2026 College Football Predictions

Conference Championship Game Predictions

MAC: Toledo beats Western Michigan

Sleeper: Bowling Green

C-USA: Western Kentucky beats Liberty

Sleeper: New Mexico St

Mountain West: New Mexico beats Hawaii

Sleeper: Air Force

Sun Belt: James Madison beats Louisiana Tech

Sleeper: Marshall

American: Memphis beats Army

Sleeper: USF

PAC-12: Boise St beats Texas St

Sleeper: Colorado St

ACC: Miami beats SMU

Sleeper: Cal

Big 12: Texas Tech beats BYU

Sleeper: Kansas St

Big 10: Oregon beats Indiana

Sleeper: Maryland

SEC: Texas beats Georgia

Sleeper: Auburn

Playoff Prediction:

Byes:

1 Texas, 2 Miami, 3 Oregon, 4 Georgia

Round One:

12 Memphis @ 5 Indiana

11 Oklahoma @ 6 Ohio St

10 Ole Miss @ 7 Texas Tech

9 USC @ 8 Notre Dame

Quarterfinals:

1 Texas vs 9 USC

2 Miami vs 10 Ole Miss

3 Oregon vs 6 Ohio St

4 Georgia vs 5 Indiana

Semifinals:

1 Texas vs 5 Indiana

2 Miami vs 6 Ohio St

Championship:

1 Texas beats 6 Ohio St

Awards Prediction:

Heisman: Dante Moore beats Arch Manning, Jayden Maiava and John Mateer

Doak Walker: Mark Fletcher, Miami

Biletnikoff: Evan Stewart, Oregon

Bold Predictions:

3 or more coaches from the preseason AP top 25 will be fired by the end of the season

There will be 10 different players to rush for either 1,500 yards or 20 touchdowns

The SEC finishes with 2 teams who lose 2 games or less