2026 Confidence Picks - Week 5

LincolnHawkeye

Redshirt
Sep 3, 2009
63
32
18
Welcome back everyone, last week was a bloodbath, with many heavy favorites being upset. Now that we have four weeks of play, I will be dropping the worst two weeks, and showing the remaining scores to determine the overall leader.

The rules are simple, pick a winner for each of the 20 games, then rank your confidence in that pick with 20 being the most confident and 1 being the least confident. The total number of points for your picks should always add up to 210.

Games will lock as they begin, most weeks, the first game will be 11 AM central on Saturday, but some weeks there might be a Friday night game. If you happen to be late to the party that week, I will simply move those games into your lowest confidence picks, and you can pick the rest. Also, I will be dropping your worst two weeks of the season, so if you happen to miss Week 1, you can still win.

Here are the games for Week 5:

Pitt at Virginia Tech (Friday)
Penn St at Northwestern (Friday)
#3 Notre Dame at North Carolina
#7 Alabama at #16 Mississippi St
West Virginia at Iowa St
Michigan at Minnesota
Michigan St at Wisconsin
#8 Florida at #25 Missouri
Auburn at #17 Tennessee
Louisville at NC State
Virginia at Florida St
#5 Ohio St at #14 Iowa
Maryland at Nebraska
#24 Kentucky at South Carolina
Purdue at Illinois
#10 BYU at TCU
#4 Miami at Clemson
#12 Texas Tech at Colorado
Washington at #18 USC
Cincinnati at Arizona
 

LincolnHawkeye

Redshirt
Sep 3, 2009
63
32
18
Here are the results for Week 4:

UserWeek 4
Sherman Hawk
149​
LiveItUp
142​
MeetTheFerentzes
134​
KuwaitHawk
133​
vamchawk
133​
LincolnHawkeye
133​
TrojanHawkeye
131​
Qchawks
125​
83Hawk
115​
HuskerTherapist
103​
 

LincolnHawkeye

Redshirt
Sep 3, 2009
63
32
18
And here are the overall results, counting the best two weeks so far:

UserTotal Adjusted
MeetTheFerentzes
383​
LincolnHawkeye
370​
83Hawk
369​
KuwaitHawk
368​
vamchawk
368​
Sherman Hawk
365​
Qchawks
356​
HuskerTherapist
351​
TrojanHawkeye
350​
LiveItUp
320​
sultanofsuede
115.5​
 

MeetTheFerentzes

All-American
Sep 6, 2022
2,650
5,240
113
Here are the results for Week 4:

UserWeek 4
Sherman Hawk
149​
LiveItUp
142​
MeetTheFerentzes
134​
KuwaitHawk
133​
vamchawk
133​
LincolnHawkeye
133​
TrojanHawkeye
131​
Qchawks
125​
83Hawk
115​
HuskerTherapist
103​
I would’ve won for the second week in a row if Washington State hadn’t fallen apart after 2 1/2 quarters…😎
 

83Hawk

All-Conference
Jan 1, 2023
1,715
3,863
113
Pitt at Virginia Tech (Friday) 1
Penn St
at Northwestern (Friday) 15
#3 Notre Dame
at North Carolina. 18
#7 Alabama
at #16 Mississippi St. 16
West Virginia at Iowa St 14
Michigan
at Minnesota. 17
Michigan St at Wisconsin 5
#8 Florida at #25 Missouri. 13
Auburn at #17 Tennessee 12
Louisville
at NC State 3
Virginia
at Florida St 2
#5 Ohio St
at #14 Iowa 20
Maryland at Nebraska 6
#24 Kentucky at South Carolina. 11
Purdue at Illinois 10
#10 BYU at TCU 8
#4 Miami at Clemson 9
#12 Texas Tech
at Colorado. 19
Washington at #18 USC 7
Cincinnati at Arizona 4
 

vamchawk

Sophomore
Aug 15, 2006
71
123
33
Miami 20
Nebraska 19
Notre Dame 18
Ohio St 17
Texas Tech 16
Illinois 15
Michigan 14
Arizona 13
Florida 12
BYU 11
Virginia Tech 10
Wisconsin 9
Alabama 8
Tennessee 7
Iowa St 6
South Carolina 5
Louisville 4
Virginia 3
Penn St 2
USC 1
 

TrojanHawkeye

All-Conference
Feb 11, 2009
880
1,468
93
20. #3 Notre Dame at North Carolina
19. Maryland at Nebraska
18. #10 BYU at TCU
17. #4 Miami at Clemson
16. #5 Ohio St at #14 Iowa
15. West Virginia at Iowa St
14. Michigan at Minnesota
13. Cincinnati at Arizona
12. #12 Texas Tech at Colorado
11. Purdue at Illinois
10. 24 Kentucky at South Carolina
9. Michigan St at Wisconsin
8. #8 Florida at #25 Missouri
7. Auburn at #17 Tennessee
6. Louisville at NC State
5. Virginia at Florida St
4. #7 Alabama at #16 Mississippi St
3. Pitt at Virginia Tech (Friday)
2. Penn St at Northwestern (Friday)
1. Washington at #18 USC
 

KuwaitHawk

All-American
Apr 18, 2004
8,040
8,718
113
20. Notre Dame
19. Miami
18. Texas Tech
17. USC (Southern Cal)
16. Nebraska
15. Illinois
14. Wisconsin
13. Tennessee
12. OSU
11. Michigan
10. Arizona
9. BYU
8. Alabama
7. Florida
6. Louisville
5. Florida St
4. Iowa St.
3. South Carolina
2. Va. Tech
1. PSU
 
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