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2026 College Football Predictions

Results

Prediction Performance

Completed FBS vs. FBS games only.

Week 3

0 graded
Straight Up — —
Against the Spread — —
Over / Under — —
Avg. Margin Error —
Avg. Total Error —

2026 Through Week 3

51 graded
Straight Up 44-7 86.3%
Against the Spread 31-18-2 63.3%
Over / Under 25-26-0 49.0%
Avg. Margin Error 13.45 pts
Avg. Total Error 11.56 pts

Overall Model Performance

6,851 graded
Straight Up 5,027-1,824 73.4%
Against the Spread 3,577-3,147-127 53.2%
Over / Under 3,542-3,231-78 52.3%
Avg. Margin Error 12.37 pts
Avg. Total Error 12.89 pts
For informational and entertainment purposes only. 3NG predictions are experimental analytical outputs and are not betting advice.

Game Predictions Week 3

Date Time Matchup 3NG Pick Win % Projected Score Confidence
9/17/2026 7:30 PM EDT Syracuse at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 75.4% Syracuse 19.1 – Pittsburgh 28.9 High
9/18/2026 7:30 PM EDT Miami at Wake Forest Miami 89.3% Miami 40.1 – Wake Forest 16.5 Very High
9/18/2026 8:00 PM EDT Houston at Texas Tech Texas Tech 73.3% — High
9/19/2026 11:30 AM EDT Coastal Carolina at Delaware Delaware 71.8% Coastal Carolina 24.9 – Delaware 31.0 High
9/19/2026 12:00 PM EDT Georgia at Arkansas Georgia 91.6% Georgia 40.6 – Arkansas 14.3 Very High
9/19/2026 12:00 PM EDT Tulane at Kansas State Kansas State 90.1% Tulane 14.7 – Kansas State 34.5 Very High
9/19/2026 12:00 PM EDT Bowling Green at Iowa State Iowa State 94.0% Bowling Green 11.5 – Iowa State 34.3 Very High
9/19/2026 12:00 PM EDT Arizona State at Kansas Arizona State 64.0% Arizona State 28.5 – Kansas 23.1 Moderate
9/19/2026 12:00 PM EDT North Carolina at Clemson Clemson 59.3% North Carolina 20.1 – Clemson 24.2 Low
9/19/2026 12:00 PM EDT Akron at Minnesota Minnesota 95.3% Akron 11.1 – Minnesota 38.7 Very High
9/19/2026 12:00 PM EDT Kent State at Ohio State Ohio State 99.0% Kent State 3.5 – Ohio State 55.6 Very High
9/19/2026 12:00 PM EDT Buffalo at Penn State Penn State 98.7% Buffalo 3.6 – Penn State 45.2 Very High
9/19/2026 12:00 PM EDT North Texas at Texas State North Texas 67.8% North Texas 29.0 – Texas State 31.4 Moderate
9/19/2026 12:30 PM EDT Eastern Michigan at Wisconsin Wisconsin 93.9% Eastern Michigan 10.1 – Wisconsin 35.8 Very High
9/19/2026 12:45 PM EDT NC State at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt 67.1% NC State 24.6 – Vanderbilt 27.5 Moderate
9/19/2026 1:00 PM EDT Wyoming at Central Michigan Central Michigan 51.9% Wyoming 18.9 – Central Michigan 20.9 Very Low
9/19/2026 3:00 PM EDT Temple at Toledo Toledo 76.7% Temple 23.1 – Toledo 28.8 High
9/19/2026 3:30 PM EDT Florida State at Alabama Alabama 90.4% Florida State 14.2 – Alabama 35.0 Very High
9/19/2026 3:30 PM EDT Kentucky at Texas A&M Texas A&M 86.6% Kentucky 16.5 – Texas A&M 31.8 Very High
9/19/2026 3:30 PM EDT Miami (OH) at Cincinnati Cincinnati 86.7% Miami (OH) 16.2 – Cincinnati 33.1 Very High
9/19/2026 3:30 PM EDT Utah State at Utah Utah 95.9% Utah State 14.5 – Utah 42.2 Very High
9/19/2026 3:30 PM EDT SMU at Louisville Louisville 51.9% SMU 28.5 – Louisville 30.8 Very Low
9/19/2026 3:30 PM EDT UTEP at Michigan Michigan 98.3% UTEP 5.7 – Michigan 44.0 Very High
9/19/2026 3:30 PM EDT USC at Rutgers USC 89.8% USC 40.2 – Rutgers 16.6 Very High
9/19/2026 4:00 PM EDT Stanford at Duke Duke 80.2% Stanford 20.1 – Duke 29.9 Very High
9/19/2026 4:00 PM EDT Western Kentucky at Indiana Indiana 99.0% Western Kentucky 7.2 – Indiana 52.1 Very High
9/19/2026 4:00 PM EDT Ball State at Liberty Liberty 82.4% Ball State 19.0 – Liberty 33.1 Very High
9/19/2026 4:00 PM EDT Louisiana Tech at Baylor Baylor 90.1% Louisiana Tech 16.5 – Baylor 36.9 Very High
9/19/2026 4:15 PM EDT Mississippi State at South Carolina South Carolina 65.7% Mississippi State 28.0 – South Carolina 30.7 Moderate
9/19/2026 6:00 PM EDT East Carolina at Old Dominion Old Dominion 59.0% East Carolina 22.7 – Old Dominion 26.2 Low
9/19/2026 6:00 PM EDT Florida International at Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic 74.7% Florida International 25.8 – Florida Atlantic 35.1 High
9/19/2026 6:00 PM EDT Charlotte at App State App State 90.7% Charlotte 14.9 – App State 35.8 Very High
9/19/2026 6:30 PM EDT Marshall at Missouri State Marshall 57.8% Marshall 26.9 – Missouri State 23.1 Low
9/19/2026 7:00 PM EDT Florida at Auburn Florida 60.2% Florida 27.7 – Auburn 24.4 Low
9/19/2026 7:00 PM EDT Troy at Missouri Missouri 96.0% Troy 10.7 – Missouri 39.8 Very High
9/19/2026 7:00 PM EDT Georgia State at UCF UCF 92.7% Georgia State 14.2 – UCF 36.5 Very High
9/19/2026 7:00 PM EDT UConn at Southern Miss UConn 53.4% UConn 29.4 – Southern Miss 25.0 Very Low
9/19/2026 7:00 PM EDT Western Michigan at Rice Western Michigan 75.3% Western Michigan 28.4 – Rice 15.8 High
9/19/2026 7:00 PM EDT Nevada at Middle Tennessee Nevada 60.8% Nevada 26.9 – Middle Tennessee 22.0 Low
9/19/2026 7:00 PM EDT Ohio at South Alabama South Alabama 69.2% Ohio 24.0 – South Alabama 28.8 Moderate
9/19/2026 7:00 PM EDT Georgia Southern at Jacksonville State Jacksonville State 67.8% Georgia Southern 24.3 – Jacksonville State 28.0 Moderate
9/19/2026 7:30 PM EDT LSU at Ole Miss LSU 56.5% LSU 30.8 – Ole Miss 26.8 Low
9/19/2026 7:30 PM EDT New Mexico at Oklahoma Oklahoma 93.3% New Mexico 11.4 – Oklahoma 36.6 Very High
9/19/2026 7:30 PM EDT BYU at Colorado State BYU 90.2% BYU 36.4 – Colorado State 15.8 Very High
9/19/2026 7:30 PM EDT Colorado at Northwestern Northwestern 60.9% Colorado 22.8 – Northwestern 25.1 Low
9/19/2026 7:30 PM EDT West Virginia at Virginia Virginia 76.3% West Virginia 22.6 – Virginia 32.3 High
9/19/2026 7:30 PM EDT Virginia Tech at Maryland Virginia Tech 61.8% Virginia Tech 29.0 – Maryland 24.6 Low
9/19/2026 7:30 PM EDT Michigan State at Notre Dame Notre Dame 97.3% Michigan State 11.8 – Notre Dame 41.3 Very High
9/19/2026 7:45 PM EDT Kennesaw State at Tennessee Tennessee 98.1% Kennesaw State 11.5 – Tennessee 47.4 Very High
9/19/2026 8:00 PM EDT UTSA at Texas Texas 97.2% UTSA 13.1 – Texas 43.7 Very High
9/19/2026 8:00 PM EDT Arkansas State at TCU TCU 89.9% Arkansas State 17.8 – TCU 38.9 Very High
9/19/2026 8:00 PM EDT UAB at Louisiana Louisiana 75.2% UAB 22.8 – Louisiana 32.9 High
9/19/2026 10:00 PM EDT James Madison at San Diego State San Diego State 50.6% James Madison 23.5 – San Diego State 22.8 Very Low
9/19/2026 10:30 PM EDT Northern Illinois at Arizona Arizona 98.2% Northern Illinois 5.3 – Arizona 44.5 Very High
9/19/2026 10:30 PM EDT North Dakota State at Sacramento State North Dakota State 92.5% North Dakota State 40.8 – Sacramento State 12.4 Very High
9/19/2026 11:00 PM EDT Purdue at UCLA UCLA 82.9% Purdue 20.1 – UCLA 33.0 Very High
9/19/2026 11:00 PM EDT Fresno State at San José State Fresno State 65.7% Fresno State 28.7 – San José State 21.8 Moderate