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Week 3 2025: CFB analyst picks are graded; results are in!

Posted on September 15, 2025September 15, 2025 by gamedaycole

Week 3 of our college football season is in the books and the picks from our analysts (not gamblers) are graded. Let’s dive right in.

We have lots of winners this week, but we have one of the all-time best weeks we’ve ever seen. Tom Fornelli went 20-1 on picks this week and he is being recognized for a great achievement. Congratulations to Tom Fornelli on an incredible week last week.

Celebrity guest picker Candace Parker went 3-6 on College Gameday this week. Kirk Herbstreit went 4-4. Desmond Howard went 4-5. Nick Saban went 5-4. The best performance from the Gameday crew was Pat McAfee at 6-2 this week.

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.

Name	Pct	Win	Loss
Andy_Staples	100	4	0
Tim_Tebow	100	4	0
Chris_Fallica	100	2	0
Brett_McMurphy	100	2	0
Phil_Steele	100	2	0
Scott_Van_Pelt	100	1	0
Tom_Fornelli	95.24	20	1
Shehan_Jeyarajah	85.71	18	3
Richard_Johnson	85.71	18	3
Chip_Patterson	81.82	18	4
Danny_Kanell	80	4	1
Josh_Pate	80	4	1
Randy_Cross	77.78	7	2
Pat_McAfee	75	6	2
Rece_Davis	75	3	1
Paul_Finebaum	75	3	1
Pete_Thamel	75	3	1
JD_Pickell	66.67	2	1
Jordan_Rodgers	66.67	2	1
Steve_Coughlin	60	3	2
Roman_Harper	60	3	2
Joel_Klatt	60	3	2
David_Pollack	60	3	2
Greg_McElroy	57.14	4	3
Nick_Saban	55.56	5	4
Jennifer	55.56	5	4
Aaron_Taylor	55.56	5	4
Kirk_Herbstreit	50	4	4
Jimbo_Fisher	50	2	2
Eric_Mac_Lain	50	2	2
Desmond_Howard	44.44	4	5
Brian_Jones	44.44	4	5
Rick_Neuheisel	44.44	4	5
Celebrity_Guest	33.33	3	6
Dusty_Dvoracek	25	1	3
Average	69.8	178	77

Week 2 2025: CFB gambling picks are graded; results are in!

Posted on September 9, 2025September 9, 2025 by gamedaycole

Week 2 of our college football season is in the books and the picks from our gamblers are graded.

ATS Winners this week included Emory Hunt (10-3), Adam Kramer (6-1-1), and Richard Johnson (10-6). However, this week’s biggest winner was Collin Wilson of the Action Network going 14-6-2 against the number.

Other results of note: Super Dogs went 2-4 this week on College Gameday, with Herbstreit and Saban booking winners. Scott Van Pelt went 6-3 with his WINNERS this week. Stanford Steve’s board went 2-1 on College Gameday this week. Josh Pate’s Ramen Noodle Express went 5-5 this week.

In the money line picks Brandon Walker booked the biggest profit with one pick at +200.

Everybody else is somewhere in the mix below. Check out the full slate of results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

ATS results:

Name	Pct	Win	Loss	Tie	Profits
Collin_Wilson_ATS	70	14	6	2	6.55
Emory_Hunt_ATS	76.92	10	3	0	6.07
Adam_Kramer_ATS	85.71	6	1	1	4.45
Richard_Johnson_ATS	62.5	10	6	0	3.09
Dusty_Dvoracek_ATS	80	4	1	1	2.64
Todd_Fuhrman_ATS	71.43	5	2	0	2.55
Scott_Van_Pelt_ATS	66.67	6	3	0	2.45
Tom_Fornelli_ATS	62.5	5	3	0	1.55
Chip_Patterson_ATS	60	6	4	0	1.45
Kirk_Herbstreit_ATS	100	1	0	0	0.91
Nick_Saban_ATS	100	1	0	0	0.91
Randy_Cross_ATS	100	1	0	0	0.91
Aaron_Taylor_ATS	100	1	0	0	0.91
Joe_Fortenbaugh_ATS	66.67	2	1	0	0.82
Geoff_Schwartz_ATS	66.67	2	1	0	0.82
Kayce_Smith_ATS	66.67	2	1	0	0.82
Brandon_Walker_ATS	66.67	2	1	0	0.82
Danny_Kanell_ATS	53.85	14	12	0	0.73
Joel_Klatt_ATS	60	3	2	0	0.73
Phil_Steele_ATS	60	3	2	0	0.73
Matt_Youmans_ATS	60	3	2	0	0.56
Steve_Coughlin_ATS	57.14	4	3	0	0.6
Kenny_White_ATS	57.14	4	3	0	0.64
Chris_Fallica_ATS	55.56	5	4	0	0.55
Clay_Travis_ATS	54.55	6	5	0	0.45
Lucy_Burdge_ATS	50	1	1	0	-0.09
Ryen_Russillo_ATS	50	1	1	0	-0.09
Andy_Staples_ATS	50	2	2	1	-0.18
Josh_Pate_ATS	50	5	5	0	-0.45
Stuckey_ATS	50	5	5	0	-0.47
Dave_Portnoy_ATS	50	6	6	1	-0.55
Desmond_Howard_ATS	0	0	1	0	-1
Rece_Davis_ATS	0	0	1	0	-1
Ross_Dellenger_ATS	0	0	1	0	-1
Brian_Jones_ATS	0	0	1	0	-1
Pat_McAfee_ATS	0	0	1	0	-1
Rick_Neuheisel_ATS	0	0	1	0	-1
Bryant_McFadden_ATS	33.33	1	2	0	-1.09
JD_Pickell_ATS	40	2	3	0	-1.18
Doug_Kezirian_ATS	42.86	3	4	0	-1.27
Brett_McMurphy_ATS	42.86	3	4	0	-1.27
Iain_MacMillan_ATS	25	1	3	1	-2.09
Pamela_Maldonado_ATS	25	1	3	0	-2.09
Kelly_Stewart_ATS	25	1	3	1	-2.09
Mackenzie_Brooks_ATS	33.33	2	4	0	-2.18
Rico_Bosco_ATS	42.86	6	8	0	-2.55
Dan_Katz_ATS	45.83	11	13	2	-3
Ari_Wasserman_ATS	0	0	3	1	-3
Pat_Forde_ATS	20	1	4	0	-3.09
Wes_Reynolds_ATS	45.71	16	19	1	-4.75
Kyle_Hunter_ATS	0	0	5	0	-5
Bud_Elliott_ATS	20	2	8	0	-6.18
Shehan_Jeyarajah_ATS	25	4	12	0	-8.36

Money line results:

Name	ROI.Pct	Units.Up.Down	N.Picks
Brandon_Walker_ML	200	2	1
Todd_McShay_ML	59.94	1.2	2
Tom_Fornelli_ML	55	1.1	2
Stuckey_ML	50	1	2
Chip_Patterson_ML	3.33	0.1	3
Bud_Elliott_ML	-13.33	-0.4	3
Danny_Kanell_ML	-26.67	-0.8	3
Emory_Hunt_ML	-100	-1	1
Kayce_Smith_ML	-100	-1	1
Chris_Fallica_ML	-33.33	-2	6
Wes_Reynolds_ML	-100	-2	2
Collin_Wilson_ML	-100	-2	2
Kelly_Stewart_ML	-100	-3	3

Week 2 2025: CFB analyst picks are graded; results are in!

Posted on September 9, 2025September 9, 2025 by gamedaycole

Week 2 of our 2025 college football season is in the books and the picks from our college football analysts are graded. As a reminder, these are straight up picks from college football analysts; not gambling picks.

Winners this week include Chip Patterson (21-2), David Hale (7-1), and Tom Fornelli/Richard Johnson (20-3). However, I’m giving this week’s win to Rece Davis for going 6-0 on his picks on the College Gameday podcast this week.

This was our first official week with no Lee Corso, so there’s sadly nothing to report on headgear picks going forward. Kirk Herbstreit went 4-3. Desmond Howard, Pat McAfee and Nick Saban went 4-4. Celebrity guest picker Trae Young, making his second guest picker appearance, went 5-3 on his picks this week.

Check out the full results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

Name	Pct	Win	Loss
Rece_Davis	100	6	0
Joel_Klatt	100	5	0
Andy_Staples	100	4	0
Steve_Coughlin	100	3	0
Dusty_Dvoracek	100	2	0
Paul_Finebaum	100	1	0
Roman_Harper	100	1	0
Mark_Ingram	100	1	0
Matt_Leinart	100	1	0
Brett_McMurphy	100	1	0
Urban_Meyer	100	1	0
Brady_Quinn	100	1	0
Jordan_Rodgers	100	1	0
Ryen_Russillo	100	1	0
Tim_Tebow	100	1	0
Chip_Patterson	91.3	21	2
David_Hale	87.5	7	1
Tom_Fornelli	86.96	20	3
Richard_Johnson	86.96	20	3
Danny_Kanell	85	17	3
Josh_Pate	83.33	5	1
Shehan_Jeyarajah	82.61	19	4
Pat_Forde	75	3	1
Andrea_Adelson	73.33	11	4
Greg_McElroy	71.43	5	2
Pete_Thamel	66.67	4	2
Chris_Fallica	66.67	2	1
JD_Pickell	66.67	2	1
Celebrity_Guest	62.5	5	3
Kirk_Herbstreit	57.14	4	3
Aaron_Taylor	55.56	5	4
David_Pollack	50	5	5
Desmond_Howard	50	4	4
Nick_Saban	50	4	4
Pat_McAfee	50	4	4
Jennifer	50	4	4
Eric_Mac_Lain	50	2	2
Phil_Steele	50	1	1
Randy_Cross	44.44	4	5
Brian_Jones	44.44	4	5
Rick_Neuheisel	37.5	3	5
Average	73.63	215	77