predict your team 2026 regular season record

[Deathroll]

Hard to see any losses


Seriously though. We haven’t won a road game in over 2 years.

5-7

Boston College, the two early season OOC creampuffs and????

 

[speedfrk]

Boston College, the two early season OOC creampuffs and????

Virginia and NC state (since we are at home). And we will muddle our way to one more. The ACC sucks.

 

[Deathroll]

Virginia and NC state (since we are at home). And we will muddle our way to one more. The ACC sucks.

I could see one of those. I suspect not two. By late in the season, Norvell's Death March will have everybody demoralized and the team will throw in the towel.

Hell, when our season went into the toilet and Napier was fired, the team just didn't show up against Kentucky and Tennessee.

 

[UTVolCountry]

vs Furman - W
at Georgia Tech - W
vs Kennesaw State - W
vs Texas- L
vs Auburn - W
at Arkansas - W
vs Alabama - L
at S. Carolina - L
vs Kentucky - W
at Texas A&M - L
vs LSU - L
at Vanderbilt - W

7-5

 

[LeroyOU12]

thats interesting. Im not saying we didnt have a FEW OU players. The main being Caleb Williams. But its not near todays Cignetti leaving and taking half the roster with him. Looking back now USC had 3 players from OU. Many of you OU fans would say you didnt mind losing the other 2 Mario Williams and Latrell Mccutchin. Compared to todays poaching of rosters when coaches leave OU got off easy. Imagine OU lost danny stutsman, Rmason Thomas, Kip Lewis, Billy Bowman, and others to USC that year? OU still finished with a top 10 class that year. OU fans love to pile on Riley but what was USC class that year? 66th per 247 sports. Better in 2023 with a top 5 class. but alot of those guys transferred out. 19 of 24 recruits eventually transferred. 2024 and 2025 were barely top 20 classes.

My point in all this is I think the USC administration acknowledges that our NIL didnt really get in order till that 2026 class. Remember all the jokes when the 2 5-star recruits from Georgia commited to USC for a few months and decommited? thats why. I know you cant wait to dunk on Riley. Some OU fans care more about being right about Riley than their own team winning a playoff game. But you are going to have to likely wait till after 2027 to do it.

I'm not dunking on Riley, in fact, I like him, his teams are fun to watch. I don't blame him for ditching OU for USC. Hell, if I were Riley, I'd go to USC, too, in a nano second with that $110M that they drop in my lap.

fun fact: Riley went 35-15 in his first 45 game in LA. The guy that you ran out of town for him, Helton was 31-14...one game better than Riley. RL went 11-3 in his first year, but since then he's gone 24-15 the last 3 years.

and speaking of playoffs....OU did go to the CFP last year while your #16 USC team lost to unranked TCU (without their starting QB, WRs and TE) in Alamo bowl.

 

[Rollo Tomassi]

I'm not dunking on Riley, in fact, I like him, his teams are fun to watch. I don't blame him for ditching OU for USC. Hell, if I were Riley, I'd go to USC, too, in a nano second with that $110M that they drop in my lap.

fun fact: Riley went 35-15 in his first 45 game in LA. The guy that you ran out of town for him, Helton was 31-14...one game better than Riley. RL went 11-3 in his first year, but since then he's gone 24-15 the last 3 years.

and speaking of playoffs....OU did go to the CFP last year while your #16 USC team lost to unranked TCU (without their starting QB, WRs and TE) in Alamo bowl.

USC had over 20 players opt out of the bowl game against TCU, and the DC for that game was his first time calling the defense.

 

[Da_Bull]

I'm not dunking on Riley, in fact, I like him, his teams are fun to watch. I don't blame him for ditching OU for USC. Hell, if I were Riley, I'd go to USC, too, in a nano second with that $110M that they drop in my lap.

fun fact: Riley went 35-15 in his first 45 game in LA. The guy that you ran out of town for him, Helton was 31-14...one game better than Riley. RL went 11-3 in his first year, but since then he's gone 24-15 the last 3 years.

and speaking of playoffs....OU did go to the CFP last year while your #16 USC team lost to unranked TCU (without their starting QB, WRs and TE) in Alamo bowl.

He went 11-3 in the dying pac12.

 

[Duckboy33]

He went 11-3 in the dying pac12.

USC also didn't have to play Oregon or Washington that year. Despite the PAC 12 "dying", the following year the PAC 12 was pretty competitive. The QBs included Caleb Williams, Bo Nix, Michael Penix, Cam Ward, Fernando Mendoza, Shadeur Sanders, Dante Moore and even 2nd tier guys like Noah Fifita, DJ Uiagalelei, and Cam Rising.

 

[Rollo Tomassi]

He went 11-3 in the dying pac12.

USC would've won the PAC 12 championship game that year if Caleb didn't pop his hamstring in the first half.

 

[speedfrk]

I could see one of those. I suspect not two. By late in the season, Norvell's Death March will have everybody demoralized and the team will throw in the towel.

Hell, when our season went into the toilet and Napier was fired, the team just didn't show up against Kentucky and Tennessee.

Wouldn’t shock me if we only won 3-4 games.

I think the SMU game on Labor Day is the key to the whole season. If we beat them at Doak then momentum can happen. If we lose then it’s “oh no we suck again”

And I suspect the latter.

 

[UGADawg1988]

For UGA I suspect that we'll finish 11-1, but 12-0 and 10-2 are possible. If we finish 9-3 or worse that means that something went very wrong or that we had multiple injuries.

 

[LeroyOU12]

USC would've won the PAC 12 championship game that year if Caleb didn't pop his hamstring in the first half.

nope...it's RL/Grinch soft zone defense on obvious passing downs that did them in. Utah TE Kincaid burnt them badly in both games.

 

[Rollo Tomassi]

nope...it's RL/Grinch soft zone defense on obvious passing downs that did them in. Utah TE Kincaid burnt them badly in both games.

They were up by two TDs when Caleb got injured, they would've kept scoring with him in the second half.

 

[Jennerpeach]

I just want the WR screen on third down to be completely scrapped from the playbook, and Cash Jones running out of eligibility might save Bobo from himself

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[navamind]

I'll go with 9-3. Lose both Oregon/OSU road games, lose one of PSU/Iowa/OU/Indiana home games (probably Indiana). I think Underwood improves as a passer though still has some growing pains. Running game is explosive. Defense will be pretty good with a great secondary. Defensive line improves but I'm not sure it will be good enough for the big games. LB looks whatever.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

nope...it's RL/Grinch soft zone defense on obvious passing downs that did them in. Utah TE Kincaid burnt them badly in both games.

Lincoln Riley with a competent DC would be a dangerous head coach……..

Sadly, he’s never really nailed that hire.

 

[fritowrdo]

I'll go with 9-3. Lose both Oregon/OSU road games, lose one of PSU/Iowa/OU/Indiana home games (probably Indiana). I think Underwood improves as a passer though still has some growing pains. Running game is explosive. Defense will be pretty good with a great secondary. Defensive line improves but I'm not sure it will be good enough for the big games. LB looks whatever.

Thoughts on if Underwood does not improve? Will the fans bail on him after the OSU game?

 

[navamind]

Thoughts on if Underwood does not improve? Will the fans bail on him after the OSU game?

I don't see the program bailing on him this year unless he gets worse and they have a crappy season. It doesn't seem like Michigan fans expect a ton this year, I feel like a lot expect 7-8 wins. It's gonna be a tough schedule even with the heavy home slate. It feels very much like a Build for 2027 year. If Underwood can take a big leap and the defensive line is as good as advertised, maybe they can win 10 games and get a CFP bid. I do think a lot of it hinges on his development.

Regardless, I'm excited to see what they can do this year. I do think there's some real potential on offense with the OL and skill positions. Crazy to think they had such a bad WR room just two seasons ago.

 

[CB3UK]

Ill go 7-5 for Kentucky. We do have a few depth concerns, but we've also added quite a bit of talent this offseason, plus the new staff. Feels like we're getting overlooked. Stein has been recruiting like a monster for '27 and is in on big names for '28. Obviously, results on the field will dictate how those classes pan out. But right now, his first season, I think folks seem to be writing us off way too soon. Someone is getting upset by this team and gonna be salty.

 

[NickyNooch]

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