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#19SMU Mustangs

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In the books
WEEK 1 ยท 2026
Week 1 pregame guide

Jennings gets a different chance to control Florida State

SMU opens with immediate ACC and playoff leverage, while three other results offer smaller but useful help around the conference.

Read the rooting guide โ†’
A 1928 newspaper illustration previewing SMU's football game against Army.
A 1928 newspaper preview of SMU against Army.
CreditPhoto creditAssociated Press (photographs), The Tennessean (text)Wikimedia Commons ยท Public domainCropped to 16:9, resized and converted to WebP by Fan Watch.

Your game

SMU at Florida State
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Final
SMU
Final ยท SMU 27โ€“24 Florida StateWish granted โœ“
Florida State

Other impactful games

the highlighted team was the result SMU wanted
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Impact 1
Miami
at
Rooted for
Stanford
Final ยท Miami 45โ€“6 StanfordWent the other way โœ—
Projected 5.8-point playoff boost

Miami won instead, so SMU did not get the result it wanted.

Entering-week projection24% if Stanford won19% with the other result5.8-point differenceSMU playoff chance
41 other games had little impact
Louisville at Ole Miss ยท ABC
Massachusetts at Rutgers ยท BTN
Akron at Wake Forest ยท ACC Network
Colorado at Georgia Tech ยท ESPN
UAB at Illinois ยท BTN
San Josรฉ State at Eastern Michigan ยท ESPN+
UTEP at Oklahoma ยท SECN+
Toledo at Michigan State ยท FS1
Fresno State at USC ยท FOX
East Carolina at Alabama ยท ABC
Oregon State at Houston ยท ESPN
Coastal Carolina at West Virginia ยท TNT
North Texas at Indiana ยท FOX
Ohio at Nebraska ยท FS1
Liberty at James Madison ยท ESPNU
Miami (OH) at Pittsburgh ยท The CW Network
Ball State at Ohio State ยท BTN
Kent State at South Carolina ยท SEC Network
Baylor at Auburn ยท ABC
Texas State at Texas ยท ESPN
Boston College at Cincinnati ยท FOX
Tulane at Duke ยท ACC Network
Boise State at Oregon ยท CBS
Marshall at Penn State ยท FS1
Oklahoma State at Tulsa ยท ESPNU
Northern Illinois at Iowa ยท BTN
Wyoming at Colorado State ยท USA Network
Missouri State at Texas A&M ยท ESPN
Arkansas State at Memphis ยท ESPN+
Florida International at South Florida ยท ESPN+
Sam Houston at Troy ยท ESPN+
Clemson at LSU ยท ABC
UL Monroe at Mississippi State ยท ESPNU
Western Michigan at Michigan ยท NBC
Florida Atlantic at Florida ยท SEC Network
UNLV at Hawai'i ยท The CW Network
Central Michigan at New Mexico ยท FS1
UCLA at California ยท ESPN
Western Kentucky at Nevada ยท CBSSN
Washington State at Washington ยท NBC
Wisconsin at Notre Dame ยท NBC
The rooting list was:SMU, then Stanford.

Based on 50,000 season simulations entering week 1, anchored to the AP Top 25 (preseason). How the model works.