College Football Week 2 Preview & Picks Recap
The College Football Experience (@TCEonSGPN) on the Sports Gambling Podcast Network continues its 2026 season coverage with college football Week 2 picks, a full national preview and picks show. Pick Dundee aka (@TheColbyD) and Ryan McIntyre (@Moneyline_Mac) are joined by the bet detective CJ Sullivan (@CJSullivan_) to run the entire Week 2 board top to bottom. Can Oklahoma walk into the Big House and cover against Michigan? Is Kentucky live at home as a double-digit dog against Alabama? Does Ohio State have the edge on the road at Texas in the game of the week? Can Louisiana Tech hang as a big dog at LSU? And is Memphis at Boise State the best game on the whole slate?
From there the guys work all the way down the national board, from Power-conference headliners like Oregon at Oklahoma State and Texas Tech at Oregon State to the FCS and small-school games Colby lives for. They stack their triple-lock plays, argue the ones they split on, and close with the Mac in the Box best-bets recap. We talk it all and more on this episode of The College Football Experience.
College Football Week 2 Picks Cover The Whole Country
This is a full national slate, not a Power-4 show. Colby, Mac, and guest CJ Sullivan run every level of the board. First they grade Week 1 and set the tone. Then they start with the FBS headliners. From there they work down through the Group of Five. They even hit FCS and small-school games most shows skip. The “triple lock” is the running theme, the show’s highest-confidence tag. The plays that earn it carry extra weight on the card. So the games all three circle back to are the ones to watch.
The Marquee Board: Oklahoma-Michigan To Ohio State-Texas
The headliners get the most time. Oklahoma heads into the Big House to face Michigan, and both the side and a low total are in play. Next comes Alabama at Kentucky, where the Wildcats and the double-digit points are the lean. Then the game of the week: Ohio State on the road at Texas. The guys also tag Memphis at Boise State as the best matchup on the whole slate. Louisiana Tech at LSU gets the trap-game treatment ahead of the Tigers’ trip to Ole Miss. Oregon at Oklahoma State and Texas Tech at Oregon State round out the Power-conference board.
The Triple Locks And Colby’s Small-School Board
From there they stack the consensus plays. A handful of dogs and short favorites draw triple-lock love. Then Colby drags everyone down to the small-school board. Oberlin at Denison, a rivalry that dates back to 1911, gets a real look. Arkansas-Monticello and a few Division II games get picks too. Mac and CJ push back on the deepest cuts. But that board is the heart of the show every week, so it stays. It is also where Colby claims his sharpest edges live.
Mac In The Box: The Best Bets
They close with the Mac in the Box contest recap. That is the seven-pick card that anchors the night. The biggest split is the Cy-Hawk game. Colby and Mac lock opposite sides of Iowa and Iowa State there. A few favorites they trust round out the ticket. The guys walk the card back one play at a time. Then they hand out their final leans for the weekend. Catch CJ Sullivan on Bottom Line Bombs and across the SGPN network, and follow the show for the full Week 2 slate.
Podcast Chapters
0:00 Download the SGPN App Today!
0:13 Show Open: Cast Intros & Week 1 Recap
27:38 Oberlin vs. Denison
28:29 Arkansas-Monticello vs. East Central
29:32 Villanova vs. Louisville
32:24 Norfolk State vs. Virginia
33:24 Richmond vs. NC State
34:05 Rutgers vs. Boston College
36:40 Missouri vs. Kansas
39:24 Washington State vs. Kansas State
41:09 Howard vs. Indiana
42:15 App State vs. East Carolina
44:00 Oklahoma vs. Michigan
53:24 East Tennessee State vs. North Carolina
58:02 Penn State vs. Temple
1:06:33 Wofford vs. Kent State
1:12:12 Old Dominion vs. Virginia Tech
1:17:24 South Florida vs. Army
1:20:01 Oregon vs. Oklahoma State
1:29:07 Wake Forest vs. Purdue
1:32:35 Western Kentucky vs. Georgia
1:34:35 Colgate vs. Central Michigan
1:36:56 Holy Cross vs. Miami (OH)
1:38:19 UT Martin vs. West Virginia
1:44:53 Stony Brook vs. Ball State
1:47:11 Rice vs. Notre Dame
1:50:12 Eastern Michigan vs. Michigan State
1:53:15 Wagner vs. James Madison
1:54:26 Maryland vs. UConn
1:56:51 Alabama vs. Kentucky
2:01:04 Mississippi State vs. Minnesota
2:03:20 Arizona vs. BYU
2:06:48 UCF vs. Pittsburgh
2:09:26 UL Monroe vs. UAB
2:12:48 Sacred Heart vs. UMass
2:14:42 Utah State vs. Washington
2:16:47 Central Connecticut vs. Toledo
2:17:05 Robert Morris vs. Akron
2:20:15 Weber State vs. Colorado
2:21:30 Duke vs. Illinois
2:23:43 California vs. Syracuse
2:25:15 UTSA vs. Texas State
2:27:12 UNLV vs. North Texas
2:29:32 Northern Colorado vs. Wyoming
2:30:33 UC Davis vs. SMU
2:36:41 Alabama State vs. Troy
2:37:27 Delaware vs. Vanderbilt
2:37:52 Campbell vs. Florida
2:40:04 Gardner-Webb vs. Liberty
2:42:08 Jacksonville State vs. Ohio
2:43:37 Memphis vs. Boise State
2:47:19 Buffalo vs. Florida International
2:48:34 Monmouth vs. Western Michigan
2:49:52 Southern Utah vs. Colorado State
2:50:55 Tennessee vs. Georgia Tech
2:52:51 Towson vs. South Carolina
2:53:27 Southern vs. Houston
2:54:16 Bowling Green vs. Nebraska
2:55:10 West Georgia vs. Arkansas State
2:57:26 Illinois State vs. Northern Illinois
3:00:24 Georgia State vs. Kennesaw State
3:01:55 South Alabama vs. Tulane
3:02:43 Tulsa vs. Sam Houston
3:04:22 Middle Tennessee vs. Marshall
3:05:28 Western Carolina vs. Cincinnati
3:06:37 Lindenwood vs. Missouri State
3:07:19 Western Illinois vs. Wisconsin
3:08:10 San Diego State vs. UCLA
3:09:51 Texas Tech vs. Oregon State
3:11:45 Iowa State vs. Iowa
3:14:47 Navy vs. Florida Atlantic
3:16:00 Louisiana Tech vs. LSU
3:19:17 Ohio State vs. Texas
3:26:48 Georgia Southern vs. Clemson
3:28:01 Fordham vs. Coastal Carolina
3:28:51 Southern Miss vs. Auburn
3:32:00 Charlotte vs. Ole Miss
3:33:09 Prairie View A&M vs. Baylor
3:34:00 Cal Poly vs. San Jose State
3:34:43 Texas Southern vs. UTEP
3:35:17 North Dakota State vs. Air Force
3:36:34 Arkansas vs. Utah
3:38:05 Montana State vs. Nevada
3:39:50 Sacramento State vs. Fresno State
3:41:18 Louisiana vs. USC
3:43:19 New Mexico State vs. Hawaii
3:44:44 Mac in the Box: Final Picks Recap
3:49:22 Sign-Off & Socials
