Week 9 2025: CFB gambling picks are graded; results are in!

Week 9 of our college football season is in the books and the picks from our esteemed panel of gamblers are graded.

Winners this week include Wes Reynolds, Dan “Big Cat” Katz, Kayce Smith and Stanford Steve. However, this week’s biggest winner was Dave Portnoy at 8-3 against the number. Congratulations to Dave Portnoy on a great winning week.

Richard Johnson was our only winner of note in the money line picks this week with a profit of 2.28 units on one pick.

Super Dog picks went 3-2 on College Gameday this week. Kirk, Desmond and Stanford Steve booked winners while Saban and Rece Davis had losers. Pat McAfee’s pick was mysteriously skipped over so I look forward to seeing if they address this on Gameday next week. Stanford Steve went 2-1 on the board on College Gameday this week. Josh Pate’s Ramen Noodle Express went 6-5. Scott Van Pelt’s pseudo-WINNERS which he wrote on a whiteboard and posted to Twitter went 1-5.

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.

ATS results:

NamePctWinLossTieProfits
Dave_Portnoy_ATS72.738304.27
Wes_Reynolds_ATS58.82201414.03
Dan_Katz_ATS60151003.64
Kayce_Smith_ATS83.335103.55
Steve_Coughlin_ATS756203.45
Shehan_Jeyarajah_ATS61.1111713
Joel_Klatt_ATS804102.64
Andy_Staples_ATS71.435202.55
Bud_Elliott_ATS63.647402.36
Kelly_Stewart_ATS1002011.82
Joe_Fortenbaugh_ATS753101.73
Pamela_Maldonado_ATS66.674201.64
Rico_Bosco_ATS56.259701.18
Celebrity_Guest_ATS1001000.91
Randy_Cross_ATS1001000.91
Pat_McAfee_ATS1001000.91
Jeff_Ma_ATS66.672100.82
Rufus_Peabody_ATS66.672100.82
Geoff_Schwartz_ATS66.672100.82
Pat_Forde_ATS603200.73
Iain_MacMillan_ATS603200.73
Phil_Steele_ATS603200.73
Tom_Fornelli_ATS55.565400.55
Josh_Pate_ATS54.556500.45
Clay_Travis_ATS53.857600.36
Ross_Dellenger_ATS500010
Brian_Jones_ATS500010
Kirk_Herbstreit_ATS50110-0.09
Desmond_Howard_ATS50110-0.09
Nick_Saban_ATS50110-0.09
Greg_McElroy_ATS50220-0.18
Ari_Wasserman_ATS50330-0.27
Chris_Fallica_ATS50441-0.36
Danny_Kanell_ATS50660-0.55
Collin_Wilson_ATS50990-0.84
Rece_Davis_ATS0010-1
Rick_Neuheisel_ATS0010-1
Aaron_Taylor_ATS0010-1
Scott_Spreitzer_ATS40230-1.18
Doug_Kezirian_ATS42.86340-1.27
Stuckey_ATS46.15670-1.37
Todd_Fuhrman_ATS25130-2.09
Megan_Nunez_ATS33.33241-2.18
JD_Pickell_ATS33.33240-2.18
Brandon_Walker_ATS33.33240-2.18
Matt_Youmans_ATS37.5351-2.26
Mackenzie_Brooks_ATS41.67570-2.45
Kyle_Hunter_ATS28.57250-3.18
Adam_Kramer_ATS33.33360-3.27
Brett_McMurphy_ATS16.67151-4.09
Scott_Van_Pelt_ATS16.67150-4.09
Dusty_Dvoracek_ATS30370-4.27
Chip_Patterson_ATS30370-4.27
Kenny_White_ATS14.29160-5.09
Richard_Johnson_ATS33.337141-7.64
Emory_Hunt_ATS37.512200-9.19

Money line results:

NameROI.PctUnits.Up.DownN.Picks
Richard_Johnson_ML2282.281
Collin_Wilson_ML86.960.871
Kelly_Stewart_ML13.330.43
Danny_Kanell_ML7.50.34
Chip_Patterson_ML-20-0.63
Mackenzie_Brooks_ML-100-11
Matt_Youmans_ML-100-11
Wes_Reynolds_ML-44.44-1.333
Chris_Fallica_ML-40-1.64
Emory_Hunt_ML-100-33
Tom_Fornelli_ML-61.67-3.76
Bud_Elliott_ML-100-44

Week 9 2025: CFB analyst picks are graded; results are in!

Week 9 of our college football season is in the books and the picks from our analysts are graded.

Celebrity guest picker Nate Bargatze went 6-2 picking games straight-up and also correctly picked Indiana against the spread. Kirk Herbstreit went 5-2 straight up this week. Desmond Howard went 5-3, Pat McAfee went 4-4 and Nick Saban went 6-2 to match Nate Bargatze.

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!

NamePctWinLoss
Pat_Forde10040
Andy_Staples10040
Chris_Fallica10030
Phil_Steele10020
JD_Pickell10010
Shehan_Jeyarajah89.47172
Jennifer88.8981
David_Hale85.7161
Tim_Tebow85.7161
Jimbo_Fisher83.3351
Eric_Mac_Lain83.3351
Tom_Fornelli80164
Joel_Klatt8041
Chip_Patterson78.95154
Richard_Johnson76.19165
Nick_Saban7562
Celebrity_Guest7562
Steve_Coughlin7531
Kirk_Herbstreit71.4352
Andrea_Adelson71.4352
Paul_Finebaum71.4352
Desmond_Howard62.553
Rick_Neuheisel62.553
David_Pollack62.553
Randy_Cross55.5654
Brian_Jones55.5654
Greg_McElroy55.5654
Pat_McAfee5044
Dusty_Dvoracek5044
Jordan_Rodgers5033
Aaron_Taylor44.4445
Roman_Harper42.8634
Rece_Davis33.3324
Danny_Kanell33.3324
Pete_Thamel33.3324
Josh_Pate2014
Brett_McMurphy003
Scott_Van_Pelt002
Average67.719794

Week 9 2025: Saturday morning College Gameday picks! Super Dogs, Stanford Steve’s board, celebrity guests and more!

Stanford Steve’s Board:
Minnesota+8.5 vs Iowa
Miami OH-2 vs Western Michigan
Vanderbilt-2.5 vs Missouri

Super Dog Picks:
Kirk Herbstreit: Northwestern+7.5 vs Nebraska
Desmond Howard: Mississippi State+7.5 vs Texas
Stanford Steve: Ole Miss+5.5 vs Oklahoma
Pat McAfee: ???????
Nick Saban: NC State+6.5 vs Pittsburgh
Rece Davis: Minnesota+8.5 vs Iowa

They picked Indiana/UCLA against the spread:
Kirk/Desmond: UCLA+27.5 vs Indiana
Pat/Nick/Nate: Indiana-27.5 vs UCLA

Celebrity guest Nate Bargatze:

North Dakota State over South Dakota State
LSU over Texas A&M
Texas over Mississippi State
Vanderbilt over Missouri
BYU over Iowa State
Minnesota over Iowa
Ole Miss over Oklahoma
Memphis over South Florida

Kirk Herbstreit:

North Dakota State over South Dakota State
Texas over Mississippi State
Vanderbilt over Missouri
BYU over Iowa State
Iowa over Minnesota
Oklahoma over Ole Miss
South Florida over Memphis

Desmond Howard:

North Dakota State over South Dakota State
Texas A&M over LSU
Mississippi State over Texas
Missouri over Vanderbilt
BYU over Iowa State
Iowa over Minnesota
Ole Miss over Oklahoma
South Florida over Memphis

Pat McAfee:

South Dakota State over North Dakota State
Texas A&M over LSU
Mississippi State over Texas
Vanderbilt over Missouri
BYU over Iowa State
Iowa over Minnesota
Oklahoma over Ole Miss
South Florida over Memphis

Nick Saban:

North Dakota State over South Dakota State
Texas A&M over LSU
Texas over Mississippi State
Vanderbilt over Missouri
BYU over Iowa State
Iowa over Minnesota
Oklahoma over Ole Miss
South Florida over Memphis