Nov 11, 2026 · 1h 42m
Playoff rankings sharpen Week 11’s biggest college football bets
The Locker Room - CFB Week 11 Picks: Will LSU, Lane Kiffin HANDLE Texas, Arch Manning + Can Missouri UPSET Georgia?
The episode connects committee logic, coaching turmoil, and conference power to a slate of games that could reshape the playoff picture.
- 1The hosts debate whether Indiana’s ranking drop and Georgia’s treatment reveal résumé standards tilted toward the SEC.
- 2Michigan’s disappointing season becomes a case study in coaching, leadership, and culture rather than roster quality.
- 3Week 11 picks center on playoff pressure, with LSU–Texas and Missouri–Georgia carrying the clearest stakes.
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The hosts turn Michigan’s season into an extended argument that its coaching relationship has expired, using increasingly elaborate household metaphors to make the case.
The brief
Josh Pate, Will Compton, and Taylor Lewan open with Week 10 reactions before turning to the playoff rankings, where Indiana’s drop and Georgia’s standing expose competing ideas of fairness.
The sharpest non-betting argument concerns Michigan: the hosts blame coaching, leadership, and culture for the season’s problems, questioning whether the relationship with Kyle Whittingham has run its course.
The playoff debate widens to LSU, South Carolina, BYU, Oregon, Iowa, SMU, and Wake Forest, with conference-title outcomes and perceived SEC favoritism shaping the possible field.
Week 11 picks test those theories in games including Indiana–USC, Missouri–Georgia, Texas Tech–Oklahoma State, Wake Forest–SMU, and Texas–LSU, where spreads meet playoff pressure.
The episode closes with underdog picks and parlays, then turns self-critical as Taylor Lewan acknowledges that his LSU Heisman and SEC futures bets are fading.
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