Week in picks — October 26 – November 1, 2026
A week the model would happily sign again: Maiden went 181-79 (69.6%) across 260 graded picks (college football 37-10, NFL 9-2, tennis 123-62, UFC 5-0, cricket 7-5).
Gabriel Diallo at 51% in Gabriel Diallo vs Nishesh Basavareddy. The market had the other side; we published the upset call anyway, and it landed.
James Madison Dukes at 93% in Troy Trojans at James Madison Dukes. It lost. It stays on the record like everything else we publish.
College Football
In college football we went 37-10 (78.7%) over 47 graded games. Every game below links its full result and pick review.
- App State Mountaineers at Georgia Southern Eagles✓
- Arizona State Sun Devils at BYU Cougars✓
- Arizona Wildcats at Texas Tech Red Raiders✓
- Army Black Knights at Memphis Tigers✓
- Auburn Tigers at Ole Miss Rebels✓
- Boston College Eagles at Duke Blue Devils✓
- Bowling Green Falcons at Western Michigan Broncos✓
- California Golden Bears at NC State Wolfpack✓
- Coastal Carolina Chanticleers at Georgia State Panthers✗
- Colorado State Rams at Utah State Aggies✓
- Florida Gators vs Georgia Bulldogs✓
- Florida International Panthers at Liberty Flames✓
- Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Pittsburgh Panthers✓
- Illinois Fighting Illini at Maryland Terrapins✓
- Kansas Jayhawks at TCU Horned Frogs✓
- Kansas State Wildcats at Colorado Buffaloes✗
- Marshall Thundering Herd at Old Dominion Monarchs✗
- Miami Hurricanes at North Carolina Tar Heels✓
- Michigan Wolverines at Rutgers Scarlet Knights✓
- Minnesota Golden Gophers at Indiana Hoosiers✓
- Mississippi State Bulldogs at Texas Longhorns✓
- Missouri Tigers at Arkansas Razorbacks✓
- Nevada Wolf Pack at UCLA Bruins✓
- New Mexico Lobos at San José State Spartans✓
- Northern Illinois Huskies at UNLV Rebels✓
- Northwestern Wildcats at Oregon Ducks✓
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs Navy Midshipmen✓
- Ohio State Buckeyes at USC Trojans✗
- Purdue Boilermakers at Penn State Nittany Lions✓
- SMU Mustangs at Syracuse Orange✗
- South Carolina Gamecocks at Oklahoma Sooners✗
- Southern Miss Golden Eagles at UL Monroe Warhawks✓
- Stanford Cardinal at Louisville Cardinals✓
- Temple Owls at East Carolina Pirates✓
- Texas State Bobcats at Boise State Broncos✓
- UAB Blazers at South Florida Bulls✓
- Utah Utes at Cincinnati Bearcats✓
- UTEP Miners at North Dakota State Bison✓
- Virginia Cavaliers at Wake Forest Demon Deacons✓
- Washington Huskies at Nebraska Cornhuskers✗
- Wisconsin Badgers at Iowa Hawkeyes✓
NFL
In the NFL we went 9-2 (81.8%) over 11 graded games. Every game below links its full result and pick review.
- Arizona Cardinals at Dallas Cowboys✗
- Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers✓
- Baltimore Ravens at Buffalo Bills✓
- Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers✓
- Indianapolis Colts at Jacksonville Jaguars✓
- Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos✓
- Las Vegas Raiders at New York Jets✗
- New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins✓
- Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Commanders✓
- Tennessee Titans at Cincinnati Bengals✓
Tennis
Tennis carried 123-62 (66.5%) over 185 graded picks, accuracy score 0.214 — lower is better, 0.25 is a coin flip; the sim called 84 exact set scores on the nose; upset calls against the market went 3-2.
October 26, 2026
Picks went 17-5 · 14 exact scores called
October 27, 2026
Picks went 39-17 · 24 exact scores called
October 28, 2026
Picks went 20-14 · 12 exact scores called
October 29, 2026
Picks went 19-15 · 15 exact scores called
October 30, 2026
Picks went 14-5 · 10 exact scores called
October 31, 2026
Picks went 8-4 · 6 exact scores called
November 1, 2026
Picks went 6-2 · 3 exact scores called
UFC
UFC went 5-0 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 7-5 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 October 26 – November 1, 2026?
- Maiden went 181-79 (69.6%) across 260 graded picks in the week of October 26 – November 1, 2026 (college football 37-10, NFL 9-2, tennis 123-62, UFC 5-0, cricket 7-5). Every pick is graded against the number we published before the event.
- What was Maiden's best call in the week of October 26 – November 1, 2026?
- Gabriel Diallo at 51% in Gabriel Diallo vs Nishesh Basavareddy — an upset call against the market favorite that landed.
- What was Maiden's worst miss in the week of October 26 – November 1, 2026?
- James Madison Dukes at 93% in Troy Trojans at James Madison Dukes — 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.