The Next Round

The Next Round Your home for the SEC, CFB, and more. Live show every M-F, 9-12 CT with Jim Dunaway, Lance Taylor, and Ryan Brown
(1)

11/18/2025

The Alabama Crimson Tide moves on to Eastern Illinois this week. Where will Alabama Football be in tonight’s College Football Playoff Rankings? What are Alabama’s players saying about their Playoff push as they enter these final two games? Is it as easy as ‘win out and you are in’ for Alabama?

How do Alabama fans feel about playing a Jordan Hare Iron Bowl for their playoff lives and it bing a 6:30 kick?

What is the history of night Iron Bowls at Jordan Hare Stadium?

The Auburn Tigers had a bye week and now prepare for Mercer to come to Auburn. Auburn Football will sit Ashton Daniels to preserve his redshirt. If he starts, how excited would you be to see Deuce Knight in a one game starting role?

The Ole Miss Rebels have a bye week and are ready for an answer from Lane Kiffin. Trey Wallace of Outkick reports the Ole Miss athletics administration wants an answer from Kiffin but this weekend about his future. What would you do if you were the Ole Miss Football coach? Is Kiffin setting up the hero play to stay at Ole Miss?

How close to a different season is it for the bottom six teams of the SEC? They are 1-15 in one score games.

This week in the SEC:

Alabama Crimson Tide v. Eastern Illinois
Auburn Tigers v. Mercer Bears
Missouri Tigers at Oklahoma Sooners (-9.5)
Samford at Texas A&M Aggies
Charlotte at Georgia Bulldogs (-44.5)
Arkansas Razorbacks at Texas Longhorns (-10.5)
Kentucky Wildcats at Vanderbilt Commodores (-10)
Coastal Carolina at South Carolina Gamecocks (-23.5)
Tennessee Volunteers (-3.5) at Florida Gators
Western Kentucky at LSU Tigers (-21.5)

James Franklin is the new coach at Virginia Tech. Can the former Penn State Football coach rerun the Hokies to the Beamer year glory?

The College Football Playoff rankings are unveiled tonight. We give you our thoughts on how they shake out.

This week nationally:

Miami Hurricanes (-17.5) v. Virginia Tech Hokies
Ohio State Buckeyes (-32.5) v. Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Louisville Cardinals at SMU Mustangs (-3.5)
USF Bulls (-21.5) at UAB Blazers
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (-35.5) v. Syracuse Orange
Michigan State Spartans (+16.5) at Iowa Hawkeyes
USC Trojans at Oregon Ducks (-9.5)
Michigan Wolverines (-13.5) at Maryland Terrapins
Kansas State Wildcats at Utah Utes (-16.5)
Pittsburgh Panthers at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (-2.5)
BYU Cougars (-2.5) at Cincinnati Bearcats

In Today on the Alexander Shunnarah Hotline:‬

‭10:00 - Clay Travis
11:00 - Justin Hokanson

‭Give us a call: 1-205-734-0923‬

‭ ‬ ‬

SUBSCRIBE:

- /

FOLLOW TNR ON RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/c/c-7759604

FOLLOW TNR ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/7zlofzLZht7dYxjNcBNpWN

FOLLOW TNR ON APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-round/id1797862560

WEBSITE: https://nextroundlive.com/
MOBILE APP: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-next-round/id1580807480
SHOP THE NEXT ROUND STORE: https://nextround.store/

Like TNR on Facebook: / nextroundlive
Follow TNR on Twitter: / nextroundlive
Follow TNR on Instagram: / nextroundlive

Follow everyone from the show on Twitter:

Jim Dunaway: / jimdunaway
Ryan Brown: / ryanbrownlive
Lance Taylor: / thelancetaylor
Scott Forester: / scottforestertv
Tyler Johns: /TylerJohnsTNR

Sponsor the show: [email protected]

The first power 4 job opening has been filled, as James Franklin is headed to Virginia Tech. Here's a look at the remain...
11/17/2025

The first power 4 job opening has been filled, as James Franklin is headed to Virginia Tech.

Here's a look at the remaining job openings across the CFB landscape.

11/17/2025

When Georgia players transfer, Kirby Smart tries to schedule the team they transfer to:

“When they want to leave, because they're not physical, that means they're probably going to a place that's not physical. We like those places. We like to play them.”

11/17/2025

"I think the best thing for Ashton is to be able to preserve his redshirt year and be able to come back and play another year." - DJ Durkin confirming that Ashton Daniels will not play against Mercer and that both Jackson Arnold and Deuce Knight will play

11/17/2025

“This is not a time to sit still. This is a time to keep moving forward.” - Kalen DeBoer on Alabama's need to put the loss to Oklahoma behind them

11/17/2025

"I don't see them getting through the gauntlet of those types of games in order to win a national championship when they're this one-dimensional." - Fox Sports' Joel Klatt on why he doesn't believe Alabama is a contender to win it all

See our full interview with Klatt here: https://youtu.be/aLFuub-lEiU

An SEC circle of parity
11/17/2025

An SEC circle of parity

11/17/2025

"We are still optimistic. We've still got a great mindset because we know that we still have everything we want in front of us." - Alabama WR Germie Bernard

What is Alabama's kryptonite? A Gus Malzahn offense or Brent Venables defense.Alabama is 9-12 all-time vs. teams that fe...
11/17/2025

What is Alabama's kryptonite? A Gus Malzahn offense or Brent Venables defense.

Alabama is 9-12 all-time vs. teams that feature a Malzahn offense or a Venables defense, including 0-2 this season.

11/17/2025

Can Auburn's defense give Alabama problems the way that Oklahoma did? ESPN's Tom Luginbill says it can.

11/17/2025

With the issues in the kicking game, what would it take for Alabama to attempt a field goal at Auburn?

Our SEC Power Rankings Through Week 12For the first time since Week 4, the Georgia Bulldogs have reclaimed the top spot ...
11/17/2025

Our SEC Power Rankings Through Week 12

For the first time since Week 4, the Georgia Bulldogs have reclaimed the top spot on our list

Address

3500 Blue Lake Drive
Birmingham, AL
35243

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when The Next Round posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to The Next Round:

Share