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.
| Name | Pct | Win | Loss |
| Stewart_Mandel | 100 | 5 | 0 |
| Phil_Steele | 100 | 4 | 0 |
| Rece_Davis | 83.33 | 5 | 1 |
| Pete_Thamel | 83.33 | 5 | 1 |
| Brett_McMurphy | 75 | 6 | 2 |
| Aaron_Taylor | 75 | 6 | 2 |
| Paul_Finebaum | 75 | 3 | 1 |
| Pat_Forde | 75 | 3 | 1 |
| Josh_Pate | 75 | 3 | 1 |
| Tim_Tebow | 75 | 3 | 1 |
| Nick_Saban | 72.73 | 8 | 3 |
| David_Hale | 71.43 | 5 | 2 |
| Tom_Fornelli | 70.59 | 12 | 5 |
| Kirk_Herbstreit | 70 | 7 | 3 |
| Richard_Johnson | 66.67 | 12 | 6 |
| JD_Pickell | 66.67 | 4 | 2 |
| Chris_Fallica | 66.67 | 2 | 1 |
| Bruce_Feldman | 66.67 | 2 | 1 |
| Scott_Van_Pelt | 66.67 | 2 | 1 |
| Shehan_Jeyarajah | 64.71 | 11 | 6 |
| Chip_Patterson | 63.16 | 12 | 7 |
| Rick_Neuheisel | 62.5 | 5 | 3 |
| Ralph_Russo | 60 | 3 | 2 |
| Andrea_Adelson | 57.14 | 4 | 3 |
| Greg_McElroy | 55.56 | 5 | 4 |
| Celebrity_Guest | 54.55 | 6 | 5 |
| Dan_Wetzel | 50 | 3 | 3 |
| Chase_Daniel | 50 | 2 | 2 |
| Roman_Harper | 50 | 2 | 2 |
| Danny_Kanell | 50 | 2 | 2 |
| Andy_Staples | 50 | 2 | 2 |
| Desmond_Howard | 45.45 | 5 | 6 |
| Pat_McAfee | 45.45 | 5 | 6 |
| Jennifer | 45.45 | 5 | 6 |
| David_Pollack | 42.86 | 3 | 4 |
| Joel_Klatt | 40 | 2 | 3 |
| Brian_Jones | 37.5 | 3 | 5 |
| Brian_Kelly | 37.5 | 3 | 5 |
| Mike_Greenberg | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Average | 61.86 | 180 | 111 |
