2026 Confidence Picks - Week 8

LincolnHawkeye

Redshirt
Sep 3, 2009
83
42
18
Welcome back everyone, Week 7 had some major upsets, but it seems like that is happening every week at this point. But the overall average was slightly higher than last week.

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. A bit of a light week of games this week, so I added in a few Friday night games.

Here are the games for Week 8:

Duke at Virginia (Friday)
Air Force at Wyoming (Friday)
#6 Indiana at Michigan
#8 Texas Tech at Cincinnati
#18 LSU at Auburn
West Virginia at TCU
Oregon at Illinois
#15 Iowa at Minnesota
#2 BYU at UCF
Michigan St at #9 UCLA
#11 Tennessee at South Carolina
Texas A&M at #13 Alabama
Oklahoma at Mississippi St
Virginia Tech at Clemson
#7 Ole Miss at #19 Texas
Vanderbilt at #12 Kentucky
#16 USC at Wisconsin
Iowa St at #25 Arizona
North Dakota St at New Mexico
#14 Houston at #10 Utah
 

LincolnHawkeye

Redshirt
Sep 3, 2009
83
42
18
Here are the results for Week 7:

UserWeek 7
Sherman Hawk
174​
TrojanHawkeye
157​
MeetTheFerentzes
155​
HuskerTherapist
152​
vamchawk
151​
83Hawk
142​
Qchawks
141​
LincolnHawkeye
138​
KuwaitHawk
134​
LiveItUp
127​
 

LincolnHawkeye

Redshirt
Sep 3, 2009
83
42
18
Here are the results after 7 weeks of play

UserTotal Adjusted
Sherman Hawk
860​
KuwaitHawk
844​
MeetTheFerentzes
840​
LincolnHawkeye
823​
vamchawk
822​
HuskerTherapist
822​
Qchawks
820​
TrojanHawkeye
815​
83Hawk
810​
LiveItUp
744​
sultanofsuede
115.5​
 

KuwaitHawk

All-American
Apr 18, 2004
8,266
9,009
113
20IOWA
19Alabama
18Arizona
17Texas Tech
16UCLA
15Kentucky
14Utah
13BYU
12Air Force
11LSU
10TCU
9Oregon
8Indiana
7Clemson
6USC
5Mississippi St
4Tennessee
3North Dakota St
2Mississippi
1Duke
 

83Hawk

All-Conference
Jan 1, 2023
1,782
3,980
113
Duke at Virginia (Friday) 8
Air Force
at Wyoming (Friday) 9
#6 Indiana at Michigan 16
#8 Texas Tech at Cincinnati 10
#18 LSU at Auburn 17
West Virginia at TCU 7
Oregon
at Illinois 2
#15 Iowa at Minnesota 1
#2 BYU at UCF 20
Michigan St at #9 UCLA 3
#11 Tennessee at South Carolina 19
Texas A&M at #13 Alabama 15
Oklahoma
at Mississippi St 6
Virginia Tech at Clemson 5
#7 Ole Miss at #19 Texas 11
Vanderbilt at #12 Kentucky 18
#16 USC at Wisconsin 4
Iowa St at #25 Arizona 13
North Dakota St
at New Mexico 14
#14 Houston at #10 Utah 12
 

TrojanHawkeye

All-Conference
Feb 11, 2009
908
1,496
93
20. Iowa St at #25 Arizona
19. Oregon at Illinois
18. #6 Indiana at Michigan
17. #2 BYU at UCF
16. Michigan St at #9 UCLA
15. #16 USC at Wisconsin
14. #11 Tennessee at South Carolina
13. #8 Texas Tech at Cincinnati
12. #15 Iowa at Minnesota
11. Vanderbilt at #12 Kentucky
10. Duke at Virginia (Friday)
9. Air Force at Wyoming (Friday)
8. #18 LSU at Auburn
7. West Virginia at TCU
6. Texas A&M at #13 Alabama
5. Oklahoma at Mississippi St
4. Virginia Tech at Clemson
3. #7 Ole Miss at #19 Texas
2. North Dakota St at New Mexico
1. #14 Houston at #10 Utah
 

vamchawk

Sophomore
Aug 15, 2006
79
129
33
1 Duke
7 Air Force
12 Indiana
16 Texas Tech
11 LSU
15 TCU
14 Oregon
13 Iowa
9 BYU
19 UCLA
4 Tennessee
20 Alabama
6 Oklahoma
3 Virginia Tech
5 Texas
18 Kentucky
2 USC
17 Arizona
8 New Mexico
10 Utah
 

MeetTheFerentzes

All-American
Sep 6, 2022
2,894
5,727
113
Duke at 5. Virginia
8. Air Force
at Wyoming (Friday)
17. #6 Indiana at Michigan
19. #8 Texas Tech at Cincinnati
7. #18 LSU at Auburn
West Virginia at 12. TCU
10. Oregon
at Illinois
16. #15 Iowa at Minnesota
18. #2 BYU at UCF
Michigan St at 14. #9 UCLA
#11 Tennessee at 3. South Carolina
Texas A&M at 20. #13 Alabama
Oklahoma at 1. Mississippi St
Virginia Tech at 2. Clemson
6. #7 Ole Miss
at #19 Texas
Vanderbilt at 11. #12 Kentucky
#16 USC at 4. Wisconsin
Iowa St at 15. #25 Arizona
North Dakota St at 9. New Mexico
#14 Houston at 13. #10 Utah
 
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