Week in picks — September 14–20, 2026
A week the model would happily sign again: Maiden went 129-51 (71.7%) across 180 graded picks (college football 46-4, NFL 8-6, tennis 60-37, UFC 5-2, cricket 10-2).
Michael Mmoh at 57% in J J Wolf vs Michael Mmoh. The market had the other side; we published the upset call anyway, and it landed.
Texas A&M Aggies at 91% in Kentucky Wildcats at Texas A&M Aggies. It lost. It stays on the record like everything else we publish.
College Football
In college football we went 46-4 (92.0%) over 50 graded games. Every game below links its full result and pick review.
- Akron Zips at Minnesota Golden Gophers✓
- Arkansas State Red Wolves at TCU Horned Frogs✓
- Ball State Cardinals at Liberty Flames✓
- Bowling Green Falcons at Iowa State Cyclones✓
- Buffalo Bulls at Penn State Nittany Lions✓
- BYU Cougars at Colorado State Rams✓
- Charlotte 49ers at App State Mountaineers✓
- Coastal Carolina Chanticleers at Delaware Blue Hens✓
- Colorado Buffaloes at Northwestern Wildcats✓
- East Carolina Pirates at Old Dominion Monarchs✗
- Eastern Michigan Eagles at Wisconsin Badgers✓
- Florida International Panthers at Florida Atlantic Owls✓
- Florida State Seminoles at Alabama Crimson Tide✓
- Fresno State Bulldogs at San José State Spartans✓
- Georgia Bulldogs at Arkansas Razorbacks✓
- Georgia Southern Eagles at Jacksonville State Gamecocks✓
- Georgia State Panthers at UCF Knights✓
- James Madison Dukes at San Diego State Aztecs✓
- Kennesaw State Owls at Tennessee Volunteers✓
- Kent State Golden Flashes at Ohio State Buckeyes✓
- Kentucky Wildcats at Texas A&M Aggies✗
- Louisiana Tech Bulldogs at Baylor Bears✓
- Marshall Thundering Herd at Missouri State Bears✓
- Miami (OH) RedHawks at Cincinnati Bearcats✓
- Michigan State Spartans at Notre Dame Fighting Irish✓
- Mississippi State Bulldogs at South Carolina Gamecocks✗
- NC State Wolfpack at Vanderbilt Commodores✓
- New Mexico Lobos at Oklahoma Sooners✓
- North Carolina Tar Heels at Clemson Tigers✓
- North Dakota State Bison at Sacramento State Hornets✓
- Northern Illinois Huskies at Arizona Wildcats✓
- Ohio Bobcats at South Alabama Jaguars✓
- Purdue Boilermakers at UCLA Bruins✓
- SMU Mustangs at Louisville Cardinals✓
- Stanford Cardinal at Duke Blue Devils✓
- Temple Owls at Toledo Rockets✓
- Troy Trojans at Missouri Tigers✓
- Tulane Green Wave at Kansas State Wildcats✓
- UAB Blazers at Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns✓
- UConn Huskies at Southern Miss Golden Eagles✓
- USC Trojans at Rutgers Scarlet Knights✓
- Utah State Aggies at Utah Utes✓
- UTEP Miners at Michigan Wolverines✓
- UTSA Roadrunners at Texas Longhorns✓
- West Virginia Mountaineers vs Virginia Cavaliers✗
- Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Indiana Hoosiers✓
- Western Michigan Broncos at Rice Owls✓
- Wyoming Cowboys at Central Michigan Chippewas✓
NFL
In the NFL we went 8-6 (57.1%) over 14 graded games. Every game below links its full result and pick review.
- Cincinnati Bengals at Houston Texans✗
- Cleveland Browns at Tampa Bay Buccaneers✗
- Green Bay Packers at New York Jets✓
- Indianapolis Colts at Kansas City Chiefs✓
- Las Vegas Raiders at Los Angeles Chargers✗
- Miami Dolphins at San Francisco 49ers✓
- Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears✗
- New Orleans Saints at Baltimore Ravens✗
- Philadelphia Eagles at Tennessee Titans✓
- Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots✓
- Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals✓
- Washington Commanders at Dallas Cowboys✓
Tennis
Tennis carried 60-37 (61.9%) over 97 graded picks, accuracy score 0.235 — lower is better, 0.25 is a coin flip; the sim called 45 exact set scores on the nose; upset calls against the market went 2-1.
September 14, 2026
Picks went 13-2 · 9 exact scores called
September 15, 2026
Picks went 14-10 · 10 exact scores called
September 16, 2026
Picks went 11-8 · 8 exact scores called
September 17, 2026
Picks went 5-9 · 2 exact scores called
September 18, 2026
Picks went 12-2 · 11 exact scores called
September 19, 2026
Picks went 5-6 · 5 exact scores called
UFC
UFC went 5-2 over 7 graded fight picks — the cage was kind this week. Every fight below links its full result and pick review.
Cricket
Cricket leans went 10-2 over 12 graded matches, priced pre-toss as always. Each match below links its full review.
Frequently asked questions
- How did Maiden's sports picks do in the week of September 14–20, 2026?
- Maiden went 129-51 (71.7%) across 180 graded picks in the week of September 14–20, 2026 (college football 46-4, NFL 8-6, tennis 60-37, UFC 5-2, cricket 10-2). Every pick is graded against the number we published before the event.
- What was Maiden's best call in the week of September 14–20, 2026?
- Michael Mmoh at 57% in J J Wolf vs Michael Mmoh — an upset call against the market favorite that landed.
- What was Maiden's worst miss in the week of September 14–20, 2026?
- Texas A&M Aggies at 91% in Kentucky Wildcats at Texas A&M Aggies — the strongest published number that lost. It remains on the public record.
Maiden publishes predictions, not bets. This review is generated straight from the graded record.