2026 season · Week 8

Texas State Bobcats Playoff Chances

Updated October 18, 2026 · Based on 6,000 simulated seasons

Texas St (3-3, 1-1 Pac-12) has less than a 1% chance to make the 12-team College Football Playoff, a 10% chance to win the Pac-12 and less than a 1% chance to win the national title, according to the A to Z Sports model (6,000 simulated seasons, updated October 18, 2026). It has less than a 1% chance to be the highest-ranked Group of 6 team, which earns an automatic bid. Projected regular-season wins: 6.4.

Texas State Bobcats odds (October 18, 2026)
Make the College Football Playoff<1%
Win the Pac-1210%
Reach the conference championship21%
Top-ranked Group of 6 team<1%
Reach the semifinals<1%
Win the national title<1%

Texas St playoff odds at a glance

Texas St (3-3, 1-1 Pac-12) has less than a 1% chance to make the 12-team College Football Playoff, a 10% chance to win the Pac-12 and less than a 1% chance to win the national title, according to the A to Z Sports model (6,000 simulated seasons, updated October 18, 2026). It has less than a 1% chance to be the highest-ranked Group of 6 team, which earns an automatic bid. Projected regular-season wins: 6.4.

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About the A to Z Sports CFB Playoff Predictor

The A to Z Sports CFB Playoff Predictor: every FBS team's path to the 2026 College Football Playoff. It gives all 138 FBS teams their odds to make the 12-team playoff, win their conference, earn a first-round bye and win the national title, from 6,000 simulations of the rest of the season. Pick the winner of any game and every team's odds update, with each conference's official tiebreakers and the 2026 CFP format applied. Every team has a page with what it needs and who to root for, and you can build, download and share your own bracket. Free to use. No account needed.

Last updated October 18, 2026 · results through Week 7 · based on 6,000 simulated seasons.

How to use the College Football Playoff Predictor

  1. See every team's odds. We simulate the rest of the season thousands of times and count how often each team makes the 12-team playoff.
  2. Pick any game. Tap a team to make them the winner. Both teams' strength updates the way it would after a real result, and every team's odds update nationwide.
  3. Sim the rest. Use "Sim this week" or "Sim to Selection Day" — your picks stay locked.
  4. Pick the title games. "Title games" (after the last week) shows each conference's likely championship matchups. Pick a winner — the pick follows that team if it gets there.
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Frequently asked questions

What are Texas St's chances to make the College Football Playoff?

Less than a 1% chance, according to the A to Z Sports model (6,000 simulated seasons, updated October 18, 2026). The Texas State Bobcats are 3-3 (1-1 in the Pac-12). Chance to be the top-ranked Group of 6 team, which gets an automatic bid: less than 1%. Chance to win the national title: less than 1%.

What does Texas St need to make the playoff?

Texas St makes the playoff in less than 1% of simulated seasons. Even at 9-3, it gets in less than 1% of the time, so its clearest path is winning the Pac-12 (10%) and being the top-ranked Group of 6 team.

Who should Texas St fans root for?

No single result elsewhere moves Texas St's playoff odds by a full point right now — Texas St's own games matter most.

Can Texas St win the Pac-12?

Texas St reaches the Pac-12 Championship in 21% of simulated seasons and wins the conference in 10%. Ties for a title-game spot are broken with the Pac-12's official tiebreakers.

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