2025-26 Season: College football analyst final grades!
The 2025-26 college football season is in the books and the picks from our analysts are graded. Below you will find the season standings for picking games straight-up. As is tradition, I arbitrarily select a yearly champion based on vibes.
First and foremost, I’d like to recognize Lee Corso for going 6-0 on his last and only appearance this season in week 1, including a win with his final headgear selection. Congratulations to Lee Corso on a wonderful career spanning the decades.
Without further ado, I have selected the impressive college football writer and podcast superstar Tom Fornelli as this year’s champion. Tom went 254-75 picking games for a 77.2% win rate. I selected Tom because he has the best performance compared to his sample size of selections. Congratulations to Tom Fornelli on a great season picking games.
Others receiving votes including Phil Steele, Stanford Steve, David Hale and Danny Kanell. Congratulations to all of you for great seasons.
Check out the full slate of results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this season.
| Name | Pct | Win | Loss |
| Lee_Corso | 100 | 6 | 0 |
| Todd_McShay | 100 | 4 | 0 |
| Ryen_Russillo | 100 | 2 | 0 |
| Corso_Headgear | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom_Luginbill | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark_Richt | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| Phil_Steele | 81.63 | 40 | 9 |
| Steve_Coughlin | 79.03 | 49 | 13 |
| David_Hale | 78.3 | 83 | 23 |
| Danny_Kanell | 78.26 | 126 | 35 |
| Tom_Fornelli | 77.2 | 254 | 75 |
| Paul_Finebaum | 77.19 | 44 | 13 |
| Chip_Patterson | 75.93 | 246 | 78 |
| Ross_Dellenger | 75 | 3 | 1 |
| Tim_Tebow | 74.58 | 44 | 15 |
| Shehan_Jeyarajah | 74.29 | 234 | 81 |
| Andy_Staples | 73.91 | 68 | 24 |
| Richard_Johnson | 73.44 | 235 | 85 |
| Chris_Fallica | 73.17 | 30 | 11 |
| Roman_Harper | 71.67 | 43 | 17 |
| Greg_McElroy | 70.15 | 94 | 40 |
| JD_Pickell | 69.52 | 73 | 32 |
| Josh_Pate | 68.82 | 64 | 29 |
| Pat_Forde | 68.48 | 63 | 29 |
| Jimbo_Fisher | 68.29 | 28 | 13 |
| Dusty_Dvoracek | 68.25 | 43 | 20 |
| Andrea_Adelson | 68.14 | 77 | 36 |
| Jordan_Rodgers | 67.92 | 36 | 17 |
| Dan_Wetzel | 67.57 | 25 | 12 |
| Pat_McAfee | 65.67 | 88 | 46 |
| Rece_Davis | 65.31 | 64 | 34 |
| Kirk_Herbstreit | 63.79 | 74 | 42 |
| Ralph_Russo | 63.08 | 41 | 24 |
| Nick_Saban | 62.96 | 85 | 50 |
| Joel_Klatt | 62.79 | 54 | 32 |
| Jennifer | 62.71 | 111 | 66 |
| Matt_Leinart | 62.5 | 5 | 3 |
| David_Pollack | 60.14 | 83 | 55 |
| Desmond_Howard | 60 | 81 | 54 |
| Celebrity_Guest | 59.83 | 70 | 47 |
| Aaron_Taylor | 59.23 | 77 | 53 |
| Brett_McMurphy | 59.09 | 13 | 9 |
| Eric_Mac_Lain | 58.54 | 24 | 17 |
| Rick_Neuheisel | 58.27 | 74 | 53 |
| Stewart_Mandel | 57.81 | 37 | 27 |
| Pete_Thamel | 57.61 | 53 | 39 |
| Bruce_Feldman | 57.53 | 42 | 31 |
| EJ_Manuel | 57.5 | 23 | 17 |
| Ryan_McGee | 57.14 | 4 | 3 |
| Randy_Cross | 57.03 | 73 | 55 |
| Brian_Jones | 56.49 | 74 | 57 |
| Brady_Quinn | 55.56 | 5 | 4 |
| Scott_Van_Pelt | 50 | 5 | 5 |
| Urban_Meyer | 50 | 4 | 4 |
| Colin_Cowherd | 42.86 | 6 | 8 |
| Mark_Ingram | 37.5 | 3 | 5 |
| Joey_Galloway | 33.33 | 1 | 2 |
| Chris_Low | 25 | 1 | 3 |
| Booger_McFarland | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Average | 67.93 | 3292 | 1554 |
