Updated Preseason Top 25 Rankings + Brendan Sorsby Latest
Josh Pate's College Football Show
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🗓️ 4 May 2026
⏱️ 70 minutes
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On Josh Pate’s College Football Show Ep 733 Josh Pate unveils his post-spring top 25 rankings. Where are Big Ten teams like Ohio State, Oregon, Indiana, and Michigan? Do Alabama, UGA, Texas, Texas A&M, and the SEC rebound? How do we judge Texas Tech? Can Notre Dame enter the season at the top? Bold Prediction season continues tonight as we look at takes viewers are willing to put their name behind. SEC job approval ratings are back as we dive into the vibes around Josh Heupel at Tennessee, Kirby Smart at UGA, and Jeff Lebby at Mississippi State. What do early mock drafts tell us about the potential national title picture for 2026? All that plus the latest in the Brendan Sorsby suspension story and the truth about Lane Kiffin’s path to Ole Miss. Be sure to let us know what you think, SUBSCRIBE to the channel, and CLICK THE BELL for notifications as we bring you multiple live shows per week! TIMESTAMPS (1:43) Post-Spring Top 25 Rankings Reveal (23:42) Latest on Brendan Sorsby and Texas Tech (38:05) SEC Head Coach Approval Ratings: Georgia & Kirby Smart (39:57) SEC Head Coach Approval Ratings: Tennessee & Josh Heupel (42:57) SEC Head Coach Approval Ratings: Mississippi State & Jeff Lebby (46:39) Viewers' Boldest Predictions: Indiana wins 8 games or less (50:07) Viewers' Boldest Predictions: Five SEC QB throw for 30 or more Touchdowns (51:46) Viewers' Boldest Predictions: Notre Dame loses a September Game (53:44) Viewers' Boldest Predictions: Houston wins 11 games, makes Big 12 Championship Game (55:40) Mock Draft Science: Who wins the CFP (1:02:21) The Truth about Lane Kiffin & his departure from Ole Miss SUBSCRIBE to the Josh Pate’s College Football Show Podcast: APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/553DKKH... Twitter: twitter.com/JoshPateCFB Instagram: instagram.com/JoshPateCFB TikTok: / joshpatecfb Sign Up for FanDuel: http://fanduel.com/joshpate Must be 21+ and present in select states (for Kansas, in affiliation with Kansas Star Casino) or 18+ and present in D.C., KY or WY. Opt in req. Bonus issued as non-withdrawable profit boost tokens. Restrictions apply, including any token expiration and max wager amount. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG. Call 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat in Connecticut, or visit mdgamblinghelp.org in Maryland. Hope is here. Visit GamblingHelpLineMA.org or call (800) 327-5050 for 24/7 support in Massachusetts or call 1-877-8HOPE-NY or text HOPENY in New York. Pate State X Magnolia Line 50% of profits of this line benefit the mission of Magnolia (See Website & Giving links below)
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| 0:37.6 | I've got our speaker series stops for this week. |
| 0:40.1 | And longtime viewers of the show will understand once the week concludes, we've got a big one coming up. |
| 0:46.8 | No immunity. |
| 0:47.4 | It's just a big, big week here on the campus of Pate State. |
| 0:50.4 | But tonight we're jam-packed. |
| 0:51.6 | We're high atop a stunning sunburnt downtown Nashville, |
| 0:55.4 | Tennessee, Sunday night, May 3rd, the Year of Our Lord, 2026. You know what that means, Jesse? |
| 1:00.4 | Actually, you don't, because there's nothing special about May 3rd, but what it means for us this year, |
| 1:06.1 | tonight is we're doing post-spring top 25. Commissioners poll. Yeah, not ratings, rankings. |
| 1:12.3 | These are good old-fashioned rankings. How do we feel you're going to start the year? How would we slot them? And by we, I mean, I'm putting my name on this. How would I slot them right now? We've got bold predictions on the show tonight. We've got the truth about Lane Kiffin, which could be its own show, but it's just going to be a segment in our show. |
| 1:27.7 | And I've got some more thoughts on Brendan Sorsby and the whole situation out of Texas Tech because we had a fair amount of feedback the other day. Not even a whole lot of negative feedback, just some, I don't know, some interesting feedback. People have different points of view on all this. So we got a jam-packed show. They're watching us in Jacksonville, |
| 1:44.7 | Florida. For the first time ever, Pawtuckett, Rhode Island is checking in. I don't remember |
| 1:48.9 | Rhode Island viewership, which means we got some work to do in the Northeast. Marysville, |
| 1:53.7 | Ohio, Round Rock, Texas, wherever you are watching slash listening, make sure you are subscribed |
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| 2:10.9 | big week coming up here on the channel. But big night too. Here we go. Let's dive in. |
| 2:17.4 | Spring is over. I did a pre-spring top 25. It sounds only |
| 2:21.8 | right that we do a post-spring top 25. We had some injuries. We learned some things. Then we got |
| 2:27.1 | plenty more questions thrown in our face. So the commissioner's poll is not a power rating. That's |
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