Below are the projections for the 2026 season through the games of 10-10-26. 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). Tuesday, October 6, 2026 #97-Troy (-11) vs. #124-Southern Mississippi (TP=49 Odds=.687) Wednesday, October 7, 2026 #79-Jacksonville State (-4.5) @ #119-Kennesaw State (TP=49 Odds=.581) #110-Florida International (-6.5) vs. #118-New Mexico State (TP=48 Odds=.613) Thursday, October 8, 2026 #47-Texas-San Antonio (-4) vs. #48-South Florida (TP=51 Odds=.568) #57-Liberty (-19) vs. #128-Sam Houston State (TP=50 Odds=.791) #99-Arkansas State (-2) vs. #83-South Alabama (TP=57 Odds=.527) #114-Western Kentucky (-8.5) vs. #127-Missouri State (TP=56 Odds=.630) Friday, October 9, 2026 #11-Brigham Young (-13.5) vs. #44-Iowa State (TP=51 Odds=.718) #14-Iowa (-3) @ #42-Washington (TP=42 Odds=.565) #51-Louisville (-4) vs. #50-Florida State (TP=59 Odds=.560) #88-San Jose State (-10.5) vs. #123-Wyoming (TP=44 Odds=.696) #116-Utah State (-1) vs. #108-Washington State (TP=45 Odds=.523) Saturday, October 10, 2026 #1-Notre Dame (-35) vs. #111-Stanford (TP=54 Odds=.930) #2-Alabama (-7.5) vs. #3-Georgia (TP=62 Odds=.603) #4-Ohio State (-30.5) vs. #89-Maryland (TP=55 Odds=.894) #6-Texas (-14) vs. #37-Oklahoma (TP=46 Odds=.742) @ Dallas, TX #7-Indiana (-7) @ #20-Nebraska (TP=56 Odds=.602) #8-Oregon (-16.5) vs. #36-UCLA (TP=60 Odds=.725) #10-James Madison (-16.5) @ #92-Georgia Southern (TP=53 Odds=.747) #12-Southern California (0) @ #23-Penn State (TP=56 Odds=.502) #13-Louisiana State (-2.5) @ #35-Kentucky (TP=55 Odds=.540) #15-Utah (-18.5) vs. #81-Kansas (TP=51 Odds=.782) #16-Pittsburgh (-17) vs. #74-North Carolina (TP=50 Odds=.765) #17-Mississippi (-5.5) @ #55-Vanderbilt (TP=59 Odds=.581) #18-Tennessee (-12) @ #91-Arkansas (TP=53 Odds=.685) #19-Missouri (-8) vs. #34-Texas A&M (TP=52 Odds=.627) #21-Boise State (-1) @ #38-Fresno State (TP=50 Odds=.516) #22-Duke (-10.5) @ #95-Georgia Tech (TP=51 Odds=.674) #24-Florida (-17) vs. #68-South Carolina (TP=65 Odds=.715) #30-Minnesota (-8.5) @ #96-Purdue (TP=54 Odds=.635) #31-Wake Forest (-0.5) @ #54-North Carolina State (TP=58 Odds=.507) #32-Memphis (-18) vs. #100-Alabama-Birmingham (TP=56 Odds=.757) #33-Arizona (-4.5) @ #69-West Virginia (TP=58 Odds=.564) #40-Kansas State (-1) vs. #27-Houston (TP=53 Odds=.513) #41-Northwestern (-22.5) vs. #131-Ball State (TP=51 Odds=.837) #45-Virginia Tech (-5) @ #90-California (TP=54 Odds=.577) #46-Toledo (-20.5) vs. #117-Buffalo (TP=56 Odds=.783) #53-North Texas (-32.5) vs. #138-Charlotte (TP=62 Odds=.880) #58-Virginia (-10.5) vs. #87-Syracuse (TP=52 Odds=.668) #59-Louisiana (-3) @ #94-Louisiana Tech (TP=53 Odds=.550) #62-Nevada-Las Vegas (-6.5) vs. #71-North Dakota State (TP=50 Odds=.605) #65-Ohio (-10.5) vs. #103-Central Michigan (TP=51 Odds=.673) #66-Western Michigan (-15.5) vs. #129-Kent State (TP=45 Odds=.771) #67-Arizona State (-16) vs. #126-Hawaii (TP=51 Odds=.747) #70-Army (-1.5) vs. #61-Tulane (TP=48 Odds=.524) #72-Oregon State (-7.5) vs. #93-San Diego State (TP=52 Odds=.620) #73-Oklahoma State (-0.5) vs. #60-Central Florida (TP=51 Odds=.510) #75-East Carolina (-13) vs. #122-Rice (TP=50 Odds=.713) #76-Michigan State (-1.5) vs. #64-Illinois (TP=49 Odds=.528) #80-Appalachian State (-9.5) vs. #107-Old Dominion (TP=55 Odds=.644) #82-Marshall (-12.5) vs. #121-Coastal Carolina (TP=53 Odds=.696) #85-Navy (-6) vs. #102-Tulsa (TP=51 Odds=.602) #86-Air Force (-9) @ #134-Northern Illinois (TP=50 Odds=.651) #105-Temple (-4.5) vs. #104-Connecticut (TP=56 Odds=.567) #112-Eastern Michigan (-3.5) @ #132-Akron (TP=51 Odds=.559) #113-Massachusetts (-1) vs. #101-Miami (Ohio) (TP=52 Odds=.519) #130-Bowling Green (-11) vs. #137-Sacramento State (TP=48 Odds=.691) #135-Texas-El Paso (-3) vs. #133-Nevada (TP=55 Odds=.547)