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Week 2 College Football Projections (2026)

Updated Oct 26, 2026

Week 2 of the 2026 college football season has 86 FBS games on our board. The closest projected matchup is Mississippi State at Minnesota (1-point margin), the highest projected total is UTSA at Texas State (72.1 points) and the lowest is Oklahoma at Michigan (32.3). 7 games are rated a toss-up (neither side above 58%).

86 games have finished so far: the model picked the winner in 76 of them (88%).

Projections are statistical estimates for entertainment and analysis only. They are not betting advice and nothing here guarantees any result.

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How these numbers are made

Each team gets opponent-adjusted offense and defense ratings for points, expected points added per play and success rate, built from every snap of play-by-play with garbage time removed. Early in the season the ratings lean on a preseason prior (last two seasons, returning production, roster talent); every game played shifts them toward this year. A fitted model turns the rating gaps plus home field (about 2 points, more in the opening weeks) and rest into a margin and a total, and the margin into a calibrated win probability. See the methodology and track record and the season scorecard for how the model has actually done.

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