Top 10 Defensive Lines heading into 2026! | Always College Football

About this episode

Greg McElroy ranks the top 10 defensive line units in college football heading into the 2026 season.

What is the most expensive real estate in college football? Answer: the 7 yards between the OT's outside shoulder and the QB's chin. So why not rank the Top 10 defensive line units in college football heading into the 2026 season. Can A.J. Holmes Jr. lead a rebuilt Texas Tech line back to the CFP, is Will Heldt ready to continue the Clemson D-line NFL pedigree, and is everyone sleeping on David Stone and the Oklahoma front? McElroy goes over all it plus tells you why this is the deepest Notre Dame defensive line in a generation, if anyone will be able to run on Texas and why Oregon has far and away the best defensive line in the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Greg McElroy

Topics covered

• defensive lines
• college football
• 2026 season
• team rankings
• player analysis

Keywords

• defensive lines
• college football
• 2026 rankings
• Texas Tech
• Clemson
• Oklahoma
• Notre Dame
• Texas
• Oregon

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Organizations: Texas Tech, Clemson, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Texas, Oregon

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