College football Week 2 results: Howard and Portnoy
called Michigan.
6 tracked pundits picked Oklahoma. Michigan won 17–10, giving Desmond Howard and Dave Portnoy the week’s only underdog hits.
One upset, 8 records
Michigan’s win changed 8 tracked records at once: 2 hits for the underdog’s backers and 6 misses for Oklahoma’s. Every other favorite we covered won. Together, our Week 2 picks finished 22–10 on outright winners.
The favorite selections went 20–6; underdogs went 2–4. Those are 32 picks across just 4 games. Michigan accounts for both underdog hits and every favorite miss, so the totals reflect one shared result many times.
Favorites
26 picks · 4 games76.9% correct20 hits / 6 misses
Underdogs
6 picks · 3 games33.3% correct2 hits / 4 misses
Who picked Michigan over Oklahoma?
Howard and Portnoy backed Michigan, priced at 35¢ in our 2026-09-12 snapshot. On the other side: Josh Pate, Colin Cowherd, David Pollack, Kirk Herbstreit, Pat McAfee, Nick Saban.
Both picks are preserved below, with the original source and result a click away.
Reported selection · Cole's GameDay Blog Week 2
2026-09-12
Spoken quote · Barstool College Football Show Week 2
2026-09-12
Portnoy also picked Ohio State, which lost 23–24 at Texas. His tracked Week 2 underdog record was 1–1. The Michigan hit belongs alongside the Ohio State miss ↗
Which underdog picks won in Week 2?
| Underdog / matchup | Who picked it | Kalshi snapshot | Final / W–L |
|---|---|---|---|
| MichiganOklahoma at Michigan | Desmond HowardDave Portnoy | 35¢2026-09-12 | ✓ Won17–10 |
| KentuckyAlabama at Kentucky | Kirk Herbstreit | 23¢2026-09-12 | × Lost17–45 |
| Ohio StateOhio State at Texas | Joel KlattUrban MeyerDave Portnoy | 48¢2026-09-12 | × Lost23–24 |
Final scores are shown from the underdog’s perspective.
What the favorite record tells us
Texas supplied 8 favorite hits; Alabama and Texas A&M supplied the other 12. At the game level, favorites went 3–1. Oklahoma’s loss became 6 misses because that many tracked pundits backed the same team.
This week covers four games, compared with eleven in our Week 1 report. A different slate and a small, selected sample cannot establish a trend in expert accuracy. The useful follow-up is whether these pundits keep identifying upsets as more of their picks settle.
How we counted the picks
We used the published game-winner picks for college football Week 2 of the 2026 season. All 32 were graded. Each pundit counts once per game. Other weeks, NFL, season-long predictions, tentative commentary and takes without a specific tracked event and side are excluded.
For this report, underdogs are picked sides below 50¢ in the displayed dated Kalshi snapshot; favorites are above 50¢. No selection was missing a price or exactly 50¢. These shared event snapshots are not closing odds or necessarily the prices when a prediction was made. The records measure straight-up results, not spread covers or betting returns.
How Pundits.Pro verifies and grades picks ↗
