James Madison Dukes
0–0 · 0–0 SUN BELT
Way too early
WEEK 3 · 2026
88%
Sun Belt title game
74%
Win the Sun Belt
75%
Make the playoff
<1%
First-round bye
avg seed 9.3
Way-too-early read: ratings carry last season forward — the portal will have opinions. The week-3 job: beat San Diego State.
The Saturday rundown
ranked by what moves James Madison's pathYour game
TBD
SAT SEP 19
James Madison at San Diego State
Your game. Beat San Diego State and your playoff odds are 76%; lose and they drop to 67%.
James Madison 81%
Worth a glancesmaller, but real
TBD
SAT SEP 19
East Carolina at Old Dominion
You still play Old Dominion in week 4.
Old Dominion 65%
TBD
SAT SEP 19
BYU at Colorado State
Colorado State winning thins out the at-large competition for your playoff spot.
BYU 91%
TBD
FRI SEP 18
Miami at Wake Forest
Seeding watch: Wake Forest winning moves you from around the 9th seed toward the 9th — a friendlier bracket.
Miami 85%
52 more games that don't move your needle
Arkansas State at TCU
Syracuse at Pittsburgh
Florida State at Alabama
Georgia at Arkansas
Florida at Auburn
Troy at Missouri
New Mexico at Oklahoma
Mississippi State at South Carolina
Kennesaw State at Tennessee
UTSA at Texas
Kentucky at Texas A&M
NC State at Vanderbilt
Tulane at Kansas State
Northern Illinois at Arizona
Colorado at Northwestern
Miami (OH) at Cincinnati
Bowling Green at Iowa State
Georgia State at UCF
Utah State at Utah
Virginia at West Virginia
Houston at Texas Tech
Kansas at Arizona State
North Carolina at Clemson
SMU at Louisville
Stanford at Duke
Virginia Tech at Maryland
Western Kentucky at Indiana
UTEP at Michigan
Akron at Minnesota
Kent State at Ohio State
Buffalo at Penn State
USC at Rutgers
Purdue at UCLA
Eastern Michigan at Wisconsin
Fresno State at San José State
North Texas at Texas State
UConn at Southern Miss
Florida International at Florida Atlantic
Western Michigan at Rice
Temple at Toledo
UAB at Louisiana
Nevada at Middle Tennessee
Wyoming at Central Michigan
Charlotte at App State
Ball State at Liberty
Ohio at South Alabama
Louisiana Tech at Baylor
Coastal Carolina at Delaware
Georgia Southern at Jacksonville State
Marshall at Missouri State
LSU at Ole Miss · ABC
Michigan State at Notre Dame
Based on 50,000 season simulations entering week 3, with last season's ratings carried forward — way too early, enjoy responsibly.