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Week 2 2025: Saturday morning College Gameday picks! Stanford Steve’s board, Super Dog picks, celebrity guests and more!

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Stanford Steve’s Board:
Oregon-27.5 vs Oklahoma State
Vanderbilt+2.5 vs Virginia Tech
UNLV vs UCLA over 54.5

Super Dog Picks:
Kirk Herbstreit: Miss St+6.5
Desmond Howard: Rice+13.5
Stanford Steve: UConn+6.5
Pat McAfee: Kansas+5.5
Nick Saban: Boston College+4.5
Rece Davis: WKU+7.5

Celebrity guest Trae Young:

Oklahoma over Michigan
Mississippi State over Arizona State
Missouri over Kansas
Kentucky over Ole Miss
Baylor over SMU
Virginia over NC State
Iowa State over Iowa
Duke over Illinois

Kirk Herbstreit:

Mississippi State over Arizona State
Missouri over Kansas
Ole Miss over Kentucky
SMU over Baylor
NC State over Virginia
Iowa over Iowa State
Duke over Illinois

Desmond Howard:

Michigan over Oklahoma
Arizona State over Mississippi State
Kansas over Missouri
Ole Miss over Kentucky
Baylor over SMU
Virginia over NC State
Iowa State over Iowa
Illinois over Duke

Pat McAfee:

Oklahoma over Michigan
Arizona State over Mississippi State
Kansas over Missouri
Ole Miss over Kentucky
SMU over Baylor
NC State over Virginia
Iowa over Iowa State
Illinois over Duke

Nick Saban:

Michigan over Oklahoma
Arizona State over Mississippi State
Missouri over Kansas
Ole Miss over Kentucky
SMU over Baylor
Virginia over NC State
Iowa State over Iowa
Illinois over Duke
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Week 1 2025: CFB analyst picks are graded; results are in!

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Week 1 of our college football season is in the books, and the picks from our esteemed panel of analysts are graded. As a reminder, these are straight-up picks; not against the spread. I’m also combining week 0 and week 1 for simplicity’s sake.

Winners this week include Danny Kanell (13-2), Richard Johnson (19-4) and Andrea Adelson (13-3). However, this week’s undisputed winner was Tom Fornelli of Cover 3 podcast fame for going 24-2 on his picks this week. Congratulations to Tom on a great winning week.

Lee Corso went 6-0 on his picks this week, including a win in his final headgear selection Ohio State over Texas. He finishes out a wonderful career going 287-144 (66.59%) on his headgear picks and 2383-1243-1 (65.72%) overall. Yes, he tied a game many years ago. Congratulations to Coach Corso on a wonderful career.

NamePctWinLoss
Lee_Corso10060
Todd_McShay10020
Corso_Headgear10010
Ross_Dellenger10010
Ryan_McGee10010
Urban_Meyer10010
Jordan_Rodgers10010
Ryen_Russillo10010
Tom_Fornelli92.31242
Danny_Kanell86.67132
Richard_Johnson82.61194
Andrea_Adelson81.25133
Chip_Patterson79.17195
Pete_Thamel77.7872
David_Hale75124
Chris_Fallica7531
Brett_McMurphy7531
Shehan_Jeyarajah73.91176
Andy_Staples71.4352
Dan_Wetzel7073
Rick_Neuheisel66.6763
Steve_Coughlin66.6721
Pat_Forde66.6721
Phil_Steele66.6721
David_Pollack62.553
Kirk_Herbstreit6032
Desmond_Howard57.1443
Rece_Davis55.5654
Brian_Jones55.5654
Greg_McElroy5044
Josh_Pate5033
Dusty_Dvoracek5022
Brady_Quinn5011
JD_Pickell45.4556
Randy_Cross44.4445
Aaron_Taylor44.4445
Pat_McAfee42.8634
Jennifer37.535
Nick_Saban28.5725
Joel_Klatt16.6715
Colin_Cowherd003
Paul_Finebaum001
Roman_Harper001
Mark_Ingram001
Matt_Leinart001
Tim_Tebow001
Scott_Van_Pelt001
Average66.67222111
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Week 1 2025: Saturday morning College Gameday picks! Corso’s final headgear, Super Dog picks, Stanford Steve and more!

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Corso’s Headgear: Ohio State over Texas

Stanford Steve’s Board:
Clemson-4.5 vs LSU
Utah-5.5 vs UCLA

Super Dog Picks:
Lee Corso: Florida State+14.5 vs Alabama
Kirk Herbstreit: Toledo+10.5 vs Kentucky
Desmond Howard: Hawaii+17.5 vs Arizona
Stanford Steve: Northwestern+4.5 vs Tulane
Pat McAfee: Syracuse+13.5 vs Tennessee
Nick Saban: FAU+14.5 vs Maryland
Rece Davis: Southern Miss+13.5 vs Mississippi State

Lee Corso:

Miami (FL) over Notre Dame
South Carolina over Virginia Tech
LSU over Clemson
Florida State over Alabama
Tennessee over Syracuse
Ohio State over Texas

Kirk Herbstreit:

Notre Dame over Miami (FL)
South Carolina over Virginia Tech
Alabama over Florida State
Tennessee over Syracuse
Ohio State over Texas

Desmond Howard:

Miami (FL) over Notre Dame
South Carolina over Virginia Tech
Clemson over LSU
Alabama over Florida State
Tennessee over Syracuse
Texas over Ohio State

Pat McAfee:

Notre Dame over Miami (FL)
South Carolina over Virginia Tech
Clemson over LSU
Alabama over Florida State
Tennessee over Syracuse
Ohio State over Texas

Nick Saban:

Notre Dame over Miami (FL)
South Carolina over Virginia Tech
Clemson over LSU
Alabama over Florida State
Tennessee over Syracuse
Texas over Ohio State
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