After a couple of years off, we are back with confidence picks for the 2026 season.
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, and for Week 1, we actually have a Thursday 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 1:
Thursday:
Colorado at Georgia Tech
Friday:
Toledo at Michigan St
#7 Miami at Stanford
Fresno St at #14 USC
Saturday:
Oregon St at #23 Houston
Ohio at Nebraska
SE Missouri at Iowa St
Boise St at #2 Oregon
Marshall at #18 Penn St
Baylor vs Auburn (Atlanta)
Boston College at Cincinnati
Tulane at Duke
Oklahoma St at Tulsa
Northern Illinois at Iowa
Clemson at #11 LSU
South Dakota St at Northwestern
UCLA at California
Sunday:
Wisconsin vs #4 Notre Dame (Green Bay, WI)
#24 Louisville vs #9 Mississippi (Nashville)
Monday:
#19 SMU at Florida St
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, and for Week 1, we actually have a Thursday 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 1:
Thursday:
Colorado at Georgia Tech
Friday:
Toledo at Michigan St
#7 Miami at Stanford
Fresno St at #14 USC
Saturday:
Oregon St at #23 Houston
Ohio at Nebraska
SE Missouri at Iowa St
Boise St at #2 Oregon
Marshall at #18 Penn St
Baylor vs Auburn (Atlanta)
Boston College at Cincinnati
Tulane at Duke
Oklahoma St at Tulsa
Northern Illinois at Iowa
Clemson at #11 LSU
South Dakota St at Northwestern
UCLA at California
Sunday:
Wisconsin vs #4 Notre Dame (Green Bay, WI)
#24 Louisville vs #9 Mississippi (Nashville)
Monday:
#19 SMU at Florida St
