Week in picks — October 19–25, 2026
A week the model would happily sign again: Maiden went 153-84 (64.6%) across 237 graded picks (college football 27-19, NFL 8-3, tennis 107-59, UFC 3-2, cricket 8-1).
Tristan Schoolkate at 51% in Keegan Smith vs Tristan Schoolkate. The market had the other side; we published the upset call anyway, and it landed.
Troy Trojans at 87% in UL Monroe Warhawks at Troy Trojans. It lost. It stays on the record like everything else we publish.
College Football
In college football we went 27-19 (58.7%) over 46 graded games. Every game below links its full result and pick review.
- Air Force Falcons at Wyoming Cowboys✗
- Army Black Knights at Tulsa Golden Hurricane✓
- BYU Cougars at UCF Knights✗
- Colorado Buffaloes at Oklahoma State Cowboys✓
- Duke Blue Devils at Virginia Cavaliers✗
- Massachusetts Minutemen at UConn Huskies✓
- NC State Wolfpack at Stanford Cardinal✗
- Texas Tech Red Raiders at Cincinnati Bearcats✗
- Boise State Broncos at Washington State Cougars✓
- Boston College Eagles at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets✗
- Bowling Green Falcons at Buffalo Bulls✓
- California Golden Bears at SMU Mustangs✓
- Eastern Michigan Eagles at Ohio Bobcats✓
- Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors at Northern Illinois Huskies✓
- Iowa Hawkeyes at Minnesota Golden Gophers✗
- Iowa State Cyclones at Arizona Wildcats✓
- Kansas State Wildcats at Arizona State Sun Devils✗
- Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns at Southern Miss Golden Eagles✗
- LSU Tigers at Auburn Tigers✓
- Miami (OH) RedHawks at Central Michigan Chippewas✓
- Michigan State Spartans at UCLA Bruins✓
- North Dakota State Bison at New Mexico Lobos✓
- North Texas Mean Green at Navy Midshipmen✓
- Oklahoma Sooners at Mississippi State Bulldogs✓
- Old Dominion Monarchs at Louisiana Tech Bulldogs✓
- Oregon Ducks at Illinois Fighting Illini✗
- Pittsburgh Panthers at Miami Hurricanes✓
- Rice Owls at Florida Atlantic Owls✓
- Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Northwestern Wildcats✓
- Sacramento State Hornets at Ball State Cardinals✓
- San Diego State Aztecs at Colorado State Rams✗
- San José State Spartans at Nevada Wolf Pack✓
- Syracuse Orange at North Carolina Tar Heels✗
- Tennessee Volunteers at South Carolina Gamecocks✗
- UL Monroe Warhawks at Troy Trojans✗
- USC Trojans at Wisconsin Badgers✗
- Utah State Aggies at Texas State Bobcats✓
- Vanderbilt Commodores at Kentucky Wildcats✓
- Virginia Tech Hokies at Clemson Tigers✗
- West Virginia Mountaineers at TCU Horned Frogs✗
- Western Michigan Broncos at Toledo Rockets✓
NFL
In the NFL we went 8-3 (72.7%) over 11 graded games. Every game below links its full result and pick review.
- Cleveland Browns at Tennessee Titans✓
- Denver Broncos at Arizona Cardinals✓
- Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions✓
- Indianapolis Colts at Minnesota Vikings✓
- Kansas City Chiefs at Seattle Seahawks✓
- Los Angeles Rams at Las Vegas Raiders✓
- New York Giants at Houston Texans✗
- Pittsburgh Steelers vs New Orleans Saints✓
- San Francisco 49ers at Atlanta Falcons✗
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Carolina Panthers✗
Tennis
Tennis carried 107-59 (64.5%) over 166 graded picks, accuracy score 0.225 — lower is better, 0.25 is a coin flip; the sim called 68 exact set scores on the nose; upset calls against the market went 6-4.
October 19, 2026
Picks went 20-5 · 13 exact scores called
October 20, 2026
Picks went 26-20 · 17 exact scores called
October 21, 2026
Picks went 20-8 · 10 exact scores called
October 22, 2026
Picks went 14-10 · 12 exact scores called
October 23, 2026
Picks went 16-6 · 8 exact scores called
October 24, 2026
Picks went 6-6 · 5 exact scores called
October 25, 2026
Picks went 5-4 · 3 exact scores called
UFC
UFC went 3-2 over 5 graded fight picks — the cage was kind this week. Every fight below links its full result and pick review.
Cricket
Cricket leans went 8-1 over 9 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 October 19–25, 2026?
- Maiden went 153-84 (64.6%) across 237 graded picks in the week of October 19–25, 2026 (college football 27-19, NFL 8-3, tennis 107-59, UFC 3-2, cricket 8-1). Every pick is graded against the number we published before the event.
- What was Maiden's best call in the week of October 19–25, 2026?
- Tristan Schoolkate at 51% in Keegan Smith vs Tristan Schoolkate — an upset call against the market favorite that landed.
- What was Maiden's worst miss in the week of October 19–25, 2026?
- Troy Trojans at 87% in UL Monroe Warhawks at Troy Trojans — 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.