Cheatsheet · 2026
Every team's bye week and its weeks 11, 12, 13 opponents, which are the weeks best ball is decided in. Sort any column, filter to a bye, and search by team or abbreviation.
Most teams get one. Of the 68 teams on this page, 65 have one bye and 3 have two byes (Florida State, Stanford and USC). Byes fall between weeks 2 and 10.
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| Team | Bye | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Crimson Tide | 9 | Vanderbilt Commodores | Chattanooga Mocs | Auburn Tigers |
| Arizona State Sun Devils | 4 | UCF Knights | Oklahoma State Cowboys | Arizona Wildcats |
| Arizona Wildcats | 7 | Utah Utes | Kansas State Wildcats | Arizona State Sun Devils |
| Arkansas Razorbacks | 8 | South Carolina Gamecocks | Texas Longhorns | LSU Tigers |
| Auburn Tigers | 6 | Mississippi State Bulldogs | Samford Bulldogs | Alabama Crimson Tide |
| BYU Cougars | 4 | Baylor Bears | Kansas Jayhawks | Cincinnati Bearcats |
| Baylor Bears | 6 | BYU Cougars | Texas Tech Red Raiders | Houston Cougars |
| Boston College Eagles | 6 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Syracuse Orange | Miami Hurricanes |
| California Golden Bears | 10 | Virginia Cavaliers | Stanford Cardinal | Pittsburgh Panthers |
| Cincinnati Bearcats | 6 | Iowa State Cyclones | Colorado Buffaloes | BYU Cougars |
| Clemson Tigers | 6 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | Duke Blue Devils | South Carolina Gamecocks |
| Colorado Buffaloes | 6 | Houston Cougars | Cincinnati Bearcats | UCF Knights |
| Duke Blue Devils | 5 | Miami Hurricanes | Clemson Tigers | Wake Forest Demon Deacons |
| Florida Gators | 8 | Kentucky Wildcats | Vanderbilt Commodores | Florida State Seminoles |
| Florida State Seminoles | 2, 8 | Pittsburgh Panthers | NC State Wolfpack | Florida Gators |
| Georgia Bulldogs | 8 | Missouri Tigers | South Carolina Gamecocks | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets |
| Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | 5 | Clemson Tigers | Wake Forest Demon Deacons | Georgia Bulldogs |
| Houston Cougars | 9 | Colorado Buffaloes | West Virginia Mountaineers | Baylor Bears |
| Illinois Fighting Illini | 7 | UCLA Bruins | Iowa Hawkeyes | Northwestern Wildcats |
| Indiana Hoosiers | 10 | USC Trojans | Washington Huskies | Purdue Boilermakers |
| Iowa Hawkeyes | 7 | Purdue Boilermakers | Illinois Fighting Illini | Nebraska Cornhuskers |
| Iowa State Cyclones | 7 | Cincinnati Bearcats | UCF Knights | Kansas State Wildcats |
| Kansas Jayhawks | 4 | West Virginia Mountaineers | BYU Cougars | Oklahoma State Cowboys |
| Kansas State Wildcats | 5 | TCU Horned Frogs | Arizona Wildcats | Iowa State Cyclones |
| Kentucky Wildcats | 9 | Florida Gators | Missouri Tigers | Louisville Cardinals |
| LSU Tigers | 9 | Texas Longhorns | Tennessee Volunteers | Arkansas Razorbacks |
| Louisville Cardinals | 8 | North Carolina Tar Heels | Pittsburgh Panthers | Kentucky Wildcats |
| Maryland Terrapins | 8 | Wisconsin Badgers | USC Trojans | Penn State Nittany Lions |
| Miami (FL) Hurricanes | 6 | Duke Blue Devils | Virginia Tech Hokies | Boston College Eagles |
| Michigan State Spartans | 9 | Washington Huskies | Oregon Ducks | Rutgers Scarlet Knights |
| Michigan Wolverines | 6 | Oregon Ducks | UCLA Bruins | Ohio State Buckeyes |
| Minnesota Golden Gophers | 7 | Penn State Nittany Lions | Northwestern Wildcats | Wisconsin Badgers |
| Mississippi State Bulldogs | 6 | Auburn Tigers | Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles | Ole Miss Rebels |
| Missouri Tigers | 8 | Georgia Bulldogs | Kentucky Wildcats | Oklahoma Sooners |
| Nebraska Cornhuskers | 8 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | Ohio State Buckeyes | Iowa Hawkeyes |
| North Carolina State Wolfpack | 7 | Syracuse Orange | Florida State Seminoles | North Carolina Tar Heels |
| North Carolina Tar Heels | 4 | Louisville Cardinals | Virginia Cavaliers | NC State Wolfpack |
| Northwestern Wildcats | 2 | Ohio State Buckeyes | Minnesota Golden Gophers | Illinois Fighting Illini |
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 8 | Boston College Eagles | SMU Mustangs | Syracuse Orange |
| Ohio State Buckeyes | 8 | Northwestern Wildcats | Nebraska Cornhuskers | Michigan Wolverines |
| Oklahoma Sooners | 5 | Ole Miss Rebels | Texas A&M Aggies | Missouri Tigers |
| Oklahoma State Cowboys | 5 | Texas Tech Red Raiders | Arizona State Sun Devils | Kansas Jayhawks |
| Ole Miss Rebels | 5 | Oklahoma Sooners | Wofford Terriers | Mississippi State Bulldogs |
| Oregon Ducks | 5 | Michigan Wolverines | Michigan State Spartans | Washington Huskies |
| Penn State Nittany Lions | 8 | Minnesota Golden Gophers | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | Maryland Terrapins |
| Pittsburgh Panthers | 10 | Florida State Seminoles | Louisville Cardinals | California Golden Bears |
| Purdue Boilermakers | 8 | Iowa Hawkeyes | Wisconsin Badgers | Indiana Hoosiers |
| Rutgers Scarlet Knights | 6 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | Penn State Nittany Lions | Michigan State Spartans |
| SMU Mustangs | 6 | Wake Forest Demon Deacons | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Stanford Cardinal |
| South Carolina Gamecocks | 7 | Arkansas Razorbacks | Georgia Bulldogs | Clemson Tigers |
| Stanford Cardinal | 2, 10 | Virginia Tech Hokies | California Golden Bears | SMU Mustangs |
| Syracuse Orange | 4 | NC State Wolfpack | Boston College Eagles | Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
| TCU Horned Frogs | 6 | Kansas State Wildcats | Utah Utes | Texas Tech Red Raiders |
| Tennessee Volunteers | 9 | Texas A&M Aggies | LSU Tigers | Vanderbilt Commodores |
| Texas A&M Aggies | 9 | Tennessee Volunteers | Oklahoma Sooners | Texas Longhorns |
| Texas Longhorns | 5 | LSU Tigers | Arkansas Razorbacks | Texas A&M Aggies |
| Texas Tech Red Raiders | 6 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | Baylor Bears | TCU Horned Frogs |
| UCF Knights | 7 | Arizona State Sun Devils | Iowa State Cyclones | Colorado Buffaloes |
| UCLA Bruins | 5 | Illinois Fighting Illini | Michigan Wolverines | USC Trojans |
| USC Trojans | 7, 10 | Indiana Hoosiers | Maryland Terrapins | UCLA Bruins |
| Utah Utes | 5 | Arizona Wildcats | TCU Horned Frogs | West Virginia Mountaineers |
| Vanderbilt Commodores | 9 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Florida Gators | Tennessee Volunteers |
| Virginia Cavaliers | 10 | California Golden Bears | North Carolina Tar Heels | Virginia Tech Hokies |
| Virginia Tech Hokies | 9 | Stanford Cardinal | Miami Hurricanes | Virginia Cavaliers |
| Wake Forest Demon Deacons | 8 | SMU Mustangs | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | Duke Blue Devils |
| Washington Huskies | 8 | Michigan State Spartans | Indiana Hoosiers | Oregon Ducks |
| West Virginia Mountaineers | 9 | Kansas Jayhawks | Houston Cougars | Utah Utes |
| Wisconsin Badgers | 6 | Maryland Terrapins | Purdue Boilermakers | Minnesota Golden Gophers |
Bye weeks and opponents are published fixtures and are reproduced here as fact. Weeks 11, 12, 13 are the weeks that decide best ball, which is why they are the ones shown. Nothing here is betting advice.
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