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Alabama at five? Josh Pate questions the committee's logic

His playoff rankings reaction anchors sixteen uploads covering Notre Dame-Miami, SEC previews and Saturday upset scenarios.

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  1. 1:14Pate argues that Notre Dame must beat Miami to keep its playoff hopes alive.
  2. 3:26He questions Alabama's fifth-place ranking despite two losses.
  3. 6:50Ohio State's placement below Indiana prompts his argument that difficult nonconference scheduling is being punished.
  4. 12:35He sees a possible route into the playoff for multiple three-loss SEC teams.
  5. 15:48BYU, Utah and Texas Tech could all build resumes deserving top-12 consideration, he argues.
  6. 16:47Wake Forest's route depends on winning out, reaching the ACC title game and teams above it falling.

"Is the committee just Nick Saban, Jesse?" Josh Pate asks his off-screen producer. Alabama's placement has stopped him short, and the joke gives way to a plain verdict: "Alabama's too high."

The most watched new upload on Josh Pate's College Football Show, "CFP Rankings Reaction...WHAT Are We Doing? - Josh Pate's College Football Show", has reached roughly 300,000 views. Pate questions how a two-loss Alabama landed fifth, then examines the committee's explanation for the credit it gave the Mississippi State win. His broader concern is consistency: why, he asks, does Ohio State's demanding schedule leave it so far below Indiana?

The comments have their own version of that discussion. Some self-described Alabama supporters question the placement too, while others make cases for UCLA and Kentucky. One viewer describes heading straight to Pate's channel after the rankings appeared, a small glimpse of the ritual these reaction episodes have become.

There was plenty beyond the committee. Pate posted previews of Miami-Notre Dame, Kentucky-Tennessee and Georgia-Ole Miss, followed by an episode devoted to upset alerts and playoff chaos scenarios. In the rankings reaction, he makes Notre Dame's stakes particularly blunt: he says it must beat Miami to keep its playoff hopes alive.

The channel's audience grew, though subscriber additions were slower than its month-long pace. Daily viewing is modestly above usual. Among nearby sports channels, The Deep 3 had a much larger viewing week, while Kenny For Real was quieter.

Pate's freshest momentum belongs to "Biggest CFB Saturday In History? - Josh Pate's College Football Show", with the Georgia-Ole Miss preview also gathering views faster than the rankings reaction. The committee supplied the argument; the game previews supply the next test of it.

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What viewers say

  • I’m a Bama homer. Bama at 5 is crazy.
  • I ran to Youtube after these rankings dropped to look for this vid 😂
  • This ranking kinda fits how crazy this season has been across the board.
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  • There’s no perfect ranking, but definitely think they should’ve ranked UCLA & UK in the 5/6 slots just ahead of Bama, BYU, & Texas in any order. That would’ve been more digestible.

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The facts
Subscribers
597,000 ▲ 4,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days
3,553,427
Videos published this week
16
Video published
November 4, 2026
Video views so far
300,632
Views on its first day
249,343

The numbers

Here is how the channel's uploads, views and subscribers moved over the week.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels
The Deep 3
10,289,268
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4,577,081
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3,831,957
Pavel Barber
2,440,866
subscribers
597,000
▲ 4,000 in the last 7 days
total views
226,003,417
views per day
535,176
typical day: 489,857
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
The Deep 3
808,000
We Got Ice
584,000
Zac Bell
492,000
As of November 6, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
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