Todd’s 2026 Draft QB Tiers: The Names You Need to Know This College Football Season

The McShay Show

The Ringer

Football, Sports

4.7 • 663 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Welcome to The McShay Show! The guys are back to sort through Todd’s preseason QB tiers and break down which prospects could find themselves in the first-round conversation next April.Our first LIVE show will take place at Lincoln Hall in Chicago on September 10. Tickets are on sale now—secure your spot today for an evening of NFL draft talk, early reactions to the college football and NFL seasons, and more! (00:00) Welcome to The McShay Show! (03:30) Join Us in Chicago! TheRinger.com/events(04:35) 2025 College Football QB Tiers(10:05 )How Does This QB Class Rank Historically?(14:50) QB Tier 1: Cade Klubnik (Clemson)(21:55) QB Tier 1: Garrett Nussmeier (LSU)(28:10) QB Tier 1: LaNorris Sellers (South Carolina)(37:20) QB Tier 2: Drew Allar (Penn State)(45:30) QB Tier 2: Fernando Mendoza (Indiana)(47:50) QB Tier 2: Sam Leavitt (Arizona State)(49:37) QB Tier 3: John Mateer (Oklahoma)(56:33) QB Tier 3: Sawyer Robertson (Baylor)(58:45) QB Tier 3: Carson Beck (Miami) Subscribe to The McShay Report for access to all of Todd’s scouting reports and tape notes during the Summer Scouting Series, and for access to all of his content throughout football and draft season.The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available.Host: Todd McShayGuest: Steve MuenchProducers: Tucker Tashjian, Conor Nevins, and Daniel ComerSocial: Eduardo Ocampo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Final preseason deep dive into the 2026 NFL draft class before the football season begins.
0:10.7	Quarterback tier rankings.
0:13.0	My version of heaven, Stevie Boys personal hell.
0:16.6	Just five days until college football kicks off this Saturday, 248 days until the NFL draft.
0:24.4	Ment you good?
0:25.6	I'm fine.
0:26.8	That's good enough for me.
0:28.9	Let's roll it. You know, it's upon us when we've got three shows.
0:49.0	From here on out, through the season, we've got three shows, man, starting this week.
0:52.9	Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Then next week, Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
0:54.5	Then next week, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, we're gearing up for week one of the college football season. Obviously, we'll have this Saturday. Can you believe it? This Saturday, we've college football, okay? So you're stuck with us now, but here we go, you know? three shows a week, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, this week, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, the following week.
1:13.4	And then we'll go to our... You're stuck with us now, but here we go, you know, three shows a week, Monday, Wednesday, Friday this week, Monday, Wednesday, Friday the following week,
1:13.5	and then we'll go to our Saturday, our favorite shows of all.
1:17.1	I mean, including the draft of them being honest.
1:19.0	My favorite show that we do is the Saturday night live stream.
1:23.1	We cut into the end of the primetime game, right?
1:26.3	And we go and we kind of review that game,
1:30.7	actually go through the ending of that game. Hopefully we have great, great finishes of the
1:35.2	primetime game and then review the entire day of college football and Saturdays. Right. And then
1:41.2	we obviously have the two shows throughout the week. So we'll have special
1:44.2	guests. We'll have a lot of fun throughout the year. But here we are. It's, it's, I mean, we're swimming in it now and I'm fired up. Mensh, why don't you start off? Tell the folks how they can continue to support us. Actually, I took notes. I'm trying to get better at this, man. Go to the YouTube, go to YouTube, find the McShay Show, hit the subscribe button.
2:03.1	You can do, when you get into the videos, you can do thumbs. notes i'm trying to get better at this man go to the youtube go to youtube find the mcshay show
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