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Week 5 2026: CFB picks from Inside College Football!

Posted on September 30, 2026September 30, 2026 by gamedaycole

Here are the week 5 picks from Inside College Football on CBS Sports Network on Tuesday night including their upset picks against the spread!

Straight-up picks:

Picks	Name
Air Force over Navy	Brian_Jones
Air Force over Navy	Rick_Neuheisel
Air Force over Navy	Aaron_Taylor
Clemson over Miami (FL)	Aaron_Taylor
UCF over Houston	Brian_Jones
Purdue over Illinois	Rick_Neuheisel
Ohio State over Iowa	Brian_Jones
Ohio State over Iowa	Brian_Kelly
Ohio State over Iowa	Rick_Neuheisel
Iowa over Ohio State	Aaron_Taylor
Mississippi State over Alabama	Brian_Jones
Alabama over Mississippi State	Brian_Kelly
Alabama over Mississippi State	Rick_Neuheisel
Alabama over Mississippi State	Aaron_Taylor
Florida over Missouri	Brian_Jones
Missouri over Florida	Brian_Kelly
Florida over Missouri	Rick_Neuheisel
Florida over Missouri	Aaron_Taylor
Kentucky over South Carolina	Brian_Jones
South Carolina over Kentucky	Brian_Kelly
South Carolina over Kentucky	Rick_Neuheisel
Kentucky over South Carolina	Aaron_Taylor
Tennessee over Auburn	Brian_Jones
Tennessee over Auburn	Brian_Kelly
Auburn over Tennessee	Rick_Neuheisel
Tennessee over Auburn	Aaron_Taylor
Northwestern over Penn State	Brian_Jones
Northwestern over Penn State	Brian_Kelly
Northwestern over Penn State	Rick_Neuheisel
Penn State over Northwestern	Aaron_Taylor
Virginia Tech over Pittsburgh	Brian_Jones
Pittsburgh over Virginia Tech	Brian_Kelly
Pittsburgh over Virginia Tech	Rick_Neuheisel
Virginia Tech over Pittsburgh	Aaron_Taylor

ATS picks:

Pick	Name
Clemson+16.5 vs Miami (FL) (-110)	Aaron Taylor
UCF+12.5 vs Houston (-110)	Brian Jones
Purdue+10 vs Illinois (-110)	Rick Neuheisel
Pittsburgh+3.5 vs Virginia Tech (-110)	Brian Kelly

Week 3 2026: NFL gambling picks are graded; results are in!

Posted on September 29, 2026September 29, 2026 by gamedaycole

Week 3 of the NFL season is in the books and the picks from the gamblers are graded.

Big winners this week included Pamela Maldonado (5-1 ATS) and Pat McAfee (9-5 ATS). Jeff Ma and Chris Long had solid winning weeks as well. However, this week’s biggest winner by far was Stuckey from the Action Network at 7-1-1 ATS for a profit of 5.21 units. Congratulations to all of our winners this week.

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
Stuckey	87.5	7	1	1	5.21
Pamela_Maldonado	83.33	5	1	0	3.55
Pat_McAfee	64.29	9	5	0	3.18
Jeff_Ma	100	3	0	0	2.73
Chris_Long	80	4	1	0	2.53
Chris_Fallica	100	1	0	0	0.91
Emory_Hunt	100	1	0	0	0.87
Doug_Kezirian	100	1	0	0	0.91
Steve_Coughlin	60	3	2	0	0.73
Colin_Cowherd	60	3	2	0	0.73
Todd_Fuhrman	60	3	2	0	0.73
Bryant_McFadden	57.14	4	3	0	0.64
Geoff_Schwartz	50	1	1	0	-0.09
David_Bearman	50	2	2	0	-0.27
Cousin_Sal	50	2	2	0	-0.18
AJ_Hawk	50	7	7	0	-0.64
Joe_Fortenbaugh	0	0	1	0	-1
Mike_Greenberg	0	0	1	0	-1
Eric_Moody	0	0	1	0	-1
Megan_Nunez	0	0	1	0	-1
Phil_Steele	0	0	1	0	-1
Kelly_Stewart	0	0	1	0	-1
Bill_Simmons	33.33	1	2	0	-1.09
Ben_Solak	33.33	1	2	0	-1.11
Lucy_Burdge	40	2	3	0	-1.18
Wes_Reynolds	40	2	3	0	-1.18
Matt_Youmans	42.86	3	4	0	-1.27
Erin_Dolan	0	0	2	0	-2
Clay_Travis	37.5	3	5	0	-2.27

Week 4 2026: CFB analyst picks are graded; results are in!

Posted on September 29, 2026September 29, 2026 by gamedaycole

Week 4 of the college football season is in the books and the picks from our analysts are graded. Let’s jump right in.

Winners this week included Paul Finebaum, Tim Tebow, Rece Davis and Tom Fornelli. However, the big winner this week is going to be Aaron Taylor at 8-1 picking games on Onside College Football. Congratulations to Aaron for a great winning week.

On College Gameday celebrity guest picker Johnny Knoxville went 2-8 (ouch). Nick Saban went 8-2 to win the week. Pat McAfee went 6-4, Desmond Howard went 5-5, and Kirk Herbstreit went 5-4 (picking one less game).

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
Paul_Finebaum	100	5	0
Tim_Tebow	100	5	0
Pat_Forde	100	3	0
Danny_Kanell	100	3	0
Brett_McMurphy	100	3	0
Stewart_Mandel	100	2	0
Phil_Steele	100	2	0
Steve_Coughlin	100	1	0
Scott_Van_Pelt	100	1	0
Aaron_Taylor	88.89	8	1
Rece_Davis	85.71	6	1
Tom_Fornelli	84.21	16	3
JD_Pickell	81.82	9	2
David_Pollack	81.82	9	2
Richard_Johnson	80	16	4
Nick_Saban	80	8	2
Chase_Daniel	80	4	1
Shehan_Jeyarajah	77.78	14	4
Greg_McElroy	76.92	10	3
Rick_Neuheisel	75	6	2
Pete_Thamel	75	6	2
Bruce_Feldman	75	3	1
Chip_Patterson	73.68	14	5
Joel_Klatt	71.43	5	2
Brian_Jones	66.67	6	3
Brian_Kelly	66.67	6	3
Chris_Fallica	66.67	2	1
Pat_McAfee	60	6	4
Jennifer	60	6	4
Roman_Harper	60	3	2
Josh_Pate	60	3	2
Andy_Staples	60	3	2
Kirk_Herbstreit	55.56	5	4
Desmond_Howard	50	5	5
Dan_Wetzel	50	4	4
Celebrity_Guest	20	2	8
Average	73.17	210	77