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5 Bold Predictions for College Football Ahead of Week 6

TJ Inman

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5. Keelon Russell and Alabama Handle Georgia
Alabama and Georgia meet on Saturday night in one of the marquee matchups of the 2026 season. The Crimson Tide have actually fared really well against the Bulldogs in the regular season, with wins in ten straight regular-season games between the two powers. Of course, Kirby Smart and the Bulldogs have won the postseason clashes. Georgia has been really impressive thus far, but I think it’s fair to wonder whether they can scale up their performance against competent opposition. Thus far, UGA has not beaten a team that will end up in a bowl game (unless Oklahoma can rally). Gunner Stockton has been really good at getting the ball to his playmakers and letting them gain yards after the catch, but Alabama’s lengthy secondary will challenge him to throw the ball more than five or six yards past the line of scrimmage. On the other side of the ball, Keelon Russell looks like he’s potentially the best quarterback in the sport, and I think he announces himself in a huge way against UGA in Tuscaloosa.
1. Florida State Knocks Off Louisville
The outside perception is that Florida State is just counting down the days until Mike Norvell is fired. While there are certainly some fans in Tallahassee that would love for that to occur, the Seminoles have actually fought pretty hard this season and are far from dead. FSU put up 36 points on Alabama and followed that up with blowout wins over Central Arkansas and an extremely impressive 38-7 win over Virginia. FSU appears to have figured out what to do on offense, and they are leaning on the legs of Ashton Daniels and running backs Ousmane Kromah and Quintrevion Wisner. It’s the other side of this matchup that is actually reeling. Louisville entered the season hoping to make the College Football Playoff, but they now sit at 2-3. The Cardinals are giving up more than four yards per carry, and I think Florida State travels to Louisville, controls the ball with its running game, and wins.
2. Indiana Runs For 250+ Yards in Lincoln
Nebraska is hosting Indiana in a battle of Big Ten unbeatens. The best way for a road team to win on the road is to control the ground game, and it just so happens that IU is nearly as good as anyone at running the ball. The Hoosiers are averaging 6.4 yards per carry against FBS opponents (2nd in the country, behind only UCLA), and the rushing attack is hitting its stride. In the past two weeks, the Hoosiers racked up 271 yards on 6.78 yards per rush against Northwestern and 329 yards on 8.44 yards per rush against Rutgers. There is a chance running back Khobie Martin returns to action, giving IU three options in the backfield, and they will certainly try to lean on Nebraska to keep Anthony Colandrea off the field. The Hoosiers win in the trenches and leave Lincoln at 6-0.
3. Florida Ends Shane Beamer's Tenure
The end is nigh for Shane Beamer. After three straight losses, including a gut-punch walk-off loss at home against Kentucky, the South Carolina Gamecocks now travel to play a very angry Florida Gators team. It’s a brutal spot for the Gamecocks, and I think a blowout loss is coming. That would drop them to 2-4, and faced with the regression of quarterback LaNorris Sellers, the administration in Columbia will use the week off to move on from Shane Beamer and get in line on the coaching carousel.
4. Texas Rolls in Red River Rivalry
Texas and Oklahoma typically play weird, entertaining, close games. But if you look more closely at the rivalry in matchups between Steve Sarkisian and Brent Venables, a different trend begins to emerge. Three of the past four meetings have been Texas blowouts: 49-0 in 2022, 34-3 in 2024 and 23-6 in 2025. What about this version of the Oklahoma offense makes anyone think the Sooners can turn this around? It’s hard to envision John Mateer carving up this Texas defensive line. Actually, it is hard to imagine Oklahoma scoring more than a couple of touchdowns. The Texas offense is hardly a juggernaut right now, but they won’t have to do much to win comfortably.
5. Keelon Russell and Alabama Handle Georgia
Alabama and Georgia meet on Saturday night in one of the marquee matchups of the 2026 season. The Crimson Tide have actually fared really well against the Bulldogs in the regular season, with wins in ten straight regular-season games between the two powers. Of course, Kirby Smart and the Bulldogs have won the postseason clashes. Georgia has been really impressive thus far, but I think it’s fair to wonder whether they can scale up their performance against competent opposition. Thus far, UGA has not beaten a team that will end up in a bowl game (unless Oklahoma can rally). Gunner Stockton has been really good at getting the ball to his playmakers and letting them gain yards after the catch, but Alabama’s lengthy secondary will challenge him to throw the ball more than five or six yards past the line of scrimmage. On the other side of the ball, Keelon Russell looks like he’s potentially the best quarterback in the sport, and I think he announces himself in a huge way against UGA in Tuscaloosa.
1. Florida State Knocks Off Louisville
The outside perception is that Florida State is just counting down the days until Mike Norvell is fired. While there are certainly some fans in Tallahassee that would love for that to occur, the Seminoles have actually fought pretty hard this season and are far from dead. FSU put up 36 points on Alabama and followed that up with blowout wins over Central Arkansas and an extremely impressive 38-7 win over Virginia. FSU appears to have figured out what to do on offense, and they are leaning on the legs of Ashton Daniels and running backs Ousmane Kromah and Quintrevion Wisner. It’s the other side of this matchup that is actually reeling. Louisville entered the season hoping to make the College Football Playoff, but they now sit at 2-3. The Cardinals are giving up more than four yards per carry, and I think Florida State travels to Louisville, controls the ball with its running game, and wins.

5 Bold Predictions for College Football Ahead of Week 6

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