Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

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Preseason

WEEK 5 · 2026

The Week 5 job

Beat Kansas and keep Middle Tennessee's season in its own hands.

Middle Tennessee is out of the playoff race.

Your game

Middle Tennessee at Kansas

TBD

SAT OCT 3

TV TBA

CUSA title-game chanceNow6%Win7%Loss5%

Middle Tennessee

Middle Tennessee 9%Kansas 91%

Kansas

Nothing else moves the path

the rest is background football

Nothing else meaningfully changes Middle Tennessee's path. Watch the rest because it is football.

54 more games that don't move your needle

North Texas at Tulsa · ESPN

Western Kentucky at New Mexico State · CBSSN

Pittsburgh at Virginia Tech · ESPN

Penn State at Northwestern · FOX

Liberty at Delaware · CBSSN

Vanderbilt at Georgia

Alabama at Mississippi State

Florida at Missouri

Kentucky at South Carolina

Auburn at Tennessee

Arkansas at Texas A&M

Baylor at Arizona State

BYU at TCU

UCF at Houston

Cincinnati at Arizona

Texas Tech at Colorado

West Virginia at Iowa State

Boston College at SMU

California at UNLV · CBSSN

Louisville at NC State

Miami at Clemson

Notre Dame at North Carolina

Stanford at Wake Forest

Syracuse at UConn · CBSSN

Virginia at Florida State

Purdue at Illinois

Ohio State at Iowa

Michigan at Minnesota

Maryland at Nebraska

Indiana at Rutgers

Washington at USC

Michigan State at Wisconsin

Utah State at Boise State · CBSSN

Oregon State at Colorado State · USA Network

Texas State at San Diego State · The CW Network

Fresno State at Washington State · USA Network

Memphis at Charlotte

UTSA at Rice

Navy at Air Force · CBS

Temple at South Florida

San José State at Hawai'i · MW+

UTEP at New Mexico · MW+

Akron at Central Michigan

Toledo at Ball State

Western Michigan at Buffalo

Eastern Michigan at Massachusetts

Ohio at Kent State

Bowling Green at Miami (OH)

Army at Louisiana Tech

Arkansas State at Louisiana

Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina

Old Dominion at Georgia State

Marshall at James Madison

UL Monroe at South Alabama

Your rooting list:Middle Tennessee. Nothing else meaningfully moves the path.

Based on 50,000 season simulations entering week 5, with preseason ratings projected from last season. How the model works.