September 2026 – Cole's Gameday Blog

Week 2 2026: NFL gambling picks are graded; results are in!

Posted on September 23, 2026September 23, 2026 by gamedaycole

Week 2 of the 2026 NFL season is in the books and the picks from our gamblers are graded. I’m continuing to dip my toe into NFL tracking, so as I continue to build upon the NFL data please let me know if you see anything wrong.

Our top winners this week picking against the spread included Wes Reynolds, Chris Long, Matt Youmans and Stuckey. However, Colin Cowherd went 5-0 on the Blazin’ Five picks last week. Congratulations to Colin Cowherd on a great winning week picking games on The Herd.

Check out the full slate of results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) NFL picker did this week!

ATS results:

Name	Pct	Win	Loss	Tie	Profits
Colin_Cowherd	100	5	0	0	4.55
Wes_Reynolds	83.33	5	1	0	3.59
Chris_Long	100	3	0	0	2.62
Matt_Youmans	71.43	5	2	0	2.55
Stuckey	66.67	6	3	0	2.5
Doug_Kezirian	100	2	0	0	1.82
Anita_Marks	100	2	0	0	1.82
Bryant_McFadden	75	3	1	0	1.73
Pamela_Maldonado	66.67	4	2	0	1.64
Mike_Greenberg	100	1	0	0	0.91
Eric_Moody	100	1	0	0	0.91
Seth_Walder	100	1	0	0	0.91
Erin_Dolan	66.67	2	1	0	0.82
Bill_Simmons	66.67	2	1	0	0.82
Steve_Coughlin	60	3	2	1	0.73
David_Bearman	50	2	2	0	-0.18
Cousin_Sal	50	2	2	0	-0.18
Jason_McIntyre	50	4	4	0	-0.36
Lucy_Burdge	0	0	1	0	-1
Geoff_Schwartz	0	0	1	0	-1
Todd_Fuhrman	33.33	1	2	0	-1.26
Jeff_Ma	33.33	1	2	0	-1.09
Ben_Solak	33.33	1	2	0	-1.05
Emory_Hunt	20	1	4	0	-3.05
Clay_Travis	28.57	2	5	0	-3.18

Week 3 2026: CFB analyst picks are graded; results are in!

Posted on September 22, 2026September 22, 2026 by gamedaycole

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

Week 3 2026: CFB gambling picks are graded; results are in!

Posted on September 21, 2026September 21, 2026 by gamedaycole

Week 3 of our beloved college football season is in the books and the picks from our gamblers are graded. Let’s jump right in.

Big winners this week included Josh Pate (8-2 ATS), Matt Youmans (5-0-2 ATS), Stuckey (11-6 ATS) and Phil Steele’s picks on Youtube (4-0 ATS). However, this week’s biggest winner picking against the line is Collin Wilson from the Action Network at 15-6 ATS. Congratulations to Collin on a great winning week.

Scott Van Pelt went 4-1 on WINNERS this week. Stanford Steve went 3-0 on the board for a great week on College Gameday. The Super Dog picks went 3-3 on College Gameday with Saban, Stanford Steve and McAfee winning their picks.

In the money line picks, Bud Elliott was the big winner with a profit of 4 units on 4 picks this week. Congratulations to Bud on a winning week in the money line sprinkles.

Everyone else is in the mix below so check out the full slate of results to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week!

ATS grades:

Name	Pct	Win	Loss	Tie	Profits
Collin_Wilson_ATS	71.43	15	6	0	7.54
Josh_Pate_ATS	80	8	2	0	5.27
Matt_Youmans_ATS	100	5	0	2	4.55
Stuckey_ATS	64.71	11	6	0	3.82
Phil_Steele_ATS	100	4	0	0	3.64
Scott_Van_Pelt_ATS	80	4	1	0	2.64
Brett_McMurphy_ATS	66.67	6	3	0	2.45
Iain_MacMillan_ATS	75	3	1	0	1.74
Steve_Coughlin_ATS	66.67	4	2	0	1.64
Pat_Forde_ATS	66.67	4	2	0	1.64
Taylor_Lewan_ATS	66.67	4	2	0	1.64
JD_Pickell_ATS	66.67	4	2	0	1.64
Dan_Katz_ATS	55.17	16	13	1	1.55
Andy_Staples_ATS	60	6	4	0	1.45
Nick_Saban_ATS	100	1	0	0	0.91
Ross_Dellenger_ATS	100	1	0	0	0.91
Brian_Jones_ATS	100	1	0	0	0.91
Pat_McAfee_ATS	100	1	0	0	0.91
Greg_McElroy_ATS	100	1	0	0	0.91
Jason_McIntyre_ATS	100	1	0	0	0.91
Rick_Neuheisel_ATS	100	1	0	0	0.91
Rufus_Peabody_ATS	100	1	0	0	0.91
Will_Compton_ATS	60	3	2	0	0.77
Kenny_White_ATS	57.14	4	3	0	0.64
Dave_Portnoy_ATS	54.55	6	5	1	0.45
Kayce_Smith_ATS	50	2	2	0	-0.18
Kelly_Stewart_ATS	50	2	2	0	-0.18
Brandon_Walker_ATS	50	2	2	0	-0.18
Chris_Fallica_ATS	50	4	4	0	-0.36
Chip_Patterson_ATS	50	4	4	0	-0.36
Wes_Reynolds_ATS	50	5	5	0	-0.47
Rico_Bosco_ATS	50	6	6	0	-0.55
Kirk_Herbstreit_ATS	0	0	1	0	-1
Desmond_Howard_ATS	0	0	1	0	-1
Mackenzie_Brooks_ATS	0	0	1	0	-1
Rece_Davis_ATS	0	0	1	0	-1
Doug_Kezirian_ATS	0	0	1	0	-1
Megan_Nunez_ATS	0	0	1	0	-1
Geoff_Schwartz_ATS	0	0	1	0	-1
Aaron_Taylor_ATS	0	0	1	0	-1
Stormy_Buonantony_ATS	33.33	1	2	0	-1.09
Kyle_Hunter_ATS	33.33	1	2	0	-1
Mikey_Over_ATS	42.86	3	4	0	-1.27
Bud_Elliott_ATS	44.44	4	5	0	-1.36
Danny_Kanell_ATS	44.44	4	5	0	-1.36
Adam_Kramer_ATS	44.44	4	5	0	-1.36
Jeff_Ma_ATS	0	0	2	0	-2
David_Bearman_ATS	33.33	2	4	0	-2.15
Joel_Klatt_ATS	33.33	2	4	0	-2.18
Ari_Wasserman_ATS	40	4	6	0	-2.36
Clay_Travis_ATS	43.75	7	9	0	-2.64
Richard_Johnson_ATS	45.45	10	12	2	-2.91
Emory_Hunt_ATS	41.18	7	10	0	-3.64
Pamela_Maldonado_ATS	16.67	1	5	0	-4.09
Tom_Fornelli_ATS	25	2	6	1	-4.18
Shehan_Jeyarajah_ATS	40	8	12	2	-4.73

Money line grades:

Name	ROI.Pct	Units.Up.Down	N.Picks
Bud_Elliott_ML	100	4	4
Emory_Hunt_ML	150	1.5	1
Collin_Wilson_ML	31.5	1.26	4
Kelly_Stewart_ML	41.67	1.25	3
Wes_Reynolds_ML	72	0.72	1
Mikey_Over_ML	-15	-0.3	2
Will_Compton_ML	-100	-1	1
Todd_Fuhrman_ML	-100	-1	1
Richard_Johnson_ML	-100	-1	1
Pamela_Maldonado_ML	-100	-1	1
Danny_Kanell_ML	-46.25	-1.85	4
Chris_Fallica_ML	-100	-2	2
Chip_Patterson_ML	-100	-3	3
Tom_Fornelli_ML	-100	-5	5