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All articles →Analysis · September 13, 2026
GIE's Week 3 Pick 'Em Board
GIE committed its Week 3 confidence picks — the whole board, ranked, with the thinking behind each. Can you beat the model?
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Analysis · September 8, 2026
GIE Report Card: Week 1
GIE opened the 2026 season at 39-4 in games where it had a read on the outcome, a 90.7% accuracy rate that flattered neither the model nor its users. The real story lives in the buckets: four games where the engine carried conviction…
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Analysis · September 7, 2026
Week 1 in Review: Big Games and Upsets
Massachusetts entered Week 1 with a 1% pregame win probability against Rutgers. The Minutemen left the field with a 37-21 victory, the most improbable result of an opening week that produced three outright upses. In raw terms, this was…
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Article · September 7, 2026
San José State: 2026 Week 3 recap
San José State sits at 121st overall with a 1–1 record after an opening-week road win at Eastern Michigan. GIE's rating hasn't budged since last week—they remain at –15.7—which suggests the road victory against a peer-level opponent…
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Article · September 7, 2026
San Diego State: 2026 Week 3 recap
San Diego State sits at 65th nationally with a 1–0 record after demolishing Portland State 53–20 in Week 1, though GIE's rating held steady at 0.7, suggesting the model views that margin as expected rather than transformative. The Aztecs'…
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Full rankings →As of 2026 Week 5 · ▲▼ vs. last week
- 1▲1+25
MiamiACC · 3-01709
Rating
- 2▲81-38
GeorgiaSEC · 3-01686
Rating
- 3▲91-38
AlabamaSEC · 3-01683
Rating
- 4▲91-40
Mississippi StateSEC · 3-01681
Rating
- 5▲91-41
MissouriSEC · 3-01680
Rating
- 6▲91-43
TennesseeSEC · 3-01678
Rating
- 7▲91-40
Notre DameFBS Independents · 3-01677
Rating
- 8▲92-41
Penn StateY1 HCBig Ten · 3-01676
Rating
- 9▲112-45
BYUBig 12 · 3-01673
Rating
- 10▲122-36
North Dakota StateY1 HCMountain West · 4-01672
Rating
- 11▲122-45
USCBig Ten · 4-01672
Rating
- 12▲132-46
FloridaY1 HCSEC · 3-01670
Rating
- 13▲132-45
IndianaBig Ten · 3-01670
Rating
- 14▲152-49
UtahY1 HCBig 12 · 3-01663
Rating
- 15▲163-52
NebraskaBig Ten · 3-01660
Rating
- 16▲202-47
James MadisonY1 HCSun Belt · 3-01656
Rating
- 17▲233-52
Virginia TechY1 HCACC · 3-01654
Rating
- 18▲264-56
TexasSEC · 3-01652
Rating
- 19▲294-58
IowaBig Ten · 3-01647
Rating
- 20▲294-55
Kansas StateY1 HCBig 12 · 3-01647
Rating
- 21▲324-56
Texas TechBig 12 · 3-01645
Rating
- 22▲364-53
South FloridaY1 HCAmerican Athletic · 3-01641
Rating
- 23▲406-62
VanderbiltSEC · 3-01638
Rating
- 24▲436-63
Ole MissY1 HCSEC · 3-01636
Rating
- 25▲435-62
West VirginiaY2 HCBig 12 · 3-01635
Rating
Underdog Watch
2026 Week 4Games where GIE thinks the underdog has a real, non-coin-flip path. Win probability shown is for the underdog. Tap a row for the matchup breakdown.
