
The Solid Verbal College Football Show
What Can We Trust? Bill Connelly + College Football’s Biggest QB Problems
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Five weeks into the 2026 college football season, the easy answers are disappearing. We unveil the latest Verballer Top 12 , clean up a few things we missed from Saturday night, and then bring in ESPN’s Bill Connelly to help us figure out what we can actually trust as the season moves into October. How good is Missouri? What does the top of the Big 12 actually look like? Who belongs behind Miami in the ACC? Is there a clear second tier in the Big Ten behind Ohio State and Indiana? We also ask Bill about the teams and units outperforming expectations, the ones falling short, the Group of Six picture, and how this season’s early chaos compares with some of college football’s…