This episode is prediction-heavy, and we are putting our names behind some bold calls for the 2026 college football season.

Darian Mensah is our pick to win the Heisman Trophy, Bear Bachmeier is the dark-horse candidate to watch, and Kalani Sitake gets our vote for AP Coach of the Year after our projected BYU run to the Big 12 Championship. We also make our official prediction for the first major coach fired and explain why Mike Norvell may be running out of time at Florida State.

Then we break down the biggest hot-seat situations across college football, including Bill Belichick at North Carolina, Scott Satterfield at Cincinnati, Lincoln Riley at USC, Luke Fickell at Wisconsin, Kalen DeBoer at Alabama, Shane Beamer at South Carolina, Dave Aranda at Baylor, Mike Locksley at Maryland and Dabo Swinney at Clemson.

We finish with the biggest stories and best quotes from SEC Media Days, including Greg Sankey acknowledging SEC breakaway discussions, the debate over the nine-game conference schedule, Lane Kiffin addressing his Ole Miss exit and some unforgettable moments from the SEC’s newest head coaches.

Topics include:

• Heisman Trophy prediction
• Dark-horse Heisman candidate
• AP Coach of the Year prediction
• First college football coach fired
• Coaches who must win in 2026
• SEC breakaway discussions
• College Football Playoff scheduling debate
• Lane Kiffin’s LSU and Ole Miss comments
• The best quotes from SEC Media Days

Who will win each Power Four conference in 2026?

Matthew and Josh reveal their predicted championship matchups and conference champions for the Big Ten, SEC, ACC, and Big 12. They break down the contenders they trust, the favorites they are fading, the schedules that could decide each race, and the teams positioned to surprise everyone.

Then, they react to the biggest storylines from college football media days, including Pat Narduzzi’s ACC-versus-Big Ten argument, James Franklin claiming Virginia Tech “won the offseason,” Rhett Lashlee’s Heisman campaign for Kevin Jennings, Clemson’s quarterback strategy, the Big 12 playoff debate, and more.

Four conferences. Eight championship-game teams. Four official picks. No safe predictions.

Josh puts Matthew to the test with some of the biggest games of the 2026 college football season. From Ohio State–Texas and Ohio State–Indiana to Notre Dame–Miami, Michigan–Oklahoma, the Holy War and Oregon–USC, Matthew guesses the Vegas spread before Josh reveals both the real line and what his model projects. Which side do we trust more: Vegas, the model or our own eyes?

Then we dive into the comment sections. We respond to the Texas Tech vs. Texas schedule debate, revisit whether we were too hard on Texas Tech in the Brendan Sorsby saga, debate Alabama's role in building modern SEC dominance, ask whether Michigan is really a top-five coaching job and pick Notre Dame vs. Miami today. Plus, some of the funniest and most unhinged comments from YouTube, TikTok and Instagram, including a proposed 40-yard dash betting line for both of us.

Which quarterbacks would we actually want leading our team in 2026?

In Episode 25, we draft our top college football quarterbacks based on one simple question: if we were a coach, school, or fan, who would we trust most with our season? Darian Mensah, Trinidad Chambliss, Dante Moore, Julian Sayin, C.J. Carr, Arch Manning, Gunner Stockton and more are all on the board as we build our five-QB rosters and debate some of the biggest names in the sport.

Then we introduce a new Buy, Sell or Hold segment and react to some of the biggest storylines heading into the 2026 season. Is Texas Tech still a playoff team after the Brendan Sorsby mess? Is the new Pac-12 the favorite for the Group of Six playoff spot? Does Notre Dame have the easiest playoff path of the 12-team era? Are LSU and Oklahoma being underrated? And is this finally the year Texas A&M breaks through?

QB debates, playoff predictions, and plenty of disagreements as the 2026 college football season gets closer.

In Episode 24, we break down the latest on Brendan Sorsby after the NFL declined to hold a supplemental draft, leaving major questions about whether he will play anywhere in 2026 and what his path to the 2027 NFL Draft could look like.

Then we hand out college football coaching report cards, including Ryan Day, Kirby Smart, Steve Sarkisian, Dan Lanning, Marcus Freeman, and more. We talk roster building, recruiting, portal work, playoff expectations, and which coaches are under the most pressure heading into the season.

To close, we draft our top College Football Playoff teams for 2026, debating the safest picks, best paths, biggest upside swings, and teams we trust most to make the 12-team field.

Episode 23 starts with the wild Brendan Sorsby story, as he is expected to enter the NFL Supplemental Draft instead of playing for Texas Tech after the NCAA/Big 12 eligibility battle. We break down what happened, how the Supplemental Draft works, and why this could become one of the most interesting NFL draft stories in years.

Then we continue our college football coaching report cards, including thoughts on Indiana, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Miami, and Ole Miss. We talk through Mario Cristobal building Miami back into a real national program, Pete Golding taking over after Lane Kiffin at Ole Miss, and what these coaches still have to prove heading into the season.

After that, we look at the early-season games that could produce the first big upset of the year, including Toledo over Michigan State, Clemson over LSU, Old Dominion over Virginia Tech, Iowa State over Iowa, Arizona State over Texas A&M, and more.

We close the show with bold takes for the upcoming college football season.

In this episode of The Breakdown Bros, we start with the Brendan Sorsby situation and what it says about the current state of the NCAA, eligibility rules, gambling, and the future integrity of college football.

Then we continue our 2026 college football coach report cards with five major programs: LSU with Lane Kiffin, BYU with Kalani Sitake, Oklahoma with Brent Venables, Michigan with Kyle Whittingham, and Penn State with Matt Campbell. We break down expectations, roster changes, transfer portal moves, and whether each coach is set up to win big in 2026.

To close, we dive into the new Protect College Sports Act and what it could mean for NIL, transfers, eligibility, tampering, athlete medical coverage, scholarships, media rights, conference power, rivalries, and the future structure of college football.

In Episode 21 of The Breakdown Bros, we continue our college football coach report cards and break down spring media day chaos from around the sport.

First, we rank and grade the head coaches for Alabama, USC, Iowa, Washington, and Utah heading into the 2026 college football season. We discuss Kalen DeBoer’s pressure at Alabama, Lincoln Riley needing a breakthrough at USC, Kirk Ferentz’s stability at Iowa, Jedd Fisch’s momentum at Washington, and Morgan Scalley replacing a legend at Utah.

Then we react to the biggest spring media day and offseason storylines in college football, including the SEC vs Big Ten power debate, Kirby Smart and SEC governance talk, Sark taking shots at Texas Tech, the end of SEC cupcake weekend, CFP expansion, Lane Kiffin at LSU, and gambling punishments in college football.

Finally, we close with a bold CFP prediction: Texas Tech finishes ahead of Texas in the final College Football Playoff rankings.

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