Week 8 2026: NFL picks from Colin Cowherd’s Blazin’ Five!

Here are Colin Cowherd’s week 8 Blazin’ Five picks!

Chicago Bears+3 vs Seattle Seahawks (-110)
New England Patriots-7 vs Miami Dolphins (-110)
Minnesota Vikings+3.5 vs Detroit Lions (-110)
Kansas City Chiefs-1.5 vs Denver Broncos (-110)
Buffalo Bills-3 vs Baltimore Ravens (-110)

Week 9 2026: Saturday morning College Gameday picks! Stanford Steve’s board, Super Dog picks, celebrity guests and more!

Stanford Steve’s board for week 9:
Maryland+2.5 vs Illinois
Colorado-3 vs Kansas St
Arizona+3.5 vs Texas Tech

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Super Dog Picks:
Kirk Herbstreit: Purdue+10 vs Penn St
Desmond Howard: Arkansas+10 vs Missouri
Stanford Steve: App State+5.5 vs Georgia Southern
Pat McAfee: Navy+30.5 vs Notre Dame
Nick Saban: Syracuse+10.5 vs SMU
Rece Davis: Army+6.5 vs Memphis

Celebrity guest Isiah Thomas:

Ohio State over Southern Cal
Miami (FL) over North Carolina
Utah over Cincinnati
Northwestern over Oregon
Indiana over Minnesota
Georgia over Florida
BYU over Arizona State
Ole Miss over Auburn
Texas Tech over Arizona
Iowa over Wisconsin

Kirk Herbstreit:

Ohio State over Southern Cal
Miami (FL) over North Carolina
Utah over Cincinnati
Northwestern over Oregon
Indiana over Minnesota
BYU over Arizona State
Ole Miss over Auburn
Arizona over Texas Tech
Wisconsin over Iowa

Desmond Howard:

Southern Cal over Ohio State
Miami (FL) over North Carolina
Utah over Cincinnati
Northwestern over Oregon
Indiana over Minnesota
Georgia over Florida
BYU over Arizona State
Auburn over Ole Miss
Arizona over Texas Tech
Wisconsin over Iowa

Pat McAfee:

Ohio State over Southern Cal
Miami (FL) over North Carolina
Utah over Cincinnati
Northwestern over Oregon
Indiana over Minnesota
Georgia over Florida
BYU over Arizona State
Ole Miss over Auburn
Arizona over Texas Tech
Iowa over Wisconsin

Nick Saban:

Ohio State over Southern Cal
Miami (FL) over North Carolina
Utah over Cincinnati
Oregon over Northwestern
Indiana over Minnesota
Georgia over Florida
BYU over Arizona State
Ole Miss over Auburn
Arizona over Texas Tech
Iowa over Wisconsin

When Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Pat McAfee, Nick Saban and the celebrity guest all make the same selection they are 79-30 (72.48%) all-time! #SavingTheGraphic

Week 8 2026: CFB analyst picks are graded; results are in!

Week 8 of the college football season is in the books and I forgot to post the analysts grades, so let’s get to it.

Nick Saban topped the College Gameday crew this week with an 8-3 record. Kirk Herbstreit went 7-3, picking one less game than the others. Celebrity guest picker Dalton Kincaid went 6-5. Desmond Howard and Pat McAfee both went 5-6 to bring up the rear.

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
Stewart_Mandel10050
Phil_Steele10040
Rece_Davis83.3351
Pete_Thamel83.3351
Brett_McMurphy7562
Aaron_Taylor7562
Paul_Finebaum7531
Pat_Forde7531
Josh_Pate7531
Tim_Tebow7531
Nick_Saban72.7383
David_Hale71.4352
Tom_Fornelli70.59125
Kirk_Herbstreit7073
Richard_Johnson66.67126
JD_Pickell66.6742
Chris_Fallica66.6721
Bruce_Feldman66.6721
Scott_Van_Pelt66.6721
Shehan_Jeyarajah64.71116
Chip_Patterson63.16127
Rick_Neuheisel62.553
Ralph_Russo6032
Andrea_Adelson57.1443
Greg_McElroy55.5654
Celebrity_Guest54.5565
Dan_Wetzel5033
Chase_Daniel5022
Roman_Harper5022
Danny_Kanell5022
Andy_Staples5022
Desmond_Howard45.4556
Pat_McAfee45.4556
Jennifer45.4556
David_Pollack42.8634
Joel_Klatt4023
Brian_Jones37.535
Brian_Kelly37.535
Mike_Greenberg001
Average61.86180111