WEEK 6 PREDICTIONS: Miami-FSU Rivalry Heat, Texas in The Swamp, and Sow Your Oats Saturday | College Football Podcast

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🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Week 6, the start of Cocktober. We dive into a slate that's loaded with opportunities for offenses to establish themselves (or for underdogs to sneak in and steal one). We circle back and discuss the two biggest games of the weekend: Vandy traveling to Alabama and Miami making their first road trip to face Florida State in Tallahassee. Both have baggage, both feature ranked teams, and both could shake up the playoff picture.

From there, we explore the sneaky-important matchups that nobody's talking about enough: Iowa State's trip to Cincinnati, Kansas State trying to bounce back at Baylor, and Texas facing a desperate Florida team in The Swamp. We also hit on Notre Dame's chance to make a statement against Boise State, the letdown potential for Illinois, and why we're believers in some serious home dog action this week (looking at you, Cal and Virginia).

Plus, we've got our weekly Pat League lookahead, a breakdown of the optimal quad setup for Saturday, and a look at the Taylor Swift curse, bear coat turnover props, and more.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro
5:44 - Picks of the Week + More Vandy-Alabama / Miami-Florida Discussion
14:19 - Iowa State vs Cincinnati
21:20 - Kansas State vs Baylor
28:08 - Texas vs Florida
34:57 - Virginia vs Louisville
41:19 - Wisconsin vs Michigan
42:35 - Boise State vs Notre Dame
47:39 - Under The Radar Games
1:06:17 - Pat League Lightning Round
1:09:54 - Window of Opportuniy & The Quadfather

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