Josh Pate's poll verdict: Tennessee higher, Georgia stays on top
His Week 11 AP reaction draws an unusually large audience as he weighs head-to-head results against the full résumé.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 266,794 views a day, 5.5 times a normal first day on this channel (48,179).
AP Poll Week 11 Reaction...MOST Overrated & Underrated Teams - Josh Pate's College Football Show
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- 0:19Pate puts Tennessee above Alabama on their head-to-head result, then considers how Texas complicates the order.
- 2:58He defends Ohio State at No. 21 based on its schedule and best wins, not its usual expectations.
- 4:36Georgia's wins at Alabama and Ole Miss justify its place above Utah, Pate argues.
- 7:26Texas Tech belongs ahead of Wake Forest because it has two better wins, in Pate's assessment.
- 10:31Pate predicts Oregon will win its remaining games and finish 9-3.
Head-to-head results matter to Josh Pate, but so does the rest of a team's résumé. His Week 11 AP poll reaction works through the awkward cases, starting with Alabama sitting ahead of a Tennessee team that beat it.
"So Tennessee should be over Alabama. Now you may say to yourself, 'Well, what about Texas?'" he says, bringing another result into the discussion rather than treating a single game as the whole ranking system.
The segment drew roughly 267,000 views in its first day, more than five times the show's usual start. Its separate Tennessee-Alabama Short also drew an unusually fast audience.
But Pate isn't asking voters to rearrange everything. He backs Georgia above Utah, pointing to Georgia's wins at Alabama and Ole Miss. To him, that is a football explanation, not evidence of SEC favoritism. Several Utah supporters in the comments are quite content with second place; others debate how consistently head-to-head results should apply.
Ohio State gets a different kind of defense. Pate argues that its position is fair when judged against its schedule and best wins, rather than the program's own lofty expectations. "You have to practice some discipline, Chad. You can't just look at Ohio State and judge them based on the Ohio State scale."
The Ram-sponsored segment also gives Texas Tech the edge over Wake Forest on quality wins. Pate closes his Oregon assessment with a firmer prediction: he thinks the Ducks are done losing this season.
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What viewers say
Ute fan here. Perfectly happy with #2
@tangmang7961See it on YouTubeIt wasn’t until I saw the logos side by side that I realized how similar the Kentucky and Houston logos are
@jaccoil8684See it on YouTubeSo, if head to head ( bama & tennessee) does not matter, tennessee should be ahead of texas because they lost to texas. Right?
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Oregon just scored again..
@atticrat7270See it on YouTubeI’m looking forward Josh to hear how your trip to South Bend went?
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- Subscribers
- 601,000 ▲ 6,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 3,616,546
- Channel views, pace per day
- 526,944 (on a normal day: 484,709)
- Video published
- November 8, 2026
- Video views so far
- 284,997 (2 days online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 135,374
The numbers
The AP poll reaction drew far more first-day views than a typical full-length upload, with comments arriving nearly six times as fast.
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