Week 7 2026: CFB analyst picks are graded; results are in!

Week 7 of the college football season is in the books and the picks from our analysts are graded. Let’s jump right in.

The biggest winner this week was undoubtedly College Gameday guest picker Steve Young, who delivered a 10-0 performance picking games. This ties Bubba Watson’s 10-0 appearance from 2013 as the 2nd best guest picker of all time behind Alex Rodriguez’s legendary 12-0 performance in 2017. Congratulations to Steve Young for an incredible week.

Here are the all-time best appearances for celebrity guest pickers in College Gameday history for reference.

Celebrity_NameYearWeekDateRecord
Alex.Rodriguez2017112017/11/1112-0
Bubba.Watson201352013/9/2810-0
Steve_Young202672026/10/1610-0
Jase.Robertson201492014/10/259-0
Jake.Owen2013102013/11/28-0
John.Goodman201972019/10/1212-1
Blake.Griffin201162011/10/89-1
Tim.McGraw201762017/10/79-1
Nick.Swisher2009132009/11/288-1
Big.Boi201012010/9/48-1
Keegan.Michael.Key2016142016/12/38-1
Sam.Hunt201712017/9/28-1
Ki-Jana.Carter201782017/10/218-1
Kyle.Schwarber202492024/10/268-1

Nick Saban and Pat McAfee went 7-3 on College Gameday this week. Desmond Howard went 5-6 while Kirk Herbstreit went 4-5. Everyone else is in the mix, Check out the full results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

NamePctWinLoss
Celebrity_Guest100100
Stewart_Mandel8041
Scott_Van_Pelt7531
Nick_Saban7073
Pat_McAfee7073
Tom_Fornelli68.75115
Steve_Coughlin66.6721
Jennifer63.6474
Shehan_Jeyarajah62.5106
Rece_Davis62.553
Brett_McMurphy6032
Bruce_Feldman57.1443
David_Pollack55.5654
Richard_Johnson52.9498
Chip_Patterson52.9498
Dan_Wetzel5044
Chris_Fallica5033
Pat_Forde5022
Danny_Kanell5022
Phil_Steele5022
Desmond_Howard45.4556
Kirk_Herbstreit44.4445
Rick_Neuheisel44.4445
JD_Pickell44.4445
Andy_Staples4023
Aaron_Taylor33.3336
Greg_McElroy33.3324
Ralph_Russo33.3312
Josh_Pate28.5725
Pete_Thamel2526
Brian_Jones22.2227
Joel_Klatt16.6715
Average53.21141124

Week 7 2026: Saturday morning College Gameday picks! Stanford Steve’s board, Super Dog picks, celebrity guests and more!

Stanford Steve’s Board:
SMU-9.5 vs Virginia
Miami FL vs FSU over 56.5
WVU-1.5 vs Cincinatti

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Super Dog Picks:
Kirk Herbstreit: California+10 vs Wake Forest
Desmond Howard: Nebraska+7 vs Oregon
Stanford Steve: Missouri+5.5 vs Ole Miss
Pat McAfee: Kentucky+6.5 vs Oklahoma
Nick Saban: BYU+10.5 vs Notre Dame
Rece Davis: Arizona State+15.5 vs Texas Tech

Celebrity guest Steve Young:

Utah over Colorado
Kentucky over Oklahoma
Houston over Oklahoma State
BYU over Notre Dame
Tennessee over Alabama
Ole Miss over Missouri
Michigan over Penn State
LSU over Mississippi State
Ohio State over Indiana
UCLA over Wisconsin

Kirk Herbstreit:

Utah over Colorado
Oklahoma over Kentucky
Oklahoma State over Houston
Alabama over Tennessee
Missouri over Ole Miss
Michigan over Penn State
LSU over Mississippi State
Ohio State over Indiana
Wisconsin over UCLA

Desmond Howard:

Utah over Colorado
Oklahoma over Kentucky
Oklahoma State over Houston
Notre Dame over BYU
Miami (FL) over Florida State
Alabama over Tennessee
Ole Miss over Missouri
Michigan over Penn State
LSU over Mississippi State
Indiana over Ohio State
Wisconsin over UCLA

Pat McAfee:

Utah over Colorado
Kentucky over Oklahoma
Houston over Oklahoma State
BYU over Notre Dame
Alabama over Tennessee
Ole Miss over Missouri
Penn State over Michigan
LSU over Mississippi State
Indiana over Ohio State
UCLA over Wisconsin

Nick Saban:

Utah over Colorado
Oklahoma over Kentucky
Houston over Oklahoma State
Notre Dame over BYU
Alabama over Tennessee
Ole Miss over Missouri
Michigan over Penn State
LSU over Mississippi State
Ohio State over Indiana
UCLA over Wisconsin

When Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Pat McAfee, Nick Saban and the celebrity guest all make the same selection they are 74-29 (71.84%) all-time! #SavingTheGraphic

Week 6 2026: CFB analyst picks are graded; results are in!

Week 6 of our college football season is in the books and the picks from our analysts are graded.

Big winners this week include David Hale (6-1) and Aaron Taylor (6-2). However, this week’s biggest winner was Shehan Jeyarajah from CBS Sports at 14-5 picking games straight-up. Congratulations to Shehan on a great winning week.

On College Gameday, celebrity guest picker Bryce Young went 5-6 picking games. Kirk Herbstreit went 5-5 (picking one less game than the others). Nick Saban and Pat McAfee went 5-6 along with Bryce Young. Desmond Howard brought up the rear at 4-7.

Everyone else is somewhere 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
David_Hale85.7161
Rece_Davis8041
Aaron_Taylor7562
Shehan_Jeyarajah73.68145
Chris_Fallica66.6721
Greg_McElroy63.6474
Tom_Fornelli63.16127
David_Pollack62.553
Chip_Patterson61.9138
Pete_Thamel6032
Brett_McMurphy57.1443
Brian_Jones55.5654
Richard_Johnson55119
Kirk_Herbstreit5055
Chase_Daniel5022
Roman_Harper5022
Phil_Steele5022
Tim_Tebow5022
Pat_Forde5011
Nick_Saban45.4556
Pat_McAfee45.4556
Celebrity_Guest45.4556
Josh_Pate44.4445
Andrea_Adelson42.8634
Danny_Kanell4023
Joel_Klatt4023
Eric_Mac_Lain4023
JD_Pickell4023
Andy_Staples4023
Dan_Wetzel4023
Desmond_Howard36.3647
Jennifer36.3647
Steve_Coughlin2513
Bruce_Feldman2513
Paul_Finebaum2513
Stewart_Mandel2513
Rick_Neuheisel22.2227
Ralph_Russo002
Scott_Van_Pelt001
Average51.51154145