2026 College Football Week 5

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2026 College Football Week 5

Thursday

Western Kentucky vs New Mexico St - NMSU has faltered since it's strong showing against FSU in week 1. WKU has stunk all season, QB Brock Gleen seems to be the more talented dual threat over the anointed black starter. Root for the Aggies in this one if Trey Hedden is in at QB.

North Texas vs Tulsa - Not sure if Tulsa's sophomore QB Baylor Hayes will start. He led the Golden Hurricanes to their week one upset victory over a suddenly hot Oklahoma State team. North Texas has nothing to root for. Ironically enough the two black QBs in this game that may end up playing were Tom Allen recruits while he was at Indiana.

Friday

Pitt vs Va Tech - Not a very white friendly game but the head to head of two White Qbs that are playing very well is always reason to watch. Heintschel for Pitt has been uneven with most production coming against non-FBS foes. Seeing him improve against a good Va Tech team would be a positive sign in his development. For Va Tech it's Grunkenmeyer (quietly having a very good year) connecting with Luke Reynolds. Interestingly enough both of these teams are 4-0 yet neither is ranked in the Top 25. Bias certainly plays a role in these rankings.

Liberty vs Delaware - The Blue Hens were destroyed by UVA last week, hopefully they get back on course against an odious coal Liberty team. Delaware has some good players and a solid QB in Nick Minicucci.

Penn St vs Northwestern - The Nittany Lions choked last week against Wisconsin. Perhaps not letting the running game take over the game in the final quarter was a mistake. Hansen should be getting 15+ carries and there are 2 TEs and a WR that should be utilized more in the passing attack - Brahmer, Rappleyea and Eskildsen. For Northwestern their defense is very good and WR Griffin Wilde is emerging as one of the 6'2" or taller White WRs in the Big Ten putting up big numbers.

Saturday

Notre Dame vs UNC - A palatable early game this week. CJ Carr continues his steady play while being ignored by the media with it's obvious agenda. Talich is returning this week after missing the last game with injury and Bowen continues to be a solid LB. UNC has a defense with enough pale faces to make it interesting. Not sure they can pull out the upset but the Tarheels this season seem like a better team than last year's disaster. Hopefully the Tarheels end up with 6 or 7 wins this season.

UCF vs Houston - The Cougars finally threw a few to Trent Walker. Hopefully he gets involved again this week in what could end up being a shootout. It is good to see LB Tackett Curtis playing well for UCF after poor decisions in his initial commitment and transfer (USC and Wisconsin).

Boston College vs SMU - Boston College has some issues but did play the Hokies close last week. QB Mason McKenzie might be able to break 1k rushing yards this year but his passing ability has not been great. LB Anthony Palano has been the standout on defense. LB Bodie Kahoun has not returned after being driven off the game vs Rutgers in an ambulance. WR Reed Swanson has been underutilized as well. Rooting for the upset here against a coal black SMU team.

MTSU vs Kansas - The Raiders have the better QB, would like to see the upset here and Leipold move closer to the hot seat.

WVU vs Iowa St - Oklahoma State had their way with the Mountaineers last week. Iowa St does not have a very talented QB which will make it difficult to open up the run game. Aiden Flora will hopefully be able to find some run lanes against a good WVU defense.

Stanford vs Wake Forest - Two teams with a decent number of White athletes on the defensive side of the ball. QB Davis Warren has been solid, Matt Rose leads the team in tackles. This team is a far cry from the Gerhart/Luck era though. What happened to WR Jack Foley for Wake Forest? Had a huge game against Miami and nothing else this season. The Demon Deacons have some good defensive pieces on the DL and at the LB spot. DE Gabe Kirschke will be highlighted here coming off a 2 sack performance against Louisville last week.

Michigan vs Minnesota - Michigan faces Iowa lite this week. Another similar outcome would be great. Minnesota was a 10.5 point underdog last week and traveled to Washington and came away with the upset. Both John Nestor and Maverick Baranowski came away with INTs last week, Baranowski had a stellar all around performance and Karter Menz had 2 sacks of Washington's grifting NIL QB. The Golden Gophers QB has improved since last season but Fleck seems content with not stretching the field. Hopefully Lindsey earns the trust of Fleck as the season progresses. For Michigan DE John Henry Daley and WR JJ Buchanan are players to watch along with struggles at the QB position.

Navy vs Air Force - Navy has fallen off quite a bit this year from a caste perspective. Air Force is as White friendly as they come with option QB Liam Szarka leading the way. The top 6 rushers are all White as is the leading tackler.

Michigan St vs Wisconsin - The Badgers had a great come back last week at PSU. Colton Joseph played very well in the 2nd half leading the 17 point come back. Posa, Catalano and Jung are consistently at the top of the stat sheet every week. MSU is on a two game losing streak in what is looking more and more like a rebuild year. A win against the Badgers would help their cause to at least hit 6 wins.

Vanderbilt vs Georgia - Mostly watching this game to see how QB Jared Curtis performs against one of the few actual good defenses in the SEC.

Western Michigan vs Buffalo - The Broncos sit at 2-2 after almost defeating the Wolverines in week one. Cole Cabana seems to have been completely written off. That said, Buffalo's QB depth chart is unacceptable.

Toledo vs Ball St - The Rockets are the class of the MAC this year. Richter had another fine performance last week in an impressive victory over San Diego St. It would be nice to see Walendzak get a 20+ carry game as he has emerged as the best RB on the team. LB Isaac Zay leads the Rockets in tackles and interceptions so far this season. Ball State needs to go back to the drawing board in it's recruiting.

Ohio St vs Iowa - Iowa once again features in the game of the week. They host the Buckeyes at home and should pose a challenge. Sayin will be challenged by a quality Hawkeyes defense and perhaps last week Hank Brown finally emerged as the best QB the Hawkeyes have seen this decade. If the Hawkeyes win it should put them in top 5 conversation. Also, seeing Lutmer on Smith would be a good matchup if the gameplan dictates. Vander Zee having another big game would be great too. I think his performance last week was not discussed enough. Another one of those big framed tall, White WRs making an impact in the Big 10 this year. If the Hawkeyes win this game the rest of their conference schedule looks to be favorable.

Florida vs Missouri - The Gators provided a favorable outcome against New Miss last week and for the time being is a team to root for in the coal black SEC. WR Bailey Stockton appears to be ok after a cheap shot by a former 5 star bust safety from the terrible New Miss defense. QB Aaron Philo has been quietly solid to this point in the season.

California vs UNLV - The Rebels started off the season with an entertaining game vs Memphis but now sit at 2-2. Arnold's rushing prowess seems to be limited and he is no longer a threat to rush for more than probably 500 yards at best this year. Hopefully he is able to make some big plays against Cal. Pope, Santee and Conti are players to watch out for on the UNLV defense.

Louisville vs NC State - QB Lincoln Kienholz faces some injury questions and status is up in the air. The Louisville defense is awful but Kienholz is entertaining. Brohm should go portal shopping for White defensive players in the offseason.

Virginia vs FSU - After failing to make a statement against WVU two weeks ago the Cavaliers get another chance. They are much more talented than Florida State and a loss by the Seminoles might see Norvell get fired if it is embarrassing in nature. Pribula has played well but cooled down with the rushing numbers as well. Still very good passing the ball with 11 TDs so far. Hope to see Camac and Minter make some impact plays this week.

Memphis vs Charlotte - QB Marcus Stokes continues his wigger redemption storybook season. He has been very good this year and TE Hunter Tipson leads all TEs in receiving yards this season.

Wyoming vs North Dakota St - NDSU's inaugural FBS season has been anti-climatic. They seem to have started the process of ignoring White athletes with their roster building in preparation for the jump despite being the dominant team in the FCS for the past 10-15 years. Wyoming received some laughable hype due to their transfer portal QB who has not lived up to the praise bestowed upon him.

E. Michigan vs UMASS - I'll take the Asian QB over the black one. Maybe Knigga gets some playing time this week!

Ohio vs Kent St - Brune has been hampered by an injury but at least Rosa is the backup. Neer leads Ohio in receiving as well. Cade Wolford would have been better served remaining at Kent State instead of fading into obscurity at Cincinnati.

Marshall vs JMU - JMU is interesting as long as QB Camden Coleman starts, RB Nick Herman gets meaningful touches and Wisloski gets involved in the passing game.

Maryland vs Nebraska - Might be the Maryland program implosion game after the ugly loss to UCLA last week in which Locksley's prized QB threw 4 INTs. Under Locksley the Terrapins have lost 17 of their last 19 Big 10 games.

Purdue vs Illinois - The Illini parted with their d-coordinator this past week. The goy braind twitter tards mocked the Hauck, the now departed defensive coordinator for playing a White DB on Ohio St WR Jeremiah Smith. That's the mentality of these idiots as they blame the issues of the defense on a White defensive player. RB Aidan Laughery is making the most of his limited touches showing an explosive big play element. QB Katin Houser has been good this season as well. QB Ryan Browne remains the only player to watch for the Boilermakers.

Oregon St vs Colorado St - QB Braen Atkinson continues his stellar FBS debut season. He is third in the nation in passing and is showing to be one of the top passers in the country. He should have a fairly easy time with the CSU defense. The Rams QB Henjy Hauss is still a question mark to play this week.

Texas Southern vs FAU - Hopefully a stat padding game for Veltkampa and Messer who was not very productive in the passing game last week but had a nice return TD.

Miami vs Clemson - The Tigers are a longshot this week but have shown improvements on defense. On paper the Hurricanes have one of the easiest paths to the playoff so an upset here would be nice. QB Tait Reynolds makes some mistakes but is showing improvement. Hopefully Heldt, Sammy Brown and Hanfin make some timely defensive plays. The Tigers also need to run the ball successfully. Will Barkate even crack 500 yards receiving this year?

Texas Tech vs Colorado - QB Will Hammond threw 3 INTs vs Sam Houston last week. Luckily the defense was dominant with LB Austin Romaine getting 2 Pick 6's in the game. Colorado is abandoning it's undersized 5 star prize black QB this week for Isaac Wilson.

Army vs La Tech - Should be another good game to watch with plenty of White athletes on both sides. Option QB Cale Hellums seems to reliably churn out good rushing game performances on a weekly basis.

McNeese vs LSU - An October cupcake game for an SEC team, no surprise there. Would like to see the Tigers offense and Sam Leavitt have a clean efficient performance for as long as they are playing in this blowout. Whit Weeks is out for some time with a leg injury.

Indiana vs Rutgers - The Hoosiers escaped last week with a win over Northwestern. Indiana's offensive focus is a run heavy offense with 157 rush attempts against 86 passing attempts. It will be interesting to see if this deviates much and the Hoosiers decide to open up the offense. Hoover has been good, efficient and played mistake free. He played as a gunslinger at TCU, I wonder if Cignetti will go towards a 50/50 pass (their second leading rusher was lost to injury last week and is questionable this week) - run balance, that would certainly benefit Charlie Becker with more targets. Rutgers defense has been bad all year so Indiana may be willing to lean on the passing game. I am back on the Lonergan train though after almost leading a seriously undermanned Rutgers team back against USC two weeks ago.

Baylor vs Arizona St - Arizona State has Boley, LB Owen Long and RB Grayson Rigdon. Baylor has WR Gavin Freeman and RB Dawson Pendergrass. Not a bad late night game, the Bears second string QB is completing 75% of his passes for 6 TDs and 2 INTs vs the magical starter and his 49.5% completion rate with 4 TDs and 2 INTs. Wish the Bears would go back to Bennett!

Texas St vs San Diego State - Texas St WR Beau Sparks has been hampered by injury so far this year. Hope he is able to get 100% at some point to put up big numbers.

Cincinatti vs Arizona - Where is Cade Wolford?

San Jose State vs Hawaii - Looking for QB Luke Weaver to have a big game and hopefully get the ball to big play WR Cooper Hoch often.

 

[jterry11]

2026 College Football Week 5

Thursday

Western Kentucky vs New Mexico St - NMSU has faltered since it's strong showing against FSU in week 1. WKU has stunk all season, QB Brock Gleen seems to be the more talented dual threat over the anointed black starter. Root for the Aggies in this one if Trey Hedden is in at QB.

North Texas vs Tulsa - Not sure if Tulsa's sophomore QB Baylor Hayes will start. He led the Golden Hurricanes to their week one upset victory over a suddenly hot Oklahoma State team. North Texas has nothing to root for. Ironically enough the two black QBs in this game that may end up playing were Tom Allen recruits while he was at Indiana.

Friday

Pitt vs Va Tech - Not a very white friendly game but the head to head of two White Qbs that are playing very well is always reason to watch. Heintschel for Pitt has been uneven with most production coming against non-FBS foes. Seeing him improve against a good Va Tech team would be a positive sign in his development. For Va Tech it's Grunkenmeyer (quietly having a very good year) connecting with Luke Reynolds. Interestingly enough both of these teams are 4-0 yet neither is ranked in the Top 25. Bias certainly plays a role in these rankings.

Liberty vs Delaware - The Blue Hens were destroyed by UVA last week, hopefully they get back on course against an odious coal Liberty team. Delaware has some good players and a solid QB in Nick Minicucci.

Penn St vs Northwestern - The Nittany Lions choked last week against Wisconsin. Perhaps not letting the running game take over the game in the final quarter was a mistake. Hansen should be getting 15+ carries and there are 2 TEs and a WR that should be utilized more in the passing attack - Brahmer, Rappleyea and Eskildsen. For Northwestern their defense is very good and WR Griffin Wilde is emerging as one of the 6'2" or taller White WRs in the Big Ten putting up big numbers.

Saturday

Notre Dame vs UNC - A palatable early game this week. CJ Carr continues his steady play while being ignored by the media with it's obvious agenda. Talich is returning this week after missing the last game with injury and Bowen continues to be a solid LB. UNC has a defense with enough pale faces to make it interesting. Not sure they can pull out the upset but the Tarheels this season seem like a better team than last year's disaster. Hopefully the Tarheels end up with 6 or 7 wins this season.

UCF vs Houston - The Cougars finally threw a few to Trent Walker. Hopefully he gets involved again this week in what could end up being a shootout. It is good to see LB Tackett Curtis playing well for UCF after poor decisions in his initial commitment and transfer (USC and Wisconsin).

Boston College vs SMU - Boston College has some issues but did play the Hokies close last week. QB Mason McKenzie might be able to break 1k rushing yards this year but his passing ability has not been great. LB Anthony Palano has been the standout on defense. LB Bodie Kahoun has not returned after being driven off the game vs Rutgers in an ambulance. WR Reed Swanson has been underutilized as well. Rooting for the upset here against a coal black SMU team.

MTSU vs Kansas - The Raiders have the better QB, would like to see the upset here and Leipold move closer to the hot seat.

WVU vs Iowa St - Oklahoma State had their way with the Mountaineers last week. Iowa St does not have a very talented QB which will make it difficult to open up the run game. Aiden Flora will hopefully be able to find some run lanes against a good WVU defense.

Stanford vs Wake Forest - Two teams with a decent number of White athletes on the defensive side of the ball. QB Davis Warren has been solid, Matt Rose leads the team in tackles. This team is a far cry from the Gerhart/Luck era though. What happened to WR Jack Foley for Wake Forest? Had a huge game against Miami and nothing else this season. The Demon Deacons have some good defensive pieces on the DL and at the LB spot. DE Gabe Kirschke will be highlighted here coming off a 2 sack performance against Louisville last week.

Michigan vs Minnesota - Michigan faces Iowa lite this week. Another similar outcome would be great. Minnesota was a 10.5 point underdog last week and traveled to Washington and came away with the upset. Both John Nestor and Maverick Baranowski came away with INTs last week, Baranowski had a stellar all around performance and Karter Menz had 2 sacks of Washington's grifting NIL QB. The Golden Gophers QB has improved since last season but Fleck seems content with not stretching the field. Hopefully Lindsey earns the trust of Fleck as the season progresses. For Michigan DE John Henry Daley and WR JJ Buchanan are players to watch along with struggles at the QB position.

Navy vs Air Force - Navy has fallen off quite a bit this year from a caste perspective. Air Force is as White friendly as they come with option QB Liam Szarka leading the way. The top 6 rushers are all White as is the leading tackler.

Michigan St vs Wisconsin - The Badgers had a great come back last week at PSU. Colton Joseph played very well in the 2nd half leading the 17 point come back. Posa, Catalano and Jung are consistently at the top of the stat sheet every week. MSU is on a two game losing streak in what is looking more and more like a rebuild year. A win against the Badgers would help their cause to at least hit 6 wins.

Vanderbilt vs Georgia - Mostly watching this game to see how QB Jared Curtis performs against one of the few actual good defenses in the SEC.

Western Michigan vs Buffalo - The Broncos sit at 2-2 after almost defeating the Wolverines in week one. Cole Cabana seems to have been completely written off. That said, Buffalo's QB depth chart is unacceptable.

Toledo vs Ball St - The Rockets are the class of the MAC this year. Richter had another fine performance last week in an impressive victory over San Diego St. It would be nice to see Walendzak get a 20+ carry game as he has emerged as the best RB on the team. LB Isaac Zay leads the Rockets in tackles and interceptions so far this season. Ball State needs to go back to the drawing board in it's recruiting.

Ohio St vs Iowa - Iowa once again features in the game of the week. They host the Buckeyes at home and should pose a challenge. Sayin will be challenged by a quality Hawkeyes defense and perhaps last week Hank Brown finally emerged as the best QB the Hawkeyes have seen this decade. If the Hawkeyes win it should put them in top 5 conversation. Also, seeing Lutmer on Smith would be a good matchup if the gameplan dictates. Vander Zee having another big game would be great too. I think his performance last week was not discussed enough. Another one of those big framed tall, White WRs making an impact in the Big 10 this year. If the Hawkeyes win this game the rest of their conference schedule looks to be favorable.

Florida vs Missouri - The Gators provided a favorable outcome against New Miss last week and for the time being is a team to root for in the coal black SEC. WR Bailey Stockton appears to be ok after a cheap shot by a former 5 star bust safety from the terrible New Miss defense. QB Aaron Philo has been quietly solid to this point in the season.

California vs UNLV - The Rebels started off the season with an entertaining game vs Memphis but now sit at 2-2. Arnold's rushing prowess seems to be limited and he is no longer a threat to rush for more than probably 500 yards at best this year. Hopefully he is able to make some big plays against Cal. Pope, Santee and Conti are players to watch out for on the UNLV defense.

Louisville vs NC State - QB Lincoln Kienholz faces some injury questions and status is up in the air. The Louisville defense is awful but Kienholz is entertaining. Brohm should go portal shopping for White defensive players in the offseason.

Virginia vs FSU - After failing to make a statement against WVU two weeks ago the Cavaliers get another chance. They are much more talented than Florida State and a loss by the Seminoles might see Norvell get fired if it is embarrassing in nature. Pribula has played well but cooled down with the rushing numbers as well. Still very good passing the ball with 11 TDs so far. Hope to see Camac and Minter make some impact plays this week.

Memphis vs Charlotte - QB Marcus Stokes continues his wigger redemption storybook season. He has been very good this year and TE Hunter Tipson leads all TEs in receiving yards this season.

Wyoming vs North Dakota St - NDSU's inaugural FBS season has been anti-climatic. They seem to have started the process of ignoring White athletes with their roster building in preparation for the jump despite being the dominant team in the FCS for the past 10-15 years. Wyoming received some laughable hype due to their transfer portal QB who has not lived up to the praise bestowed upon him.

E. Michigan vs UMASS - I'll take the Asian QB over the black one. Maybe Knigga gets some playing time this week!

Ohio vs Kent St - Brune has been hampered by an injury but at least Rosa is the backup. Neer leads Ohio in receiving as well. Cade Wolford would have been better served remaining at Kent State instead of fading into obscurity at Cincinnati.

Marshall vs JMU - JMU is interesting as long as QB Camden Coleman starts, RB Nick Herman gets meaningful touches and Wisloski gets involved in the passing game.

Maryland vs Nebraska - Might be the Maryland program implosion game after the ugly loss to UCLA last week in which Locksley's prized QB threw 4 INTs. Under Locksley the Terrapins have lost 17 of their last 19 Big 10 games.

Purdue vs Illinois - The Illini parted with their d-coordinator this past week. The goy braind twitter tards mocked the Hauck, the now departed defensive coordinator for playing a White DB on Ohio St WR Jeremiah Smith. That's the mentality of these idiots as they blame the issues of the defense on a White defensive player. RB Aidan Laughery is making the most of his limited touches showing an explosive big play element. QB Katin Houser has been good this season as well. QB Ryan Browne remains the only player to watch for the Boilermakers.

Oregon St vs Colorado St - QB Braen Atkinson continues his stellar FBS debut season. He is third in the nation in passing and is showing to be one of the top passers in the country. He should have a fairly easy time with the CSU defense. The Rams QB Henjy Hauss is still a question mark to play this week.

Texas Southern vs FAU - Hopefully a stat padding game for Veltkampa and Messer who was not very productive in the passing game last week but had a nice return TD.

Miami vs Clemson - The Tigers are a longshot this week but have shown improvements on defense. On paper the Hurricanes have one of the easiest paths to the playoff so an upset here would be nice. QB Tait Reynolds makes some mistakes but is showing improvement. Hopefully Heldt, Sammy Brown and Hanfin make some timely defensive plays. The Tigers also need to run the ball successfully. Will Barkate even crack 500 yards receiving this year?

Texas Tech vs Colorado - QB Will Hammond threw 3 INTs vs Sam Houston last week. Luckily the defense was dominant with LB Austin Romaine getting 2 Pick 6's in the game. Colorado is abandoning it's undersized 5 star prize black QB this week for Isaac Wilson.

Army vs La Tech - Should be another good game to watch with plenty of White athletes on both sides. Option QB Cale Hellums seems to reliably churn out good rushing game performances on a weekly basis.

McNeese vs LSU - An October cupcake game for an SEC team, no surprise there. Would like to see the Tigers offense and Sam Leavitt have a clean efficient performance for as long as they are playing in this blowout. Whit Weeks is out for some time with a leg injury.

Indiana vs Rutgers - The Hoosiers escaped last week with a win over Northwestern. Indiana's offensive focus is a run heavy offense with 157 rush attempts against 86 passing attempts. It will be interesting to see if this deviates much and the Hoosiers decide to open up the offense. Hoover has been good, efficient and played mistake free. He played as a gunslinger at TCU, I wonder if Cignetti will go towards a 50/50 pass (their second leading rusher was lost to injury last week and is questionable this week) - run balance, that would certainly benefit Charlie Becker with more targets. Rutgers defense has been bad all year so Indiana may be willing to lean on the passing game. I am back on the Lonergan train though after almost leading a seriously undermanned Rutgers team back against USC two weeks ago.

Baylor vs Arizona St - Arizona State has Boley, LB Owen Long and RB Grayson Rigdon. Baylor has WR Gavin Freeman and RB Dawson Pendergrass. Not a bad late night game, the Bears second string QB is completing 75% of his passes for 6 TDs and 2 INTs vs the magical starter and his 49.5% completion rate with 4 TDs and 2 INTs. Wish the Bears would go back to Bennett!

Texas St vs San Diego State - Texas St WR Beau Sparks has been hampered by injury so far this year. Hope he is able to get 100% at some point to put up big numbers.

Cincinatti vs Arizona - Where is Cade Wolford?

San Jose State vs Hawaii - Looking for QB Luke Weaver to have a big game and hopefully get the ball to big play WR Cooper Hoch often.

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