2026 · week 1.
Friday, September 4, 2026
11 games. Picks use the ratings from Sep 3.
| Away | Score | Home | Time | Pick | Thrill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 Toledo | 20–30 | 76 Michigan State | Michigan State 25–25, 51% | 62.8 | |
| 99 San José State | 27–21 | 113 Eastern Michigan | San José State 31–29, 54% | 58.6 | |
| 74 Fresno State | 0–39 | 26 USC | USC 33–19, 73% | 54.0 | |
| 16 Miami | 45–6 | 87 Stanford | Miami 29–13, 76% | 49.7 | |
| 134 UTEP | 0–51 | 15 Oklahoma | Oklahoma 40–5, 93% | 36.6 | |
| 72 Indiana State | 19–44 | 90 Purdue | Purdue 43–11, 92% | 28.1 | |
| 96 Long Island University | 6–51 | 40 Kansas | Kansas 47–0, 98% | 27.9 | |
| 110 North Carolina A&T | 10–59 | 120 Georgia State | Georgia State 49–14, 93% | 23.2 | |
| 84 Bentley | 3–38 | 1 Ferris State | Ferris State 58–9, 97% | 21.9 | |
| 126 Franklin Pierce | 18–27 | 121 Marist | Marist 26–11, 75% | 14.4 | |
| 47 East Stroudsburg | 37–26 | 136 Pace | East Stroudsburg 36–13, 85% | 8.5 |
The first team rank is overall. The smaller rank is within 1A, 1AA, or Division II; equal ranks appear once. Cross-division games appear with the higher division. Games are ranked by how good the teams are, how close it should be, and a little of the expected scoring. Score is away–home. The pick is the favorite's projected score and its chance, from the ratings before that day. The margin is the overall rating, so the favorite is ahead by that many points. The total still follows what each offense adds and each defense takes away. Green landed within a field goal of the margin and a touchdown of the total. Red is an upset.