Week 5 2021: CFB Analyst picks are graded; results are in!

Week 5 is in the books and the straight-up picks from our analysts are graded. Once again, we will be using our experimental GDC Value (Game Day Cole Value) to weight picks and assign value.

Lee Corso won his headgear pick going with Georgia over Arkansas, and he went 7-5 overall on the week. Celebrity guest picker Harris English went 5-5 on the week. Our undisputed winner this week was Bruce Feldman going 10-1 on his picks with a GDC value of 7.567.

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

***GDC is an aggregate computer rating applied to each team, whereby any specific pick can be assigned a positive/negative value based on the ratio of team ratings.

NamePctWinLossGDC.Value
Bruce.Feldman90.911018.642
Chip.Patterson68.181577.07
Dennis.Dodd66.671475.994
Joey.Galloway85.71614.759
Rick.Neuheisel77.78724.72
Phil.Steele100504.701
Pat.Forde64.711164.669
Mark.May85.71614.625
David.Hale72.73834.528
Brady.Quinn66.671054.32
Tom.Fornelli61.91383.996
Andrea.Adelson83.33513.604
Eric.Mac.Lain83.33513.571
Stewart.Mandel63.64742.801
Pete.Thamel80412.79
Aaron.Taylor62.5531.989
Dan.Wetzel75311.934
Scott.Van.Pelt100201.88
Colin.Cowherd100201.875
Paul.Finebaum100201.829
Roman.Harper100201.829
Tim.Tebow100201.829
Mark.Richt66.67421.775
Lee.Corso58.33751.493
Kevin.Carter100100.983
Jon.Berger100100.959
Bob.Stoops100100.958
Corso.Headgear100100.901
Reggie.Bush100100.901
Brian.Jones55.56540.895
Matt.Leinart100100.877
Kirk.Herbstreit54.55650.85
Lou.Holtz57.14430.709
Desmond.Howard54.55650.629
Danny.Kanell53.33870.421
EJ.Manuel5033-0.033
Celebrity.Guest5055-0.265
Jennifer5066-0.32
Houston.Nutt001-0.983
Chris.Doering001-0.984
Randy.Cross44.4445-0.989
Brett.McMurphy33.3312-1.014
Jordan.Rodgers002-1.829
Chris.Fallica2513-1.993
Greg.McElroy002-2.079
Steve.Coughlin005-4.906
Average64.02210118NA

Week 5 2021: Saturday morning College Gameday picks! Corso’s headgear, Bear’s Board, Super Dogs, celebrity guests and more!

Corso’s headgear: Georgia over Arkansas

Bear’s Board:

Troy+6.5 vs South Carolina
California-7.5 vs Washington State
Western Kentucky+11 vs Michigan State

Super Dog picks:

Lee Corso: Georgia Tech+3.5 vs Pitt
Kirk Herbstreit: Stanford+8 vs Oregon
Desmond Howard: Mississippi State+7.5 vs Texas A&M
David Pollack: Troy+6.5 vs South Carolina
Rece Davis: Louisiana Tech+18.5 vs NC State

Lee Corso:

Notre Dame  over  Cincinnati
Alabama  over  Ole Miss
Georgia  over  Arkansas
Florida  over  Kentucky
LSU  over  Auburn
Oklahoma State  over  Baylor
Penn State  over  Indiana
Ohio State  over  Rutgers
Oregon  over  Stanford
Texas  over  TCU
UCLA  over  Arizona State
Michigan  over  Wisconsin

Kirk Herbstreit:

Cincinnati  over  Notre Dame
Alabama  over  Ole Miss
Florida  over  Kentucky
LSU  over  Auburn
Baylor  over  Oklahoma State
Penn State  over  Indiana
Ohio State  over  Rutgers
Stanford  over  Oregon
Texas  over  TCU
UCLA  over  Arizona State
Wisconsin  over  Michigan

Desmond Howard:

Notre Dame  over  Cincinnati
Alabama  over  Ole Miss
Georgia  over  Arkansas
Florida  over  Kentucky
LSU  over  Auburn
Oklahoma State  over  Baylor
Penn State  over  Indiana
Oregon  over  Stanford
Texas  over  TCU
UCLA  over  Arizona State
Michigan  over  Wisconsin

Harris English:

Notre Dame  over  Cincinnati
Alabama  over  Ole Miss
Georgia  over  Arkansas
Kentucky  over  Florida
LSU  over  Auburn
Oklahoma State  over  Baylor
Oregon  over  Stanford
Texas  over  TCU
UCLA  over  Arizona State
Wisconsin  over  Michigan

@GamedayJen:

Cincinnati  over  Notre Dame
Alabama  over  Ole Miss
Boise State  over  Nevada
Clemson  over  Boston College
Georgia  over  Arkansas
Florida  over  Kentucky
LSU  over  Auburn
Oregon  over  Stanford
Texas  over  TCU
Wisconsin  over  Michigan