Picks · Week 5 · 2026
Week 5 picks and results
Each Week 5 projection, made before kickoff, with the final score.
Games projected
59
FBS games this week
Week record
46-13
78% of winners picked
Season record
72%
1,219 of 1,699 winners, all divisions
Average miss
15.0 pts
Projected vs. actual margin
Every game
Thursday, October 1
New Mexico State by 2.3
WKU 45%55% NMSU
Final: Western Kentucky 13, New Mexico State 34Correct
Friday, October 2
Pittsburgh by 3.0
PITT 56%44% VT
Final: Pittsburgh 35, Virginia Tech 33Correct
Northwestern by 3.1
PSU 44%56% NU
Final: Penn State 13, Northwestern 34Correct
Saturday, October 3
Alabama by 4.2
ALA 59%41% MSST
Final: Alabama 56, Mississippi State 23Correct
Iowa State by 7.3
WVU 35%65% ISU
Final: West Virginia 42, Iowa State 45Correct
Notre Dame by 15.9
ND 80%20% UNC
Final: Notre Dame 37, North Carolina 26Correct
Wake Forest by 16.5
STAN 19%81% WAKE
Final: Stanford 3, Wake Forest 57Correct
Wisconsin by 9.8
MSU 31%70% WIS
Final: Michigan State 3, Wisconsin 31Correct
Western Michigan by 10.2
WMU 70%30% BUF
Final: Western Michigan 20, Buffalo 17Correct
Virginia by 7.9
UVA 66%34% FSU
Final: Virginia 7, Florida State 38MissedUpset
North Dakota State by 28.6
WYO 7%93% NDSU
Final: Wyoming 0, North Dakota State 28Correct
Central Michigan by 13.6
AKR 24%76% CMU
Final: Akron 17, Central Michigan 41Correct
Massachusetts by 29.3
EMU 6%94% MASS
Final: Eastern Michigan 38, Massachusetts 14MissedUpset
Miami (OH) by 16.6
BGSU 19%81% M-OH
Final: Bowling Green 24, Miami (OH) 20MissedUpset
Georgia State by 19.4
ODU 16%84% GAST
Final: Old Dominion 10, Georgia State 42Correct
James Madison by 23.9
MRSH 11%89% JMU
Final: Marshall 17, James Madison 45Correct
Oregon State by 1.7
ORST 54%46% CSU
Final: Oregon State 56, Colorado State 26Correct
Florida Atlantic by 26.1
TXSO 9%91% FAU
Final: Texas Southern 10, Florida Atlantic 66Correct
Coastal Carolina by 2.3
GASO 45%55% CCU
Final: Georgia Southern 31, Coastal Carolina 24Missed
South Alabama by 18.5
ULM 17%83% USA
Final: UL Monroe 35, South Alabama 52Correct
Boise State by 22.7
USU 12%88% BOIS
Final: Utah State 18, Boise State 37Correct
South Florida by 14.9
TEM 22%78% USF
Final: Temple 17, South Florida 13MissedUpset
Louisiana by 15.8
ARST 20%80% UL
Final: Arkansas State 20, Louisiana 23Correct
Fresno State by 11.6
FRES 73%27% WSU
Final: Fresno State 26, Washington State 6Correct
Texas State by 6.2
TXST 63%37% SDSU
Final: Texas State 29, San Diego State 31Missed
San José State by 7.4
SJSU 65%35% HAW
Final: San José State 20, Hawai'i 16Correct
