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Miami & Oregon Surging + CFP Ranking Shakeup - Josh Pate's College Football Show

2025-12-01 Sports
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Vanderbilt Stuns Tennessee, Oregon's Stability, and the Near-Total Collapse of the ACC

Analyze the massive upset of Vanderbilt over Tennessee, evaluate Oregon's playoff trajectory driven by smart talent acquisition, and uncover why the ACC faces a potential playoff shutout this December.

Short Summary

  • Vanderbilt secured a decisive 45-24 road victory over Tennessee, outrushing them 314 to 83, yet their playoff hopes suffer due to previous flawed ranking methodology.
  • Oklahoma narrowly escaped LSU (17-13), essentially securing a playoff spot by luck despite major statistical deficiencies in the game.
  • The ACC is labeled the "Sarah McLaclin Special," teetering on the edge of being completely shut out of the College Football Playoff. This episode dissects key weekend results, focusing on how high-impact wins translate—or fail to translate—into playoff equity for contenders like Vanderbilt and the structurally unstable ACC.

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College Football contender vs pretender is a weekly occurrence this time of year. On Josh Pate's College Football Show Ep 692 Josh goes over games like Oregon vs Washington, Vanderbilt vs Tennessee, LSU vs Oklahoma, Miami vs Pitt, the entire ACC imploding outside of Miami, BYU's shot to take down Texas Tech, and more. Let us know what you think in the comments below and be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the channel and CLICK THE BELL for notifications as we bring you multiple live shows per week! #CFB #JoshPate #Predictions SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/josh-pates-college-football-show/id1485905502 Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoshPateCFB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JoshPateCFB/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joshpatecfb

Top Comments (10)

@CalebTrask 2025-12-01

I just want to say how happy I am that Oregon's coach is Dan Lanning, and not some low character individual like Lane Kiffin.

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@Matty13Cooper 2025-12-01

Texas A&M is the Virginia of the SEC. The only team they played in the top half of the SEC standing was Texas and they lost.

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@scottm4975 2025-12-01

Hearing the logo argument for Vanderbilt but being fine with BYU at 11 is so rich

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@phillip9728 2025-12-01

If you bet on Duke you are just donating to Vegas

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@Daetwiz34 2025-12-01

“Texas tech legally assaulted West Virginia” why is this so funny💀💀

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@knothyselfknotruth 2025-12-01

Malik Benson is WR6 at Oregon 😂😂😂 their starters are all injured

11 1 replies
@Indepatriot72 2025-12-01

Oregon has a similar problem. They beat teams when they were ranked but dropped out afterward.

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@leviticus-bloopers 2025-12-01

BYU 11-1 should be ranked in top 10 🔥

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@AIAdventures-u7p 2025-12-01

Sooners sitting there like Godzilla just waiting for someone who thinks they have a pretty offense. 😂

4 1 replies
@TymonScott 2025-12-02

BYU barely even mentioned (as usual), but at least the editor has figured out that putting the BYU logo in the thumbnail is worth a few thousand extra views

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