2026 Watch Party: Week 5

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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.

 

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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.

 

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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

• 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.

 

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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

• 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.

 

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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]

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

 

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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.

 

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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]

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.