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Paul's Picks 2026 Week 8

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  Welcome Back! I had an absolutely brutal week, perhaps the worst I've ever had that wasn't the bowl season or a week with few games (like Week Zero or conference championship weekend). The problem was that there were many upsets. That's not entirely true; I picked quite a few upsets, but they were all the wrong ones! I finished at  37-25 for a winning percentage of 59.6%. Overall, I am 396-114, or 77.6%, another drop of 2.5% from the week before. There is no way I was going to sustain 80% for the year, but now it'll be difficult to stay above 75% this year. I was hoping I had a big enough cushion built up, but I've lost 5% off my percentage in just 2 weeks. There are only 56 games in total this week, 6 less than last week. By and large, conference contests are the majority of the games this week, which makes picking a winner that much more difficult (as I just demonstrated...). And I'm off to another slow start at 2-2. Sigh... There are some good games this we...
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Odds and Ends 10/21/26

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Welcome Back! Before I begin, there is 1 Wednesday game this week: Wednesday, October 21 New Mexico State @ Sam Houston - The Aggies lead this brief series 2-1, but each team is undefeated at home.Both teams are off to rough starts, with NMSU at 2-4/1-1, routing WKU but getting routed in turn by FIU 2 weeks ago. The Bearkats have been even worse at 1-5/0-2 with no FBS wins and 13-point loss to WKU. Aggies win. Odds and Ends As you have probably heard, the CFP is 95% of the way to approval of a 24-team playoff starting next year. While I'm not of fan of this expansion, I understand it's inevitable. My one push is that all 10 conference champions be included, not just the P4 and one G6 team. Why? In my mind, it's all about access. As it stands now, 23 slots will be filled from a pool of 64 teams (the P4 conferences plus Notre Dame). That means the 74 remaining teams (the G6 plus UConn) are fighting for 1 spot. Not what I would call even odds, or in any way "fair". B...
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Power Rankings 10/20/26

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Welcome Back! Before we get into our regularly scheduled program, there are 2 games tonight! Here are my picks: Tuesday, October 20 Middle Tennessee @ FIU - The Blue Raiders have doubled up the Panthers, leading the series 14-7, but the 2005 win by the Panthers in their first ever meeting has been vacated, making the score 14-6. However< FIU has won the last 2, both by double digits. The Panthers are 3-0 at home and are on a 5-game home winning streak, while MTSU is 0-3 on the road, and they've won only 3 games away from home in the last 4 seasons. FIU wins. Missouri State @ Delaware - Even though both teams joined CUSA (and the FBS) last season together, they have never met in football. Both teams are 2-4 overall, but the Bears are 1-1 in CUSA with a loss at WKU and a win last week over KSU, while the Fightin' Blue Hens are 0-2 in the conference, losing to Liberty and at MTSU. Mo State is 0-3 on the road; the Blue Hens are 2-1 at home. Delaware gets it done.  South Alabama ...
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