Week 3 2026: CFB analyst picks are graded; results are in!
Week 3 of our 2026 college football season is in the books and the picks from our analysts are graded. Let’s jump right in.
On College Gameday, the celebrity guest picker Morgan Freeman was the biggest winner with a 7-3 record picking straight-up. Nick Saban and Pat McAfee went 6-4 on the week. Kirk Herbstreit went 5-4, picking one less game than the others, while Desmond Howard went 5-5. Its been a while since the celebrity guest has topped all of the hosts, so congratulations to Morgan Freeman on a great winning week.
Other notable results include Rece Davis going 6-0 picking games on the College Gameday podcast, while Tom Fornelli went 21-2 picking games straight-up. for CBS Sports.
Everyone else is in the mix somewhere so check out the full slate of results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week!
| Name | Pct | Win | Loss |
| Rece_Davis | 100 | 6 | 0 |
| Brett_McMurphy | 100 | 4 | 0 |
| Eric_Mac_Lain | 100 | 3 | 0 |
| Danny_Kanell | 100 | 2 | 0 |
| Phil_Steele | 100 | 2 | 0 |
| Mike_Greenberg | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark_Ingram | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt_Leinart | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| EJ_Manuel | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| Brady_Quinn | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom_Fornelli | 91.3 | 21 | 2 |
| Andy_Staples | 85.71 | 6 | 1 |
| Josh_Pate | 83.33 | 5 | 1 |
| Shehan_Jeyarajah | 81.82 | 18 | 4 |
| Steve_Coughlin | 80 | 4 | 1 |
| Richard_Johnson | 77.27 | 17 | 5 |
| Chris_Fallica | 75 | 3 | 1 |
| Joel_Klatt | 75 | 3 | 1 |
| Chip_Patterson | 72.73 | 16 | 6 |
| JD_Pickell | 71.43 | 5 | 2 |
| Celebrity_Guest | 70 | 7 | 3 |
| Chase_Daniel | 66.67 | 2 | 1 |
| Jimbo_Fisher | 66.67 | 2 | 1 |
| Tim_Tebow | 66.67 | 2 | 1 |
| Scott_Van_Pelt | 66.67 | 2 | 1 |
| Nick_Saban | 60 | 6 | 4 |
| Pat_McAfee | 60 | 6 | 4 |
| Kirk_Herbstreit | 55.56 | 5 | 4 |
| Brian_Jones | 55.56 | 5 | 4 |
| Rick_Neuheisel | 55.56 | 5 | 4 |
| Greg_McElroy | 54.55 | 6 | 5 |
| Desmond_Howard | 50 | 5 | 5 |
| Jennifer | 50 | 5 | 5 |
| Aaron_Taylor | 50 | 4 | 4 |
| Pete_Thamel | 50 | 3 | 3 |
| Dan_Wetzel | 50 | 3 | 3 |
| Pat_Forde | 50 | 1 | 1 |
| David_Pollack | 42.86 | 3 | 4 |
| Paul_Finebaum | 33.33 | 1 | 2 |
| Roman_Harper | 33.33 | 1 | 2 |
| Brian_Kelly | 25 | 2 | 6 |
| Urban_Meyer | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Average | 68.06 | 196 | 92 |
