Week 4 OOC

M. Jackson . Flames WR 9REC 230YDS 3TD. I'll go with Liberty 27 CCU 24

Impressed that the Lobos stayed close with Oklahoma but lost. NM 28 NMSU 20

Troy gave Missouri a good game but fell. Utah St nearly clipped UW but got blanked by Utah

Troy 20 Utah St 19

Sept 25, 2026

K. Davis RB  LIB 18CAR166YDS. Flames blanked CCU in the second half of a 34-17 win

Correct on this one

Sept 27, 2026

S. Humphrey 19 CAR 104 YDS, 2 TD for the Lobos in a 42-18 win over NMSU

Utah St blanked Troy in the 2nd half for a 21-10 win

Two out of 3 this week

UMass beat Sac St and is  undefeated in September- that is a rarity.

James Madison, Boise State & New Mexico are getting some early chatter involving the 12 team bracket.

Week 3 OOC games

 Herd wins a  24- 23 squeaker at MOSU C. Del Rio-Wilson has a big game

SDSU wins  over visiting JMU by a score of 21-17. L. Sutton rushes for close to 100 yards

Unsure why I think ECU upsets  ODU  by a score of 28-24 on the road. Perhaps Ashton Gray  has a solid rushing game for the Pirates.

Blue Hens hold on at home 27-24 over CCU.  Minicucci QB, tosses a few TD passes.

Sept 20, 2026

3-1: wrong on the Aztecs, correct on DEL, ECU, & the Herd
Coleman tossed 2 TD passes in JMU win over SDSU. Herd D blanked the Bears in the 4Q for a 30-24 win.

Wow on TXST(Pac12) win (49-35) over NTX

Sept 21, 2026

MOH gave Cincy (Big12) a tough game before falling 35-31. MOH will face UConn , who defeated USM(SBC), this Saturday before MAC play starts.

Cole Tabb rushes for a 53 yard touchdown in the final two minutes for the Bearcats win.

Sept 22, 2026

 It was the first JMU/SDSU met on the gridiron. It was arranged as a stand-alone matchup after Virginia Tech canceled the JMU game to get to 9 ACC games.

Week 2 some closes OOC games

 ECU(AAC)  rushing game should be better against Appy(SBC) than it was against Bama. ECU 24 Appy 20

BUFF(MAC) @FIU(CUSA) Neither team has been good but maybe they have a tiny bit of hope. Perhaps Holmes and Kohl gives us an aerial show.  Kohl  will do better and lead FIU to a 21-17 victory.

UTSA(AAC) visits TXST(PAC12), who is coming off a beatdown by the Horns.  It goes down to wire  with the Roadrunners winning on the road 27-24

Sept 13, 2026

Appy got by ECU 27-24

UTSA came back late to beat TX St 31-26

Only correct choice was picking FIU over BUFF. Kohl tossed 3TDs for FIU. Wright tossed two TDs for the Bulls. Holmes was benched in the 2Q.  

FIU 33 BUFF 20.

Sept 14, 2026

Wild to see Tulsa(AAC) getting some top 25 consideration, and maybe they'll get there if they can beat Arkansas & NTX in the next few weeks.

Rare P4 blog 9/9/26

 I like the regional  old time matchups. First time in 20 years  KU hosts the Border War on its home field.  Mizzou leads the series: 58–54–9 

Both Missouri and Kansas won their openers over 1AA teams.

Simmons will lead the Tigers  to a 28-27 win

Iowa will ride Moulton's rushing  production to a win 24-17 win over Iowa St @ Ames IA and win the Cy-Hawk trophy

Iowa leads the series 47-25

Sept 12, 2026

Mizzou got off to a slow start but got in the gear by the 2Q. A. Simmons

QB 292YDS 3TD for the Tigers   in a 38-21 win.

Drinkwitz, the Tigers HC, didn't like the Heroes  & Villians video  that KU made.

Sept 13, 2026

Buhr kicked two FGs  for Iowa in the 4Q to beat Iowa St 16-13.   Jimmy Rodgers , who left Wazoo to replace Matt Campbell, had the Cyclones D in high gear for a rugged matchup.

Campbell took the Penn St job.

Sept 15, 2026

UVA(ACC) vs West Virginia(Big 12) on 9/19, 2026, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, NC . UVA leads the series 12–10–1. First matchup was in 1898.

MD/VA from their ACC days  is more of a border War.

Hawkins, the WV QB, leads the team in rushing.  Pribula, the Cavs QB, has tossed 5 TD passes.

My gut says WV 24 UVA 23.

Sept 17, 2026

Big cross state game that's not quite a border war, but there's some old time ACC history of  uppity UNC of the Tobacco Road 4  playing Clemson. Plus you have Belichick vs Dabo.

I know its more serious in hoops history.

 NCST, WF, & Duke are the other 3 Tobacco Road teams

Sept 20, 2026

Wrong on the Terps, correct on WVU

Terps' D collapsed the passing  O was fine, in a loss to VT

Hawkins tossed 5TDs for WVU  in a 38-27 win over UVA

UNC D collapsed late in a loss to Clemson, and NCST fumbled in its own end zone late to lose to Vandy.

Sept 29, 2026

Bama /Miss St, two 4-0 teams play this Saturday. Bothwell has 402 yards rushing this season for the Bulldogs.

 It got me thinking about Jackie Sherill's 8-0 team in 1999 before Bama then Arkansas beat them. They tied with Bama for the the SEC West and finished 13th in the AP poll after a Peach Bowl win over Clemson.

FLA(Spurrier) beat Bama(Mike Dubose) in the SEC title game.

Week 1- some MWC OOC picks

 San Jose St(MWC) @ EMU(MAC). Luke Weaver led SJSU to some late points in a 42-26 loss to the USC Trojams. EMU beat SAC St. last week. Perhaps a Noah Kim/ Luke Weaver shootout in this one . EMU wins at home 28-27

Wyoming(MWC) will lose on the road to Colorado St(PAC12)  27-23

I'll go with UNM (MWC) to defeat  CMU(MAC) 24-21

If I were a betting man, I'd be tempted to take Tulane(AAC) +7.5  @ Duke

Sept 3, 2026

Rough slate tonight for non -power teams. UMass(MAC)/Rutgers , Akron(MAC)/Wake Forest, UAB(AAC)/ Illinois

Sept 4, 2026

W. Watson QB for MASS tossed 3TD passes in a 37-21 upset of Rutgers. Big win for the MAC.

Sept 5, 2026

I was wrong on EMU. Weaver threw for 316 yards and 3TDs for the SJSU victory.

Sept 6, 2026

Not surprised the Lobos beat CMU, but was surprised it was a blowout

Same for the CSU 35-13 W over WYO. H. Hejny(23/33, 214 YDS, 5 TD)

O5 punters on 2026 pre-season list,etc

 Ray Guy Award 2026 pre-season list:

Dante Atton, Temple, Evan Crenshaw, Troy, Oscar Doyle,Boise State

 Bart Edmiston, Wyoming, Ashton Logan, MTSU, & Pierse Stainton, Miami (Ohio)

MTSU is going to really need Logan's leg

Aug 20, 2026

NIL on punters: Freshman Cooper Heimbach is listed as the punter for the Marshall-  previous starting punter Nathan Totten transferred to Virginia Tech. He was all SBC punter last season. 45.6 AVG

Garrison Rippa, Jax St kicker, had a decent 2025 season including two 52 yard FG for the Gamecocks

Aug 22, 2026

Collin Rogers is the place kicker for FAU(AAC)  this season after a rough 2025 season at SMU

Who's going to replace Kansei Matsuzawa, The "Tokyo Toe", at Hawaii this season? Probably Sean Olvera-Harle 

KM is having a rough pre-season in the Raiders NFL camp.

Sept 7, 2026

Harrison Tuck (Memphis):  43.7 yards  AVG on 6 punts with 2 inside the 20 in week zero. 

  Brody Boehm kicked a 54 yard FG for Ball State in a loss to Ohio St week1

Sept 23, 2026

 Bart Edmiston, Wyoming(48.5), Ashton Logan, MTSU(48.1),  are sitting at 3 and 5  respectively in average yards per punt

Oct 5, 2026

Ashton Logan(MTSU) 25 punts 1241 yards , 49.6 AVG is a busy guy, but not as busy as Ethan Stump of Buffalo U with 31punts . only a 39.3 avg

Week zero 2026 non-power

 These 3 games intrigue me the most for Week Zero non-power teams

Sac St travels to EMU for its first MAC conference game.

North Dakota St(MWC) host  Jax St(CUSA)

Memphis flies to Vegas to face UNLV. Is Jackson Arnold, former Oklahoma and Auburn QB, the answer for the Rebels. 

July 1, 2026

Wondering who the Sac St starting QB will be?  Carson Conklin, a transfer from Fresno State,and Jackson Sharman, a transfer from Idaho State, are competing to be the starting quarterback.

July 11, 2026

Nathan Hayes will likely be the Bison starting QB in its home opener vs Jax St. NDSU has a lot of traveling this season including an MWC game at Hawaii on 11/14

July 15, 2026

MWC Media days: Pre-season  pick for Special Teams PoY WR Jackson Williams (NDSU). 🤔  First Bison season in a 1A conference,

 Rob Harley , NIU interim HC, got the job when HC Thomas Hammock became the Seattle Seahawks RB coach in February.

I forgot about this.

July 17, 2026

In 2025, Nick Minicucci, Delaware QB, led CUSA in passing yards (3,683) and was second team CUSA. He'll be Arlington TX for Media Day on July 20. Nice to see the kid return  for 2026

July 18, 2026

UTSA HC Jeff Traylor hired Rick Bowie from WKU to call the offensive signals for QB Owen McCown. Worth keeping an eye on! 

July 19, 2026

Noah Kim (QB,EMU), the MAC's leading passer last season has two solid targets, Nick Devereaux and Joshua Long, for the Eagles bid to surprise some opponents this season.

July 20, 2026

Clay Helton has been decent (27-25)at GASO since 2021. Does he turn the corner and get the Eagles in the SBC title race. Max Johnson, a much traveled QB, is their likely starter

Bynum and Tyson are their top players on D.

They have tough OOC games: at Clemson and hosting Houston.

Kind of wondering what's happened that Evan Crenshaw(Troy) pre-season pick for SBC best punter started his career at CCU.

July 23, 2026

AAC Media Day today: USF hosts FIU in its season opener. Van Buren (who transferred from LSU) has the edge due to better mobility in his battle with Kromenhoek (from Mississippi State) for the starting QB spot vacated by Byrum Brown(who transferred to Auburn). 

Hartline's staff hinted they may use both QBs in the right situation.

July 25, 2026

UNLV hosting this year and the return game is set for Memphis in 2029. Stokes is slightly ahead of Air Noland on the Memphis QB depth chart

July 27, 2026

Casey Woods, former SMU OC, is the MOSU HC.  Locklear from UTEP and Belin IV from Duke are vying to be the starting QB. WKU is Bears first CUSA opponent. September OOC schedule includes TAMU, SMU, and Marshall.

July 29, 2026

Rainbows open at Stanford and QB Alejado will be working with  new wideouts since Jackson Harris and Brandon White transferred. Tre Griffiths, a transfer from OK St to Hawaii, may help fill that void.

Some folks think Hawaii can finish second in the MWC

July 31, 2026

AAC week 1 tough openers. ECU @ Bama, UAB  @ ILL, NTX at IU.  OKST travels to Tulsa which could be an interesting intrastate game

Aug 3, 2026

2026 MAC head coaches preseason poll went with WMU as the favorite. MOH visits them on Nov 17 in what could be a key game.

MAC. BGSU HC Eddie George needs a healthy Austyn Dendy at RB for the full season

Aug 6, 2026

UTEP(MWC) @ OK, @ MICH, & hosting the OSU Beavers in September OOC action.

Aug 9, 2026

Keeping my eyes on  Juice Vereen(TE) for Colorado St who followed HC Jim Mora there.

Aug 10, 2026

Hartline has a four star  center Jordan Harrison in camp who may start for USF. Bulls face Army in week 2, and also have Tulane and Memphis on their schedule this season.

Aug 12, 2026

Patrick Martin is  back and practicing with South Bama and will split reps with Keenan Phillips in the Jags backfield.

Aug 15, 2026

Navy won 21 games in the past two seasons which ties them with Boise State and UNLV for the most among non -power schools.

Notre Dame, UTSA, Memphis, & Army look like the toughest games on its 2026 schedule.

Aug 24, 2026

Of the three week zero games that involve power/non power conference matchups. Hawaii has the best chance of an upset. Rainbows plays Stanford.(ACC)

I don't see SJSU beating USC(Big10) or NMSU defeating Florida St(ACC)

Conklin  named the starting QB for Sacramento State in MAC opener @EMU on week zero

Aug 27, 2026

Last year WKU won at home against Nevada in the first matchup between those teams. This year WKU plays @ NEV on 9/5

Bryson Rodgers(WR) wasn't used a lot at Ohio St  so he followed Coach Hartline to USF. He accelerates well.

Aug 29, 2026

Jackson Arnold will split time with Alex Orji at quarterback for UNLV in its opener against Memphis

Aug 30, 2026

Memphis scored the final 17 points of the game in a win over UNLV. NDSU rolled Jax St