Josh Pate Is Disgusted By Next Year's College Football Schedule

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Josh Pate Is Disgusted By Next Year's College Football Schedule

The College Football Playoff schedule for the 2026-27 and 2027-28 college football seasons dropped today and based on the responses from Josh Pate and many others, the powers that be dropped the ball.

Next season's College Football Playoff quarterfinals have been scheduled for December 30 and January 1. The semifinals are scheduled for two weeks later and the national title game will be another two weeks after that (January 25).

Fans quickly railed against the decision to once again separate games by several weeks and up to a month in some instances. But it also echoes a growing sentiment that has been around for months: The schedule is just too separated.

College football analyst Josh Pate, a fan favorite for many, might have said it best.

"I'm throwing up," he wrote on X a short while ago.

The Disgust

College football fans shared in Pate's sentiment:

"Teams can go take a week-long vacation in Cancun, come back and still have plenty of time to prep for the semifinals," Brandon Marcello pointed out on X.

"50 days between conference championships and the day before NC game. A team entering the NC game may have only played 2 games in those 50 days," wrote another.

LSU head coach Lane Kiffin might have had the best response of all:

"Somehow the calendar got even worse on purpose…. Kids play until Jan 25th and have almost a month between the games?!?!" he wrote.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – JULY 23: The College Football Playoff (CFP) Championship trophy sits on display during the 2024 Big Ten Media Days on July 23, 2024 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN. (Photo by James Black/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)Icon Sportswire/Getty Images

For months fans have been clamoring for a change. In a perfect world, each weekend in December is reserved for College Football Playoff games rather than spreading them out into every other week. Ideally, they would see the final national title game competed on New Year's Day itself.

But that won't be the case for at least a few more years.

This story was originally published by The Spun on Feb 3, 2026, where it first appeared in the College Football section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

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