got so easy. I truly have no idea. And I get like, you have 18 teams in a conference. It's hard to put a schedule together. You want to make it as even as possible.

And maybe you want to try to put teams together that are even. But Nebraska's had the talent over the past couple of years, even in the Scott Frost era, they had the talent. They just didn't play four full quarters of football. Eight, nine wins should be easy for them. The only one that I say is a definite loss Is that Penn State? I got three toss-up games for him and they love I'm gonna Penn State game, too Correct, correct. You do. Yep. The only really true toss-up games. I got I got three Michigan Michigan State in USC

Everything else to me is an easy win. It's weird. I assumed probably like Zach and maybe you, Jacob, that this would be an under, an easy under. But then before the show, I'm putting my nose together and I'm like, wow, I have to go over with Nebraska. And I didn't want to do that because I'm still maybe a little salty

that Dylan Marjola kind of hung Ohio State out. Hey, I want to play it for you. No, I'm going to stay with my uncle here at Nebraska where you probably should have committed all along. I think he committed to Georgia and then decommitted, then to Ohio State, decommitted, and then went to Nebraska. I'm thinking, stay with your family.

It makes a whole lot of sense. Don't play with people like this because they want to come back to hurt you when you're on the field. I love old school hatred and having grudges when picking over and unders for teams. I absolutely love it. You mentioned that there is a bye week before the road game at Penn State.

Believe there's also a bye week in between the Michigan and Michigan State game where they play Michigan, September 20th, bye week, then the home game against Michigan State. I mean, this is wild to me guys. I mean, it's unbelievable, but yeah, I don't believe in Nebraska as a team, but I believe in their schedule. They'll beat Cincinnati. That's the perfect way to say it, Jacob. We're not sure. We don't want to do it, but if we go under, that's a bolder take. What's bolder

saying they're under or that they'll be playoff contenders in November just off the schedule. I mean, or playoff contenders, I think like the bi-week before Penn State, like they should realistically be in the contention. And then we'll find out the real season. Look at it by November by November, which is when you really start to have those playoff conversations. We have a couple of rankings out by then and you've only got a few games left. I mean, that you said exactly absolutely could be undefeated. Maybe one loss if they split Michigan and Michigan State. They're hosting UFC or USC Saturday, November 1st with a chance to just build their playoff reputation and build the hype around Nebraska. I mean, my God, man, I'm going over. I don't like it, but they're going to beat Cincinnati, Akron, Houston, Christian. I'll say they split between Michigan and Michigan state. I think they clean sweep Maryland and Minnesota on

the road. They'll obviously get Northwestern. I think they beat USC. UCLA on the road is tough, but they don't have to travel as far as some other teams doing the big 10. They're not going to happy Valley and getting a win. And then who knows what the heck's going to happen between Nebraska and Iowa in late November. But even with the toss up games and you lose them all, they still go over seven and a half. And so, uh, shout out to Nebraska and their fans, man, they're going to have a lot of fun. And the schedule is, might be the weakest we've seen so far in our wind totals, but they are the last team with seven and a half, to our friends at FanDuel. Next week guys, we start talking eight and a half win totals including Indiana who

has an eight and a half win total. So we get to talk about that. Maybe that is next week and maybe we have a few more folks of the squad. But gentlemen, I appreciate you both showing up a three man squad with Zach Anderson, Yaksheimer have locked on UCLA, Jay Stevens of Lockdown Buckeyes, I'm Jacob Goins of Lockdown Hoosiers. Until next time, stay safe and we'll talk to you later.