AP Poll Predicted Rankings + Early Best Bets & Loaded Mailbag
episodePreviously titled “AP Poll Predicted Rankings + Early Bets Bets & Loaded Mailbag” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 3, 2026
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What is the opening introduction and overall theme of the episode?
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Mixed emotions, really mixed emotions because it's our last show until, well, for a few weeks. I don't want to get specific. Who knows? I could pop up around here any old time. But we're jam-packed. We're high on top of scorching downtown Nashville, Tennessee on this Tuesday, June 30th, the year of our Lord, 2026. We're heavy into predictions come August. But since it's the end of June and someone asked in the mailbag, which we have a lot of tonight, I think it's time for us to try and figure out what our friends at the Associated Press, the esteemed AP preseason poll, what are they going to pump out to us? When are they going to pump it out? And what is the preseason top 25 going to look like? I got my guess, but I also have several questions in the mailbag tonight about trap games.
Oh, there was a great one about... Which old games do you rewatch the most? Now, as you guys know and girls know, anyone who has watched or listened to the show for any length of time, that could be the show. We could do the entire show on that. I'm going to try and compact that into like five minutes. We'll see how we do. I've got what, Jesse? We landed on six futures bets, right? I got four totals, got a couple of Heisman bets. So I guess those, in a way, are predictions. So we're a little prediction heavy on the show tonight. But it's a loaded mailbag. We're kind of going out with a bang. These are the best fireworks we can do. We are, after all, still indoors. And so we're happy to have you with us. They're watching us in Tacoma, Washington, home of the Tacoma Dome.
They're watching us in Birmingham. I guess that would be home of the Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center, now the Legacy Arena. Let's see if I can finish this. Tampa used to be the Ice Palace, but I don't know what the official name of the arena is. Ashburn, Virginia has a good rail cam. I don't know that they have an arena in Ashburn, Virginia. But nevertheless, that's where the viewers are checking in from. Please, wherever you're checking in from, whether you have an arena in your town or not, please subscribe to the channel. And that's it. That's all.
How does Josh Pate predict the AP preseason poll rankings?
That's what we ask for. Otherwise, keep it civil in the live chat. And let's go to work. Got a loaded mailbag. I think it's time for us to look ahead to the preseason AP poll. And before they drop it on us, Ronald from Carbondale, Illinois hit us and said, do you care to take a stab at predicting the preseason AP poll rankings before it comes out? You notice those last few words there, before it comes out. Because everyone's a genius after the fact. Ronald knows this. I know this. So no, Ronald, I don't typically like to take stabs at this. I just like to wait and then react. But since you're asking me to... And we got some time here at the end of June. Why not? Because there's just this consequence-free content here.
Because if I get it right or if I get it wrong, if you're mad at it, whatever, I'm just predicting what the AP is going to do. This is their yard over there. We're just looking at it. There's no harm in looking in someone's yard. There is a lot of harm in trespassing in someone's yard. So who do you think the number one team in the country is going to be? I think it's going to be Texas. Jesse, was Texas number one last year, preseason? Yeah. I think they're going to go a repeat of the number one team they had last year, which ended up not making the playoff, by the way. So this is my best guess. This is my best approximation. You can see AP poll prediction on the graphic there. I think Texas is going to be number one.
I'd have Notre Dame number one for the record right now, but I think Texas is going to be number one. I think they'll have Notre Dame number two. I think last year's national champion, Indiana lands at number three. But I could see Indiana as high as number one because I could see a lot of voters saying, Indiana proved us wrong at every turn. Well, actually, they proved me wrong at every turn last year. A lot of people were on board with Indiana.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the opening introduction and overall theme of the episode?
0:00–2:14
2
How does Josh Pate predict the AP preseason poll rankings?
2:14–11:51
3
What are the detailed AP poll top‑25 predictions and rankings?
11:51–16:06
4
Which classic college football games does the mailbag highlight for rewatching?
16:06–1:13:17
Speakers
1 identifiedMore from Josh Pate's College Football Show
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