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MEGA 2026 CFB SZN Thread, Nationwide; Non-Miami Specific

cookies said:
At the mid-way point; here are the teams w/ legitimate shots to lose three regular season games;

Praying on their Downfall list:

1. Ohio State (6-1 (4-0) currently) — has not lost 3+ since 2011 when Luke Fickell was the interim head coach following the tattoo scandal. Before that, they lost their third game in 2008 Fiesta Bowl to Texas. For a better comparison, Jim Tressell went 7-4 in the 2004 regular season; his fourth year as HC. The Buckeyes lost 6, 3, and 4 games (2001 was Tressell’s first year) in the regular season before their 2002 undefeated run.

Ryan Day has lost two regular season games twice, this would be his third time, Meyer only did once. Tressell did twice. It’d be the first time in Day’s career losing three+.

They Play @ USC, Oregon, Northwestern, @ Nebraska, and Michigan to finish off the season. Despite the national title, Day has had five straight years with at least two losses. The last time Ohio State lost two games in six straight seasons was from 1987 to 1992; which included the first five seasons of John Cooper’s tenure as HC and the end of Earle Bruce’s.
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cookies said:
Ryan Day has never lost more than two games in a season. I need this season to be the one that ends that trend

@Iowa, Maryland, @ IU, @ USC, Oregon, Northwestern, @ Nebraska, Michigan

If it’s ever going to happen, it’s this year
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It’s about to get toxic af in Columbus. #soon

Oregon v Ohio State next week is really a win-win when either team who loses will bring me joy. Either Ryan Day or Dan Lanning is guaranteed to have their most losses in a season ever
 
You can follow the crowd and be a sheep, or you can dare to say #wellactually and be the smart college football fan.



Putting aside OSU’s three quarterback championship season, a reminder that joe burrow transferred outta OSU 8 years ago, and Jacob Coker transferred outta FSU a baker’s dozen years ago. Both qbs won national championships at their new schools. Justin Fields transferred outta UGA, Jacob Eason did too, UGA brought in JT Daniels, Jamie Newman (dumbest decision ever declaring), and Stetson Bennett who went to JUCO & returned.

NIL is the laziest excuse maker imo.
 
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/77...ser_shared_article_copylink&smid=url-share-ta


Now for the bad news. Through Week 8 this season, there were 131 Nielsen-rated games on ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox and ESPN, with an average of 3.3 million viewers. That’s down 6 percent from the same period in 2025, when 124 games averaged 3.5 million. Fox, helped by its expanded Friday night lineup, has been the only one of the five to avoid a drop. NBC and CBS were down by double-digit percentages, and ESPN came close.
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All that despite the fact that Nielsen made more measurement changes in August that, through the first month of the season, caused another baseline bump of 3.4 percent, according to Nielsen. So the real viewership decline has been even steeper.
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