Below are the projections for the 2026 season through the games of 9-7-26.
Games against non-rated teams are excluded.
The favorite is listed first with the projected margin of victory
(i.e., the line) in parenthesis. 'TP' represents the total number of
points expected to be scored in the game and 'Odds' represents the odds
of the favorite winning straight-up (not against-the-spread).


Saturday, August 29, 2026

 #17-Southern California (-25) vs. #109-San Jose State (TP=58 Odds=.826)
 #30-Texas Christian (-12) vs. #90-North Carolina (TP=55 Odds=.678) @ Dublin, Ireland
 #38-North Carolina State (-1) vs. #43-Virginia (TP=53 Odds=.517) @ Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 #48-Nevada-Las Vegas (-1) vs. #34-Memphis (TP=60 Odds=.513)

 #60-Florida State (-17) vs. #125-New Mexico State (TP=52 Odds=.757)
 #82-Jacksonville State (-20) @ #137-North Dakota State (TP=56 Odds=.776)
 #103-Stanford (0) vs. #94-Hawaii (TP=52 Odds=.501)
 #120-Eastern Michigan (-16.5) vs. #138-Sacramento State (TP=55 Odds=.740)


Thursday, September 3, 2026

 #57-Wake Forest (-19.5) vs. #132-Akron (TP=52 Odds=.788)


Friday, September 4, 2026

 #10-Miami (Florida) (-20.5) @ #103-Stanford (TP=53 Odds=.797)
 #120-Eastern Michigan (-0.5) vs. #109-San Jose State (TP=54 Odds=.509)


Saturday, September 5, 2026

 #1-Ohio State (-37) vs. #128-Ball State (TP=49 Odds=.962)
 #2-Oregon (-23) vs. #31-Boise State (TP=56 Odds=.809)
 #5-Indiana (-21.5) vs. #42-North Texas (TP=62 Odds=.769)
 #6-Alabama (-19.5) vs. #55-East Carolina (TP=52 Odds=.788)
 #7-Mississippi (-9) vs. #19-Louisville (TP=55 Odds=.632) @ Nashville, TN

 #8-Texas (-24.5) vs. #78-Texas State (TP=57 Odds=.818)
 #9-Penn State (-21.5) vs. #71-Marshall (TP=54 Odds=.801)
 #11-Michigan (-18) vs. #70-Western Michigan (TP=48 Odds=.788)
 #13-Iowa (-21) vs. #116-Northern Illinois (TP=44 Odds=.853)
 #15-Texas A&M (-27.5) vs. #123-Missouri State (TP=54 Odds=.865)

 #16-Oklahoma (-29) vs. #135-Texas-El Paso (TP=50 Odds=.898)
 #17-Southern California (-15) vs. #61-Fresno State (TP=54 Odds=.716)
 #20-Louisiana State (-5.5) vs. #29-Clemson (TP=51 Odds=.589)
 #22-Washington (-11) vs. #52-Washington State (TP=53 Odds=.671)
 #25-James Madison (-17.5) vs. #92-Liberty (TP=54 Odds=.749)

 #26-Illinois (-22.5) vs. #112-Alabama-Birmingham (TP=57 Odds=.802)
 #32-Duke (0) vs. #24-Tulane (TP=55 Odds=.501)
 #34-Memphis (-14.5) vs. #95-Arkansas State (TP=57 Odds=.702)
 #37-Georgia Tech (-13.5) vs. #93-Colorado (TP=55 Odds=.695)
 #44-Pittsburgh (-7.5) vs. #72-Miami (Ohio) (TP=51 Odds=.621)

 #45-Toledo (-1) @ #74-Michigan State (TP=50 Odds=.520)
 #47-Florida (-17.5) vs. #119-Florida Atlantic (TP=55 Odds=.751)
 #48-Nevada-Las Vegas (-4.5) @ #94-Hawaii (TP=56 Odds=.563)
 #51-South Florida (-17) vs. #113-Florida International (TP=60 Odds=.728)
 #53-South Carolina (-21.5) vs. #134-Kent State (TP=52 Odds=.813)

 #54-Houston (-13) vs. #107-Oregon State (TP=51 Odds=.704)
 #56-Nebraska (-2) vs. #49-Ohio (TP=49 Odds=.536)
 #59-Western Kentucky (-11.5) @ #127-Nevada (TP=51 Odds=.681)
 #63-Auburn (-1.5) vs. #69-Baylor (TP=55 Odds=.522) @ Atlanta, GA
 #64-Cincinnati (-10.5) vs. #102-Boston College (TP=54 Odds=.659)

 #67-Rutgers (-28) vs. #139-Massachusetts (TP=54 Odds=.869)
 #73-Troy (-15) vs. #129-Sam Houston State (TP=51 Odds=.737)
 #76-California (-3) vs. #75-UCLA (TP=51 Odds=.550)
 #77-Mississippi State (-16) vs. #130-Louisiana-Monroe (TP=54 Odds=.735)
 #81-West Virginia (-6) vs. #91-Coastal Carolina (TP=56 Odds=.586)

 #96-New Mexico (-6.5) vs. #105-Central Michigan (TP=53 Odds=.604)
 #121-Colorado State (-2) vs. #117-Wyoming (TP=46 Odds=.532)
 #122-Tulsa (-0.5) vs. #115-Oklahoma State (TP=56 Odds=.506)


Sunday, September 6, 2026

 #4-Notre Dame (-16) vs. #62-Wisconsin (TP=48 Odds=.760) @ Green Bay, WI


Monday, September 7, 2026
 
 #18-Southern Methodist (-7) @ #60-Florida State (TP=54 Odds=.608)