College Football 2026 Season PREDICTIONS: National Champion, Playoff Teams, Conference Title Winners

Today on The Hard Count with J.D. PicKell...

🧃 J.D. LEAKS The 2026 CFB Season Script
J.D. predicts EVERYTHING for the entire season. J.D. makes his pick for the winner of each P4 conference, teams who will make the college football playoff, and who will be holding the national championship trophy when the confetti drops in Las Vegas in late January. On top of it all, J.D. predicts the Heisman Trophy winner. CFB season is HERE!

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0:00 Intro
2:09 SEC Prediction
16:52 Big Ten Prediction
26:33 ACC Prediction
34:20 Big 12 Prediction
40:27 Heisman Finalists & Winner Prediction
46:57 CFP Seeding Prediction
54:21 CFP Bracket Prediction

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