Pittsburgh Football 2026 Season Prediction
Backdoor Cover’s college football model projects Pittsburgh to finish 8-4 in 2026, with 8.2 expected wins. Up 0.5 wins from the preseason projection. Pittsburgh makes the 12-team Playoff in <1% of my simulated seasons.
The model gives Pittsburgh a <1% chance to win the ACC outright. The model has picked 5 of 7 Pittsburgh games correctly this season.
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Pittsburgh earns a first-round bye in 0% of simulations.
Game by game
Upcoming games show my model’s win probability for Pittsburgh. Played games show the result.
- Week 1Sat Sep 5
vs Miami (OH)Won59-14 - Week 2Sat Sep 12
vs UCFWon12-7 - Week 3Thu Sep 17
vs SyracuseWon27-13 - Week 4Sat Sep 26
vs BucknellWon59-0 - Week 5Fri Oct 2Won35-33
- Week 6Sat Oct 10Lost17-21
- Week 7Sat Oct 17Lost21-27
- Week 8Sat Oct 24
at MiamiLost23-52 - Week 9Sat Oct 31
vs Georgia Tech87% chance Pittsburgh wins - Week 11Fri Nov 1384% chance Pittsburgh wins
- Week 12Sat Nov 21
at Louisville54% chance Pittsburgh wins - Week 13Sat Nov 28
at California93% chance Pittsburgh wins
How many games Pittsburgh wins
Share of 4,000 simulated seasons ending on each regular-season win total.
Most likely: 8-4 (47% of simulations). Regular season, 12 games.
Expected wins since the preseason
From 7.7 in the preseason to 8.2 now.
How the model is doing. 232–205–7 against the spread (53.1%), 156–131 on totals (54.4%) and 317–127 straight up (71.4%) on every game this season, graded at DraftKings’ closing line.
Backdoor Cover Picks
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