Pittsburgh Panthers
0–0 · 0–0 ACC
Way too early
WEEK 3 · 2026
8%
ACC title game
3%
Win the ACC
1%
Make the playoff
0%
First-round bye
avg seed 11.8
Way-too-early read: ratings carry last season forward — the portal will have opinions. The week-3 job: beat Syracuse.
The Saturday rundown
ranked by what moves Pittsburgh's pathYour game
TBD
THU SEP 17
Syracuse at Pittsburgh
Your game. Beat Syracuse and your playoff odds are 2%; lose and they drop to <1%. A loss ends it.
Pittsburgh 92%
Worth a glancesmaller, but real
TBD
SAT SEP 19
Kent State at Ohio State
Ohio State winning thins out the at-large competition for your playoff spot.
Ohio State 100%
54 more games that don't move your needle
Miami at Wake Forest
SMU at Louisville
North Carolina at Clemson
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
BYU at Colorado State
Colorado at Northwestern
Miami (OH) at Cincinnati
Bowling Green at Iowa State
Arkansas State at TCU
Georgia State at UCF
Utah State at Utah
Virginia at West Virginia
Houston at Texas Tech
Kansas at Arizona State
Stanford at Duke
Virginia Tech at Maryland
Western Kentucky at Indiana
UTEP at Michigan
Akron at Minnesota
Buffalo at Penn State
USC at Rutgers
Purdue at UCLA
Eastern Michigan at Wisconsin
James Madison at San Diego State
Fresno State at San José State
North Texas at Texas State
UConn at Southern Miss
East Carolina at Old Dominion
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.