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Week 10 2025: Saturday morning College Gameday picks! Super Dogs, Stanford Steve’s board, celebrity guests and more!

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Stanford Steve’s Board:
California+6.5 vs Virginia
Vanderbilt+3.5 vs Texas
Cincinnati+10.5 vs Utah

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Super Dog Picks:
Kirk Herbstreit: NC State+5.5
Desmond Howard: Cincinnati+10.5
Stanford Steve: Kansas State+7.5
Pat McAfee: Navy+6.5
Nick Saban: SMU+9.5
Rece Davis: California+5.5

Celebrity guest Alex Smith:
Ohio State-18.5 vs Penn St
Utah over Cincinnati
Oklahoma over Tennessee
Nebraska over Southern Cal
Texas Tech over Kansas State
Georgia over Florida
Texas over Vanderbilt
Navy over North Texas
Air Force over Army

Kirk Herbstreit:
Ohio State-18.5 vs Penn St
Cincinnati over Utah
Nebraska over Southern Cal
Texas Tech over Kansas State
Georgia over Florida
Vanderbilt over Texas
Navy over North Texas
Army over Air Force

Desmond Howard:
Ohio State-18.5 vs Penn St
Utah over Cincinnati
Tennessee over Oklahoma
Southern Cal over Nebraska
Texas Tech over Kansas State
Georgia over Florida
Vanderbilt over Texas
Navy over North Texas
Air Force over Army

Pat McAfee:
Ohio State-18.5 vs Penn St
Utah over Cincinnati
Oklahoma over Tennessee
Nebraska over Southern Cal
Texas Tech over Kansas State
Georgia over Florida
Vanderbilt over Texas
Navy over North Texas
Army over Air Force

Nick Saban:
Ohio State-18.5 vs Penn St
Utah over Cincinnati
Tennessee over Oklahoma
Southern Cal over Nebraska
Texas Tech over Kansas State
Georgia over Florida
Texas over Vanderbilt
Navy over North Texas
Air Force over Army

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Week 9 2025: CFB analyst picks are graded; results are in!

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Week 9 of our college football season is in the books and the picks from our analysts are graded.

Celebrity guest picker Nate Bargatze went 6-2 picking games straight-up and also correctly picked Indiana against the spread. Kirk Herbstreit went 5-2 straight up this week. Desmond Howard went 5-3, Pat McAfee went 4-4 and Nick Saban went 6-2 to match Nate Bargatze.

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

NamePctWinLoss
Pat_Forde10040
Andy_Staples10040
Chris_Fallica10030
Phil_Steele10020
JD_Pickell10010
Shehan_Jeyarajah89.47172
Jennifer88.8981
David_Hale85.7161
Tim_Tebow85.7161
Jimbo_Fisher83.3351
Eric_Mac_Lain83.3351
Tom_Fornelli80164
Joel_Klatt8041
Chip_Patterson78.95154
Richard_Johnson76.19165
Nick_Saban7562
Celebrity_Guest7562
Steve_Coughlin7531
Kirk_Herbstreit71.4352
Andrea_Adelson71.4352
Paul_Finebaum71.4352
Desmond_Howard62.553
Rick_Neuheisel62.553
David_Pollack62.553
Randy_Cross55.5654
Brian_Jones55.5654
Greg_McElroy55.5654
Pat_McAfee5044
Dusty_Dvoracek5044
Jordan_Rodgers5033
Aaron_Taylor44.4445
Roman_Harper42.8634
Rece_Davis33.3324
Danny_Kanell33.3324
Pete_Thamel33.3324
Josh_Pate2014
Brett_McMurphy003
Scott_Van_Pelt002
Average67.719794
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Week 9 2025: Saturday morning College Gameday picks! Super Dogs, Stanford Steve’s board, celebrity guests and more!

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Stanford Steve’s Board:
Minnesota+8.5 vs Iowa
Miami OH-2 vs Western Michigan
Vanderbilt-2.5 vs Missouri

Super Dog Picks:
Kirk Herbstreit: Northwestern+7.5 vs Nebraska
Desmond Howard: Mississippi State+7.5 vs Texas
Stanford Steve: Ole Miss+5.5 vs Oklahoma
Pat McAfee: ???????
Nick Saban: NC State+6.5 vs Pittsburgh
Rece Davis: Minnesota+8.5 vs Iowa

They picked Indiana/UCLA against the spread:
Kirk/Desmond: UCLA+27.5 vs Indiana
Pat/Nick/Nate: Indiana-27.5 vs UCLA

Celebrity guest Nate Bargatze:

North Dakota State over South Dakota State
LSU over Texas A&M
Texas over Mississippi State
Vanderbilt over Missouri
BYU over Iowa State
Minnesota over Iowa
Ole Miss over Oklahoma
Memphis over South Florida

Kirk Herbstreit:

North Dakota State over South Dakota State
Texas over Mississippi State
Vanderbilt over Missouri
BYU over Iowa State
Iowa over Minnesota
Oklahoma over Ole Miss
South Florida over Memphis

Desmond Howard:

North Dakota State over South Dakota State
Texas A&M over LSU
Mississippi State over Texas
Missouri over Vanderbilt
BYU over Iowa State
Iowa over Minnesota
Ole Miss over Oklahoma
South Florida over Memphis

Pat McAfee:

South Dakota State over North Dakota State
Texas A&M over LSU
Mississippi State over Texas
Vanderbilt over Missouri
BYU over Iowa State
Iowa over Minnesota
Oklahoma over Ole Miss
South Florida over Memphis

Nick Saban:

North Dakota State over South Dakota State
Texas A&M over LSU
Texas over Mississippi State
Vanderbilt over Missouri
BYU over Iowa State
Iowa over Minnesota
Oklahoma over Ole Miss
South Florida over Memphis
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