2026 Watch Party: Week 5

Jiggafini19Deux · Tuesday at 4:40 PM

Thursday, October 1, 2026

Western Kentucky	@ New Mexico State	7:00 PM	CBSSN	Aggie Memorial Stadium, Las Cruces, NM	Line: NMSU -2.5 O/U: 57.5
North Texas	@ Tulsa	8:00 PM	ESPN	H. A. Chapman Stadium, Tulsa, OK	Line: TLSA -1.5 O/U: 57.5

Friday, October 2, 2026

Pittsburgh	@ Virginia Tech	6:00 PM	ESPN	Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, VA	Line: VT -3.5 O/U: 54.5
Liberty	@ Delaware	6:00 PM	CBSSN	Delaware Stadium, Newark, DE	Line: LIB -7 O/U: 50.5
Penn State	@ Northwestern	7:00 PM	FOX	Ryan Field, Evanston, IL	Line: PSU -2.5 O/U: 45.5

Thursday night is for the most ardent of G5 lovers.
Pitt vs V Tech should be rugged contest. Hard to know which head coach to dislike more.
Ryan Field is opening. NU just gave Indiana a pretty tough run. PSU laying less than a FG as a road favorite.

Jiggafini19Deux · Tuesday at 4:43 PM

7Alabama	@ 16Mississippi State	11:00 AM	ABC	Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, MS	Line: ALA -6 O/U: 59.5
UCF	@ 20Houston	11:00 AM	ESPN2	TDECU Stadium, Houston, TX	Line: HOU -12.5 O/U: 51.5
Boston College	@ 21SMU	11:00 AM	CW	Gerald J. Ford Stadium, Dallas, TX	Line: SMU -21 O/U: 55.5
West Virginia	@ Iowa State	11:00 AM	TNT	Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA	Line: ISU -3.5 O/U: 52.5
Stanford	@ Wake Forest	11:00 AM	ACCN	Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium, Winston-Salem, NC	Line: WAKE -12.5 O/U: 53.5
Michigan	@ Minnesota	11:00 AM	FOX	Huntington Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN	Line: MICH -5.5 O/U: 43.5
Navy	@ Air Force	11:00 AM	CBS	Falcon Stadium, USAF Academy, CO	Line: AF -3 O/U: 45.5
Michigan State	@ Wisconsin	11:30 AM	BTN	Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, WI	Line: WIS -10 O/U: 43.5
Vanderbilt	@ 2Georgia	11:45 AM	SECN	Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA	Line: UGA -24.5 O/U: 50.5

Former WMU head coach PJ Fleck takes a pound of flesh from Michigan.
Grandpa was Army. Dad was Navy. I went to college and choose to root for the best helmet ever. Go Falcons!
Fitz visits Fick and they can trade stories about how vanilla ND's offense was.

Jiggafini19Deux · Tuesday at 4:46 PM

I find myself rooting for Iowa a bit lately, mostly out of spite. Can they? I think not, but they've pulled off an upset or two before.
Doeren needs a win. UL a slight road favorite.
Norvell needs a win. UVA a slight road favorite.

Jiggafini19Deux · Tuesday at 4:49 PM

Shane Beamer is on the hot seat. A loss at home to UK doesn't cool things off.
Illinois gets Purdue at home and they're as tender as veal after what they just got last week.

Jiggafini19Deux · Tuesday at 4:51 PM

10BYU	@ TCU	6:00 PM	ESPN	Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, TX	Line: BYU -6.5 O/U: 47.5
Arkansas	@ Texas A&M	6:00 PM	ESPN2	Kyle Field, College Station, TX	Line: TA&M -14 O/U: 50.5

The team Mike Denbrock is saving plays for goes to TCU.
Two teams that if they were not in the SEC would be redefining football in America.

ACamp1900 · Tuesday at 4:53 PM

Miss St is a great example of sec bias with polls,… were they even receiving votes in week one or two? Now they’re middle of the top 25 and watch if they get killed this weekend they’ll prob fall like five spots

Jiggafini19Deux · Tuesday at 4:54 PM

4Miami	@ Clemson	6:30 PM	ABC	Memorial Stadium (Clemson, SC), Clemson, SC	Line: MIA -16.5 O/U: 47.5
12Texas Tech	@ Colorado	6:30 PM	FOX	Folsom Field, Boulder, CO	Line: TTU -12.5 O/U: 50.5
Washington	@ 18USC	6:30 PM	NBC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA	Line: USC -9.5 O/U: 58.5
Utah State	@ 22Boise State	6:30 PM	CBSSN	Albertsons Stadium, Boise, ID	Line: BOIS -20.5 O/U: 51.5
Temple	@ South Florida	6:30 PM	ESPNU	Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL	Line: USF -6.5 O/U: 48.5
Army	@ Louisiana Tech	6:30 PM	ESPN+	Joe Aillet Stadium, Ruston, LA	Line: ARMY -2.5 O/U: 46.5

Washington doesn't really care for Chris Brown's catalog.
There was a time I had faith that Dabo could pull it off.
Boise State carrying the G5 water right now.

Jiggafini19Deux · Tuesday at 4:57 PM

6Indiana	@ Rutgers	7:00 PM	BTN	SHI Stadium, Piscataway, NJ	Line: IU -24.5 O/U: 56.5
Arkansas State	@ Louisiana	7:00 PM	ESPN+	Our Lady of Lourdes Stadium, Lafayette, LA	Line: UL -6.5 O/U: 47.5
Fresno State	@ Washington State	8:30 PM	USA Net	Martin Stadium, Pullman, WA	Line: WSU -2.5 O/U: 45.5
Baylor	@ Arizona State	9:30 PM	ESPN	Mountain America Stadium, Tempe, AZ	Line: ASU -4 O/U: 49.5
Texas State	@ San Diego State	9:30 PM	CW	Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego, CA	Line: TXST -4.5 O/U: 59.5
Cincinnati	@ Arizona	10:00 PM	FOX	Casino Del Sol Stadium, Tucson, AZ	Line: ARIZ -7 O/U: 55.5
San José State	@ Hawai'i	10:59 PM	MW+	Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex, Honolulu, HI	Line: HAW -3 O/U: 51.5

Would love to see Rutgers give IU a hard time.

jerseyborn1971 · Tuesday at 4:59 PM

Rutgers is going to lose by 50.
Deion Sanders hot seat will be blazing because TTU is going to destroy them...in Boulder. He says it's not hot, but then again, he says his team is better than the teams they've already lost to.

Jiggafini19Deux · Wednesday at 1:01 PM

I went out of my way to not make any comments about SEC games. I'm so over hearing about how worthy they are of playoff spots and how it's the best conference.

I stopped watching ESPN college football related shows because it's Pat MacAfee and SEC chatter. Offers me nothing.

InKellyWeTrust · Wednesday at 1:03 PM

Jiggafini19Deux said:
I went out of my way to not make any comments about SEC games. I'm so over hearing about how worthy they are of playoff spots and how it's the best conference.

I stopped watching ESPN college football related shows because it's Pat MacAfee and SEC chatter. Offers me nothing.

In fairness, they are outperforming the other three P4 conferences in OOC P4 matchups.

jerseyborn1971 · Wednesday at 1:03 PM

They are the old Hollywood actress still desperately trying to get free drinks based on what they used to look like.

tirishman505 · Wednesday at 1:04 PM

It's a really unappealing slate this week.

Jiggafini19Deux · Wednesday at 1:08 PM

InKellyWeTrust said:
In fairness, they are outperforming the other three P4 conferences in OOC P4 matchups.

Really? Hadn't heard.

KMac151993 · Wednesday at 1:20 PM

2 good games, both at the 330 hour.

CoachB · Wednesday at 2:12 PM

SEC is massively overrated. In other news, water is wet.

CoachB · Wednesday at 2:14 PM

For example, what has Miss St done to be ranked so high? Beat a bad Minnesota, beat a bad SC by 7, beat an average Missouri by 7...

Dale · Wednesday at 2:18 PM

CoachB said:
For example, what has Miss St done to be ranked so high? Beat a bad Minnesota, beat a bad SC by 7, beat an average Missouri by 7...

You could do worse than 4 - 0 with 3 P2 wins resume wise. Miss St isn’t the team to tear down IMO.

I would unrank Missouri and Kentucky and move Tennessee notably down as “SEC is overrated” moves

ACamp1900 · Wednesday at 2:18 PM

Dale said:
You could do worse then 4 - 0 with 3 P2 wins resume wise. Miss St isn’t the team to tear down IMO.

Zero reason for them to be as high as they are,… the problem will be become clear when they lose and hardly fall

Dale · Wednesday at 2:20 PM

ACamp1900 said:
Zero reason for them to be as high as they are,… the problem will be become clear when they lose games and hardly fall

Who based off resume should be higher? I can think of a small few, but otherwise idk I would have Miss St higher before lower lol

greyhammer90 · Wednesday at 2:29 PM

I'll be a huge Clemson fan on Saturday night. Still dreaming of us eliminating them from a playoff spot in November.

InKellyWeTrust · Wednesday at 2:29 PM

Jiggafini19Deux said:
Really? Hadn't heard.

Somebody has to be ranked. I hate the SEC, but last year was weaker than this this year.

NDPhilly · Wednesday at 2:31 PM

Clemson being a 16pt home dog to anyone should be fireable

RudyVerse · Wednesday at 2:37 PM

greyhammer90 said:
I'll be a huge Clemson fan on Saturday night. Still dreaming of us eliminating them from a playoff spot in November.

I’d prefer a 31-28 Miami victory that exposes their OL and secondary.

greyhammer90 · Wednesday at 2:40 PM

RudyVerse said:
I’d prefer a 31-28 Miami victory that exposes their OL and secondary.

Nah. Miami losing to us and Clemson would keep them home in December. It would also give Clemson fans hope that Dabo still has it lol.

jerseyborn1971 · Wednesday at 2:43 PM

ND doesn't need Miami to win anything.12-0 ND goes to the playoff. Period. Miami could lose 6 games, as long as ND is one of them, ND is going to the playoff. That said, "Go Tigers".

Jiggafini19Deux · Wednesday at 2:49 PM

NDPhilly said:
Clemson being a 16pt home dog to anyone should be fireable

Ol' Boi was supposed to take over for Saban at Alabama. Funny how life works.

NDohio · Wednesday at 3:10 PM

ACamp1900 said:
Miss St is a great example of sec bias with polls,… were they even receiving votes in week one or two? Now they’re middle of the top 25 and watch if they get killed this weekend they’ll prob fall like five spots

What will really suck is if they pull off an upset. They will shoot up the rankings and Bama will fall one spot.

ACamp1900 · Wednesday at 3:12 PM

Dale said:
Who based off resume should be higher? I can think of a small few, but otherwise idk I would have Miss St higher before lower lol

Can you show me an ACC or PAC 12 middling or bottom dweller over the last ten years that won four games to start the season and went from not receiving votes to firmly in the middle of top 25,…

Dale · Wednesday at 3:16 PM

ACamp1900 said:
Can you show me an ACC or PAC 12 middling or bottom dweller over the last ten years that won four games to start the season and went from not receiving votes to firmly in the middle of top 25,…

Sure! Last season Georgia Tech went from unranked to 16 based off wins over Clemson (6 - 6), Colorado (3 - 9), Temple and Gardner Webb. Needed one year to find one, the receiving votes would be harder to find I am not gonna do in this moment.

I hold plenty of contempt for SEC bias, I just think maybe 4 - 0 Miss St being ranked in WK 4 isn’t one of them….

You gotta rank 25 teams, who should be higher?

5Ohio State	@ 14Iowa	2:30 PM	CBS	Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA	Line: OSU -14 O/U: 45.5
8Florida	@ 25Missouri	2:30 PM	ABC	Memorial Stadium, Columbia, MO	Line: FLA -5.5 O/U: 56.5
Auburn	@ 17Tennessee	2:30 PM	ESPN	Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN	Line: TENN -7 O/U: 54.5
California	@ UNLV	2:30 PM	CBSSN	Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV	Line: UNLV -2.5 O/U: 53.5
Louisville	@ NC State	2:30 PM	ACCN	Carter-Finley Stadium, Raleigh, NC	Line: LOU -4 O/U: 58.5
Virginia	@ Florida State	2:30 PM	ESPN2	Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, FL	Line: UVA -2.5 O/U: 51.5

Maryland	@ Nebraska	3:00 PM	FS1	Memorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE), Lincoln, NE	Line: NEB -14.5 O/U: 52.5
UTEP	@ New Mexico	3:00 PM	MW+	University Stadium (NM), Albuquerque, NM	Line: UNM -22.5 O/U: 48.5
24Kentucky	@ South Carolina	3:15 PM	SECN	Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, SC	Line: SC -2.5 O/U: 53.5
Purdue	@ Illinois	3:15 PM	BTN	Gies Memorial Stadium, Champaign, IL	Line: ILL -10 O/U: 61.5

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