2026 season · model through Week 8

College Football Game Predictions

COMPARE projects scores independently using the latest available completed-game rankings. These forecasts are subject to change as game results are reported. Some games against opponents without FBS snapshots use clearly labeled assumptions.

Week 9 Predictions

MatchupProjected score (away–home)PickBasis
Kennesaw State at Middle Tennessee State16.6–23.9Middle Tennessee StateCOMPARE
Jacksonville State at New Mexico State25.9–20.3Jacksonville StateCOMPARE
Florida Atlantic at North Texas32.3–48.4North TexasCOMPARE
Troy at James Madison12.4–32.0James MadisonCOMPARE
Tulane at Charlotte37.5–15.6TulaneCOMPARE
Baylor at Central Florida24.9–19.3BaylorCOMPARE
Kent State at Sacramento State19.8–15.9Kent StateCOMPARE
Arizona at Texas Tech30.5–32.0Texas TechCOMPARE
California at North Carolina State24.6–28.9North Carolina StateCOMPARE
Southern Methodist at Syracuse30.2–21.7Southern MethodistCOMPARE
Boston College at Duke17.3–21.2DukeCOMPARE
Wisconsin at Iowa19.1–16.3WisconsinCOMPARE
Illinois at Maryland37.0–26.5IllinoisCOMPARE
Notre Dame at Navy46.1–13.8Notre DameCOMPARE
Alabama-Birmingham at South Florida9.5–19.4South FloridaCOMPARE
Bowling Green at Western Michigan17.4–29.5Western MichiganCOMPARE
Michigan at Rutgers35.0–17.2MichiganCOMPARE
Auburn at Mississippi30.0–38.8MississippiCOMPARE
Marshall at Old Dominion18.9–23.7Old DominionCOMPARE
Kansas State at Colorado26.2–14.9Kansas StateCOMPARE
Coastal Carolina at Georgia State22.1–32.0Georgia StateCOMPARE
Connecticut at Air Force23.3–30.6Air ForceCOMPARE
Temple at East Carolina25.1–26.6East CarolinaCOMPARE
Louisiana Tech at South Alabama27.0–31.6South AlabamaCOMPARE
Stanford at Louisville23.8–47.3LouisvilleCOMPARE
Florida at Georgia28.2–41.0GeorgiaCOMPARE
Arizona State at Brigham Young17.0–35.0Brigham YoungCOMPARE
Kansas at Texas Christian18.2–15.7KansasCOMPARE
Minnesota at Indiana5.0–29.9IndianaCOMPARE
Northwestern at Oregon31.3–16.4NorthwesternCOMPARE
Colorado State at Utah State31.0–39.3Utah StateCOMPARE
Texas-El Paso at North Dakota State-1.5–44.7North Dakota StateCOMPARE
Florida International at Liberty10.7–28.5LibertyCOMPARE
Southern Mississippi at Louisiana-Monroe32.4–24.7Southern MississippiCOMPARE
Utah at Cincinnati31.0–22.3UtahCOMPARE
Virginia at Wake Forest14.7–32.6Wake ForestCOMPARE
New Mexico at San Jose State26.1–8.4New MexicoCOMPARE
South Carolina at Oklahoma27.6–29.7OklahomaCOMPARE
Purdue at Penn State28.0–43.1Penn StateCOMPARE
Nevada at UCLA24.3–33.1UCLACOMPARE
Appalachian State at Georgia Southern18.7–27.2Georgia SouthernCOMPARE
Oklahoma State at Iowa State34.1–29.0Oklahoma StateCOMPARE
Clemson at Florida State24.4–34.9Florida StateCOMPARE
Washington State at San Diego State27.0–25.8Washington StateCOMPARE
Mississippi State at Texas28.2–40.5TexasCOMPARE
Georgia Tech at Pittsburgh19.7–36.4PittsburghCOMPARE
Miami (FL) at North Carolina36.9–22.1Miami (FL)COMPARE
Ohio State at Southern California41.5–28.7Ohio StateCOMPARE
Missouri at Arkansas26.9–21.7MissouriCOMPARE
Washington at Nebraska14.3–39.4NebraskaCOMPARE
Army at Memphis28.1–33.4MemphisCOMPARE
Texas State at Boise State20.8–45.0Boise StateCOMPARE
Northern Illinois at Nevada-Las Vegas17.0–42.0Nevada-Las VegasCOMPARE
Oregon State at Fresno State30.9–27.2Oregon StateCOMPARE

Week 10 Predictions

MatchupProjected score (away–home)PickBasis
Ohio at Akron35.8–13.5OhioCOMPARE
Buffalo at Miami (OH)25.7–25.9Miami (OH)COMPARE
Ball State at Massachusetts16.0–31.8MassachusettsCOMPARE
Toledo at Sacramento State36.4–10.8ToledoCOMPARE
Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan25.4–22.1Central MichiganCOMPARE
Texas-San Antonio at Florida Atlantic38.0–30.7Texas-San AntonioCOMPARE
James Madison at Southern Mississippi36.6–16.4James MadisonCOMPARE
Virginia Tech at Southern Methodist20.0–27.4Southern MethodistCOMPARE
South Florida at East Carolina18.1–13.8South FloridaCOMPARE
Nebraska at Illinois39.0–22.2NebraskaCOMPARE
New Mexico at Nevada25.6–23.3New MexicoCOMPARE
Texas Christian at Arizona5.4–26.9ArizonaCOMPARE
Central Florida at Kansas24.1–30.4KansasCOMPARE
Cincinnati at Houston25.8–33.9HoustonCOMPARE
Iowa State at Baylor18.4–29.0BaylorCOMPARE
Oklahoma State at Kansas State31.1–22.8Oklahoma StateCOMPARE
West Virginia at Texas Tech31.7–47.6Texas TechCOMPARE
Michigan State at Michigan18.0–30.4MichiganCOMPARE
UCLA at Minnesota28.2–11.3UCLACOMPARE
Iowa at Northwestern14.6–27.9NorthwesternCOMPARE
Oregon at Ohio State10.2–40.2Ohio StateCOMPARE
Penn State at Washington30.5–20.8Penn StateCOMPARE
Texas at Missouri29.4–22.3TexasCOMPARE
Brigham Young at Utah16.7–26.1UtahCOMPARE
Clemson at Syracuse22.8–21.8ClemsonCOMPARE
Florida State at Boston College34.1–32.2Florida StateCOMPARE
North Carolina at Connecticut27.6–26.3North CarolinaCOMPARE
Tulsa at Tulane25.3–24.3TulsaCOMPARE
Duke at North Carolina State22.8–13.3DukeCOMPARE
Maryland at Purdue30.5–45.5PurdueCOMPARE
Rutgers at Wisconsin13.8–41.1WisconsinCOMPARE
Arkansas at Auburn23.3–34.5AuburnCOMPARE
Old Dominion at Coastal Carolina15.8–25.9Coastal CarolinaCOMPARE
Georgia State at Appalachian State26.3–24.7Georgia StateCOMPARE
Texas A&M at South Carolina26.7–31.8South CarolinaCOMPARE
Louisiana-Monroe at Arkansas State16.5–38.9Arkansas StateCOMPARE
Delaware at Kennesaw State24.9–20.4DelawareCOMPARE
Alabama at Louisiana State32.9–36.0Louisiana StateCOMPARE
Merrimack at Wake Forest14.0–35.0Wake ForestFBS-over-non-FBS assumption
Charlotte at Alabama-Birmingham12.6–38.0Alabama-BirminghamCOMPARE
Temple at Navy27.9–31.4NavyCOMPARE
Marshall at Georgia Southern15.1–34.8Georgia SouthernCOMPARE
Western Kentucky at Middle Tennessee State17.5–29.4Middle Tennessee StateCOMPARE
Rice at North Texas26.6–46.1North TexasCOMPARE
Northern Illinois at San Jose State15.8–35.7San Jose StateCOMPARE
Missouri State at Florida International8.6–34.5Florida InternationalCOMPARE
Louisiana Tech at Troy19.5–18.2Louisiana TechCOMPARE
Vanderbilt at Mississippi State25.7–42.3Mississippi StateCOMPARE
South Alabama at Louisiana28.9–36.8LouisianaCOMPARE
Boise State at Colorado State56.0–31.5Boise StateCOMPARE
Kentucky at Tennessee24.0–30.2TennesseeCOMPARE
Sam Houston at Jacksonville State8.1–28.8Jacksonville StateCOMPARE
Georgia at Mississippi38.0–30.5GeorgiaCOMPARE
Colorado at Arizona State20.6–31.6Arizona StateCOMPARE
Louisville at Georgia Tech39.0–29.2LouisvilleCOMPARE
Miami (FL) at Notre Dame29.5–35.2Notre DameCOMPARE
Air Force at Army25.9–28.2ArmyCOMPARE
Oklahoma at Florida29.7–33.1FloridaCOMPARE
Liberty at New Mexico State34.7–11.6LibertyCOMPARE
Fresno State at Utah State24.0–16.1Fresno StateCOMPARE
Hawaii at Texas-El Paso33.7–13.5HawaiiCOMPARE
Texas State at Oregon State23.4–43.0Oregon StateCOMPARE
Wyoming at Nevada-Las Vegas17.3–23.4Nevada-Las VegasCOMPARE

Week 11 Predictions

MatchupProjected score (away–home)PickBasis
Western Michigan at Akron29.5–12.0Western MichiganCOMPARE
Kent State at Bowling Green16.6–30.5Bowling GreenCOMPARE
Ohio at Miami (OH)28.8–22.4OhioCOMPARE
Buffalo at Ball State35.2–23.2BuffaloCOMPARE
Sacramento State at Central Michigan8.3–35.6Central MichiganCOMPARE
Massachusetts at Toledo18.9–27.6ToledoCOMPARE
Memphis at South Florida23.4–18.6MemphisCOMPARE
Louisiana at Louisiana-Monroe38.7–13.5LouisianaCOMPARE
Florida State at Pittsburgh31.4–34.0PittsburghCOMPARE
Illinois at UCLA19.0–36.3UCLACOMPARE
Houston at Colorado34.6–14.7HoustonCOMPARE
Arizona State at Central Florida21.5–33.0Central FloridaCOMPARE
Baylor at Brigham Young20.4–21.3Brigham YoungCOMPARE
Cincinnati at Iowa State28.9–31.7Iowa StateCOMPARE
Kansas at West Virginia36.6–38.3West VirginiaCOMPARE
Kansas State at Texas Christian9.9–12.9Texas ChristianCOMPARE
Texas Tech at Oklahoma State36.0–33.3Texas TechCOMPARE
Utah at Arizona21.3–27.7ArizonaCOMPARE
South Carolina at Arkansas36.6–27.4South CarolinaCOMPARE
Missouri at Georgia16.0–35.3GeorgiaCOMPARE
Florida at Kentucky37.1–39.1KentuckyCOMPARE
Texas at Louisiana State25.8–33.9Louisiana StateCOMPARE
Auburn at Mississippi State32.5–36.2Mississippi StateCOMPARE
Mississippi at Oklahoma29.3–29.7OklahomaCOMPARE
Tennessee at Texas A&M21.3–20.6TennesseeCOMPARE
Alabama at Vanderbilt47.1–22.2AlabamaCOMPARE
California at Virginia16.1–29.9VirginiaCOMPARE
Duke at Miami (FL)9.9–35.0Miami (FL)COMPARE
Georgia Tech at Clemson20.1–29.8ClemsonCOMPARE
Louisville at North Carolina29.6–34.2North CarolinaCOMPARE
Stanford at Virginia Tech16.8–37.3Virginia TechCOMPARE
Syracuse at North Carolina State25.7–23.6SyracuseCOMPARE
Wake Forest at Southern Methodist31.1–26.3Wake ForestCOMPARE
Southern California at Indiana24.3–34.8IndianaCOMPARE
Purdue at Iowa23.5–33.3IowaCOMPARE
Wisconsin at Maryland38.1–16.5WisconsinCOMPARE
Washington at Michigan State24.7–28.0Michigan StateCOMPARE
Northwestern at Ohio State24.0–36.1Ohio StateCOMPARE
Michigan at Oregon22.4–15.5MichiganCOMPARE
Minnesota at Penn State11.9–31.0Penn StateCOMPARE
Nebraska at Rutgers47.0–17.0NebraskaCOMPARE
East Carolina at Charlotte36.2–17.3East CarolinaCOMPARE
Florida Atlantic at Tulsa26.1–37.7TulsaCOMPARE
North Texas at Texas-San Antonio37.4–37.6Texas-San AntonioCOMPARE
Tulane at Rice28.7–23.6TulaneCOMPARE
Alabama-Birmingham at Temple22.4–26.4TempleCOMPARE
Nevada at Northern Illinois47.6–18.3NevadaCOMPARE
Wyoming at Texas-El Paso30.9–9.0WyomingCOMPARE
Appalachian State at Marshall26.4–18.3Appalachian StateCOMPARE
Arkansas State at Coastal Carolina24.5–26.4Coastal CarolinaCOMPARE
Georgia Southern at Georgia State27.1–29.2Georgia StateCOMPARE
Southern Mississippi at Louisiana Tech16.1–30.0Louisiana TechCOMPARE
Troy at South Alabama26.6–35.5South AlabamaCOMPARE
James Madison at Connecticut28.0–23.7James MadisonCOMPARE
Kennesaw State at Sam Houston14.3–13.4Kennesaw StateCOMPARE
New Mexico State at Missouri State29.5–20.7New Mexico StateCOMPARE
Florida International at Delaware25.1–19.1Florida InternationalCOMPARE
Boston College at Notre Dame14.7–43.5Notre DameCOMPARE
Jacksonville State at Western Kentucky31.1–15.7Jacksonville StateCOMPARE
Middle Tennessee State at Liberty9.9–39.8LibertyCOMPARE
Fresno State at Texas State31.0–24.1Fresno StateCOMPARE
Oregon State at Boise State30.6–38.2Boise StateCOMPARE
San Jose State at Air Force14.9–29.2Air ForceCOMPARE
Nevada-Las Vegas at New Mexico11.7–30.3New MexicoCOMPARE
Utah State at San Diego State28.4–21.2Utah StateCOMPARE
Colorado State at Washington State35.6–37.9Washington StateCOMPARE
North Dakota State at Hawaii28.9–11.9North Dakota StateCOMPARE

Week 12 Predictions

MatchupProjected score (away–home)PickBasis
Ball State at Ohio16.7–41.3OhioCOMPARE
Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan16.6–25.4Western MichiganCOMPARE
Miami (OH) at Kent State28.0–15.6Miami (OH)COMPARE
Akron at Massachusetts9.8–29.3MassachusettsCOMPARE
Central Michigan at Buffalo25.1–28.8BuffaloCOMPARE
Rice at Temple24.0–33.5TempleCOMPARE
Iowa State at Central Florida25.3–27.3Central FloridaCOMPARE
Clemson at Duke12.5–18.9DukeCOMPARE
Bowling Green at Toledo22.4–36.2ToledoCOMPARE
Oregon at Michigan State22.6–26.0Michigan StateCOMPARE
Texas-El Paso at Air Force6.8–44.0Air ForceCOMPARE
Vanderbilt at Florida26.3–45.6FloridaCOMPARE
Kentucky at Missouri27.4–27.9MissouriCOMPARE
Texas A&M at Oklahoma19.1–23.3OklahomaCOMPARE
Georgia at South Carolina38.0–28.8GeorgiaCOMPARE
Louisiana State at Tennessee28.0–21.4Louisiana StateCOMPARE
Arkansas at Texas18.3–39.5TexasCOMPARE
Arizona at Kansas State31.2–15.8ArizonaCOMPARE
Brigham Young at Kansas26.2–25.9Brigham YoungCOMPARE
Colorado at Cincinnati17.2–37.9CincinnatiCOMPARE
Houston at West Virginia36.8–35.3HoustonCOMPARE
Oklahoma State at Arizona State39.8–25.2Oklahoma StateCOMPARE
Texas Tech at Baylor28.5–25.3Texas TechCOMPARE
Utah at Texas Christian18.4–6.3UtahCOMPARE
Virginia Tech at Miami (FL)14.1–39.5Miami (FL)COMPARE
North Carolina State at Florida State22.2–41.7Florida StateCOMPARE
North Carolina at Virginia23.4–19.1North CarolinaCOMPARE
Pittsburgh at Louisville30.6–32.6LouisvilleCOMPARE
Stanford at California28.0–35.0CaliforniaCOMPARE
Syracuse at Boston College21.1–30.6Boston CollegeCOMPARE
Wake Forest at Georgia Tech40.2–21.2Wake ForestCOMPARE
Iowa at Illinois23.3–21.0IowaCOMPARE
UCLA at Michigan23.8–20.0UCLACOMPARE
Northwestern at Minnesota30.7–12.6NorthwesternCOMPARE
Ohio State at Nebraska32.0–30.1Ohio StateCOMPARE
Rutgers at Penn State17.4–44.1Penn StateCOMPARE
Wisconsin at Purdue37.1–27.5WisconsinCOMPARE
Maryland at Southern California23.2–48.6Southern CaliforniaCOMPARE
Indiana at Washington29.5–13.9IndianaCOMPARE
Charlotte at Tulsa12.4–44.3TulsaCOMPARE
South Florida at Florida Atlantic25.8–19.9South FloridaCOMPARE
North Texas at Tulane36.0–30.5North TexasCOMPARE
Texas-San Antonio at Alabama-Birmingham28.6–23.4Texas-San AntonioCOMPARE
Hawaii at Nevada18.4–36.5NevadaCOMPARE
Louisiana-Monroe at Appalachian State12.4–36.0Appalachian StateCOMPARE
Arkansas State at Louisiana Tech19.6–24.9Louisiana TechCOMPARE
Coastal Carolina at Louisiana17.4–30.3LouisianaCOMPARE
Georgia Southern at Troy26.0–20.2Georgia SouthernCOMPARE
Georgia State at Marshall33.9–21.1Georgia StateCOMPARE
South Alabama at Southern Mississippi40.0–30.6South AlabamaCOMPARE
Wofford at Mississippi14.0–35.0MississippiFBS-over-non-FBS assumption
East Carolina at Army17.8–33.7ArmyCOMPARE
Memphis at Navy37.4–27.1MemphisCOMPARE
Tennessee Tech at Mississippi State14.0–35.0Mississippi StateFBS-over-non-FBS assumption
Western Kentucky at Liberty4.0–42.8LibertyCOMPARE
Chattanooga at Alabama14.0–35.0AlabamaFBS-over-non-FBS assumption
Missouri State at Jacksonville State15.0–38.4Jacksonville StateCOMPARE
Middle Tennessee State at Sam Houston21.1–16.0Middle Tennessee StateCOMPARE
Delaware at New Mexico State25.3–26.1New Mexico StateCOMPARE
Florida International at Kennesaw State21.7–8.3Florida InternationalCOMPARE
Samford at Auburn14.0–35.0AuburnFBS-over-non-FBS assumption
Old Dominion at Connecticut13.8–32.2ConnecticutCOMPARE
Northern Illinois at North Dakota State5.8–46.0North Dakota StateCOMPARE
Washington State at Texas State20.9–30.8Texas StateCOMPARE
Nevada-Las Vegas at San Jose State22.9–20.8Nevada-Las VegasCOMPARE
Southern Methodist at Notre Dame17.3–41.1Notre DameCOMPARE
Colorado State at Fresno State28.8–48.0Fresno StateCOMPARE
New Mexico at Wyoming23.6–7.9New MexicoCOMPARE
San Diego State at Boise State15.7–51.1Boise StateCOMPARE
Utah State at Oregon State15.4–36.0Oregon StateCOMPARE

Week 13 Predictions

MatchupProjected score (away–home)PickBasis
Miami (OH) at Western Michigan17.9–25.5Western MichiganCOMPARE
Kent State at Eastern Michigan12.6–29.7Eastern MichiganCOMPARE
Texas Christian at Texas Tech9.2–29.2Texas TechCOMPARE
Florida Atlantic at East Carolina28.0–32.6East CarolinaCOMPARE
Temple at Memphis22.5–39.3MemphisCOMPARE
Tulane at South Florida12.1–19.4South FloridaCOMPARE
Mississippi State at Mississippi34.3–42.3MississippiCOMPARE
Nebraska at Iowa28.0–16.5NebraskaCOMPARE
Buffalo at Akron32.7–17.0BuffaloCOMPARE
Toledo at Ohio25.4–31.5OhioCOMPARE
Appalachian State at South Alabama28.1–33.8South AlabamaCOMPARE
Florida at Florida State40.2–41.9Florida StateCOMPARE
North Dakota State at San Jose State26.9–9.6North Dakota StateCOMPARE
Texas at Texas A&M28.7–23.5TexasCOMPARE
Minnesota at Wisconsin8.3–28.0WisconsinCOMPARE
West Virginia at Utah25.9–39.8UtahCOMPARE
Auburn at Alabama26.0–44.0AlabamaCOMPARE
Louisiana State at Arkansas38.5–18.1Louisiana StateCOMPARE
Georgia Tech at Georgia14.6–46.0GeorgiaCOMPARE
Louisville at Kentucky33.5–38.2KentuckyCOMPARE
Oklahoma at Missouri21.0–20.9OklahomaCOMPARE
South Carolina at Clemson31.2–24.8South CarolinaCOMPARE
Tennessee at Vanderbilt32.7–17.2TennesseeCOMPARE
Arizona State at Arizona15.2–42.9ArizonaCOMPARE
Baylor at Houston22.9–23.6HoustonCOMPARE
Central Florida at Colorado30.3–16.7Central FloridaCOMPARE
Cincinnati at Brigham Young23.3–31.6Brigham YoungCOMPARE
Kansas at Oklahoma State28.1–36.9Oklahoma StateCOMPARE
Kansas State at Iowa State20.2–26.4Iowa StateCOMPARE
Boston College at Miami (FL)16.6–42.6Miami (FL)COMPARE
Duke at Wake Forest14.1–28.9Wake ForestCOMPARE
North Carolina State at North Carolina15.2–34.9North CarolinaCOMPARE
Notre Dame at Syracuse43.2–14.0Notre DameCOMPARE
Pittsburgh at California34.8–20.3PittsburghCOMPARE
Southern Methodist at Stanford39.4–20.5Southern MethodistCOMPARE
Virginia at Virginia Tech15.7–21.5Virginia TechCOMPARE
Illinois at Northwestern20.3–38.9NorthwesternCOMPARE
Purdue at Indiana21.2–42.1IndianaCOMPARE
Penn State at Maryland41.1–20.1Penn StateCOMPARE
Washington at Oregon19.6–22.5OregonCOMPARE
Michigan State at Rutgers35.6–27.3Michigan StateCOMPARE
Southern California at UCLA27.6–36.1UCLACOMPARE
Connecticut at Wyoming22.4–20.5ConnecticutCOMPARE
Tulsa at Texas-San Antonio26.7–31.4Texas-San AntonioCOMPARE
Army at Rice36.1–21.2ArmyCOMPARE
Navy at Charlotte41.0–20.2NavyCOMPARE
Alabama-Birmingham at North Texas25.0–39.0North TexasCOMPARE
Texas-El Paso at Northern Illinois24.5–33.6Northern IllinoisCOMPARE
Coastal Carolina at James Madison14.4–33.0James MadisonCOMPARE
Louisiana Tech at Georgia Southern17.6–25.1Georgia SouthernCOMPARE
Louisiana at Georgia State27.4–27.4Georgia StateCOMPARE
Marshall at Louisiana-Monroe29.4–23.0MarshallCOMPARE
Southern Mississippi at Old Dominion21.9–25.4Old DominionCOMPARE
Michigan at Ohio State15.1–35.2Ohio StateCOMPARE
Central Michigan at Ball State35.0–23.7Central MichiganCOMPARE
Massachusetts at Bowling Green23.3–21.2MassachusettsCOMPARE
Kennesaw State at Western Kentucky19.6–18.0Kennesaw StateCOMPARE
Liberty at Missouri State44.1–9.3LibertyCOMPARE
Sam Houston at Florida International1.7–24.9Florida InternationalCOMPARE
New Mexico State at Middle Tennessee State22.2–24.3Middle Tennessee StateCOMPARE
Troy at Arkansas State21.4–26.5Arkansas StateCOMPARE
Jacksonville State at Delaware28.9–25.6Jacksonville StateCOMPARE
Air Force at New Mexico15.0–27.5New MexicoCOMPARE
Nevada at Nevada-Las Vegas32.7–25.4NevadaCOMPARE
Sacramento State at Hawaii6.9–32.3HawaiiCOMPARE

Week 15 Predictions

MatchupProjected score (away–home)PickBasis
Navy at Army22.5–33.5ArmyCOMPARE