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Pittsburgh Panthers

5โ€“2 ยท 3โ€“1 ACC
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WEEK 9 ยท 2025
The Week 9 recap

Pittsburgh beat NC State. Playoff odds moved from 4% to 5%.

Your game

NC State at Pittsburgh
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ACC title-game chanceEntering11%Win13%Loss1%
NC State
NC State 21%Pittsburgh 79%
Pittsburgh
Final ยท NC State 34โ€“53 PittsburghWish granted โœ“

Other impactful games

the highlighted team was the result Pittsburgh wanted
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Impact 1
Rooted for
Wisconsin
at
Oregon
Final ยท Wisconsin 7โ€“21 OregonWent the other way โœ—
Projected 2.3-point playoff boost

Oregon won instead, so Pittsburgh did not get the result it wanted.

Entering-week projection6% if Wisconsin won4% with the other result2.3-point differencePittsburgh playoff chance
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Impact 2
Rooted for
Boston College
at
Louisville
Final ยท Boston College 24โ€“38 LouisvilleWent the other way โœ—
Projected 3.1-point title-game boost

Louisville won instead, so Pittsburgh did not get the result it wanted.

Entering-week projection14% if Boston College won11% with the other result3.1-point differencePittsburgh ACC title-game chance
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Impact 3
Virginia
at
Rooted for
North Carolina
Final ยท Virginia 17โ€“16 North CarolinaWent the other way โœ—
Projected 2.3-point title-game boost

Virginia won instead, so Pittsburgh did not get the result it wanted.

Entering-week projection12% if North Carolina won10% with the other result2.3-point differencePittsburgh ACC title-game chance
49 other games had little impact
Syracuse at Georgia Tech ยท ESPN
Kennesaw State at Florida International ยท ESPNU
Western Kentucky at Louisiana Tech ยท CBSSN
Middle Tennessee at Delaware ยท ESPN2
Missouri State at New Mexico State ยท CBSSN
South Alabama at Georgia State ยท ESPN2
North Texas at Charlotte ยท ESPN2
California at Virginia Tech ยท ESPN
Boise State at Nevada ยท CBSSN
Ole Miss at Oklahoma ยท ABC
Northwestern at Nebraska ยท FS1
Rutgers at Purdue ยท BTN
UCLA at Indiana ยท FOX
SMU at Wake Forest ยท The CW Network
Kansas State at Kansas ยท TNT
App State at Old Dominion ยท ESPNU
South Florida at Memphis ยท ESPN2
Bowling Green at Kent State ยท ESPN+
Ohio at Eastern Michigan ยท CBSSN
Auburn at Arkansas ยท SEC Network
Akron at Buffalo ยท ESPN+
UConn at Rice ยท ESPN+
Utah State at New Mexico
Alabama at South Carolina ยท ABC
Missouri at Vanderbilt ยท ESPN
Illinois at Washington ยท BTN
Minnesota at Iowa ยท CBS
Toledo at Washington State ยท The CW Network
BYU at Iowa State ยท FOX
San Diego State at Fresno State ยท FS1
UL Monroe at Southern Miss ยท ESPN+
Florida Atlantic at Navy ยท CBSSN
Temple at Tulsa ยท ESPN+
Ball State at Northern Illinois ยท ESPN+
Massachusetts at Central Michigan ยท ESPN+
Western Michigan at Miami (OH) ยท ESPN+
Baylor at Cincinnati ยท ESPN2
Oklahoma State at Texas Tech ยท ESPNU
Texas at Mississippi State ยท SEC Network
TCU at West Virginia ยท ESPN+
Stanford at Miami ยท ESPN
Georgia Southern at Arkansas State ยท ESPN+
Louisiana at Troy ยท ESPN+
Texas A&M at LSU ยท ABC
Michigan at Michigan State ยท NBC
Colorado State at Wyoming ยท CBSSN
Tennessee at Kentucky ยท SEC Network
Houston at Arizona State ยท ESPN2
Colorado at Utah ยท ESPN
The rooting list was:Pittsburgh, then Wisconsin, Boston College, North Carolina.

Based on 50,000 season simulations entering week 9, anchored to the AP Top 25 (week 9). How the model works.