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Pittsburgh Panthers

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WEEK 3 ยท 2026
Week 3 pregame guide

Pitt enters ACC play with Syracuse at home

Syracuse visits Thursday, then Pitt fans have a near-even Louisville game and a long-shot Wake Forest upset to follow.

Read the rooting guide โ†’
Pittsburgh linebacker Rasheem Biles in uniform at the 2025 Military Bowl.
Pittsburgh linebacker Rasheem Biles at the 2025 Military Bowl.
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Your game

Syracuse at Pittsburgh
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Final
Syracuse
Final ยท Syracuse 13โ€“27 PittsburghWish granted โœ“
Pittsburgh

Other impactful games

the highlighted team was the result Pittsburgh wanted
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Impact 1
SMU
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Rooted for
Louisville
Final ยท SMU 31โ€“41 LouisvilleWish granted โœ“
Projected 4.2-point title-game boost

SMU lost, improving Pittsburgh's place in the ACC standings.

Entering-week projection18% if Louisville won14% with the other result4.2-point differencePittsburgh ACC title-game chance
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Impact 2
Miami
at
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Wake Forest
Final ยท Miami 33โ€“20 Wake ForestWent the other way โœ—
Projected 1.4-point playoff boost

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

Entering-week projection7% if Wake Forest won6% with the other result1.4-point differencePittsburgh playoff chance
54 other games had little impact
West Virginia at Virginia ยท ACC Network
Stanford at Duke ยท The CW Network
Houston at Texas Tech ยท FOX
Coastal Carolina at Delaware ยท CBSSN
Georgia at Arkansas ยท ABC
Tulane at Kansas State ยท ESPN2
Bowling Green at Iowa State ยท ESPNU
Arizona State at Kansas ยท FS1
North Carolina at Clemson ยท ESPN
Akron at Minnesota ยท BTN
Kent State at Ohio State ยท FOX
Buffalo at Penn State ยท BTN
North Texas at Texas State ยท USA Network
Eastern Michigan at Wisconsin ยท Peacock
NC State at Vanderbilt ยท SEC Network
Wyoming at Central Michigan ยท ESPN+
Temple at Toledo ยท CBSSN
Florida State at Alabama ยท ABC
Kentucky at Texas A&M ยท ESPN
Miami (OH) at Cincinnati ยท ESPN+
Utah State at Utah ยท FOX
UTEP at Michigan ยท BTN
USC at Rutgers ยท CBS
Western Kentucky at Indiana ยท Peacock
Ball State at Liberty ยท ESPN+
Louisiana Tech at Baylor ยท ESPNU
Mississippi State at South Carolina ยท SEC Network
East Carolina at Old Dominion ยท ESPN+
Florida International at Florida Atlantic ยท ESPN+
Charlotte at App State ยท ESPN+
Marshall at Missouri State ยท CBSSN
Florida at Auburn ยท ESPN
Troy at Missouri ยท SECN+
Georgia State at UCF ยท ESPN+
UConn at Southern Miss ยท ESPN+
Western Michigan at Rice ยท ESPN+
Nevada at Middle Tennessee ยท ESPN+
Ohio at South Alabama ยท ESPN+
Georgia Southern at Jacksonville State ยท ESPN+
LSU at Ole Miss ยท ABC
New Mexico at Oklahoma ยท ESPN2
BYU at Colorado State ยท CBS
Colorado at Northwestern ยท FOX
Virginia Tech at Maryland ยท FS1
Michigan State at Notre Dame ยท NBC
Kennesaw State at Tennessee ยท SEC Network
UTSA at Texas ยท SECN+
Arkansas State at TCU ยท ESPNU
UAB at Louisiana ยท ESPN+
James Madison at San Diego State ยท The CW Network
Northern Illinois at Arizona ยท TNT
North Dakota State at Sacramento State ยท ESPN
Purdue at UCLA ยท BTN
Fresno State at San Josรฉ State ยท FS1
The rooting list was:Pittsburgh, then Louisville, Wake Forest.

Based on 50,000 season simulations entering week 3, anchored to the AP Top 25 (week 3). How the model works.