Local News Station WTAP Releases Week 3 College Football Predictions
WTAP, a local news station in Parkersburg, has released its staff's college football predictions for Week 3 of the season, including picks for games featuring Ohio State, Marshall, and WVU.
Parkersburg, WV, September 18, 2026 — WTAP, a local news station based in Parkersburg, West Virginia, has published its staff’s college football predictions for the upcoming third week of the season. The predictions cover a selection of games, with specific attention given to matchups involving prominent regional teams such as Ohio State, Marshall, and West Virginia University (WVU).
The report from WTAP details the picks made by its news staff for Week 3 college football contests. While the summary indicates predictions for games featuring Ohio State, Marshall, and WVU, specific details regarding the individual staff members who made these predictions were not provided. Furthermore, the exact matchups for each of these teams in Week 3 were not explicitly detailed in the information provided.
College football season predictions often generate interest among local fan bases, and WTAP’s release offers a compilation of expert opinions from its newsroom. The station’s coverage typically aims to inform the local community about significant events and trends, including the performance and outlook for collegiate sports teams relevant to the region. The release of these predictions falls within the station’s ongoing coverage of local and regional interests.
The inclusion of Ohio State, Marshall, and WVU in the prediction list suggests these teams are of particular focus for the station and its audience. These institutions often draw significant attention from football enthusiasts in the Parkersburg area and across West Virginia. The specifics of the predictions themselves, including which team each WTAP staff member forecasts to win its respective Week 3 game, are available through the station’s reporting.
The timeframe for these predictions is specifically Week 3 of the current college football season. No further information was available regarding the methodology used by the WTAP staff for their picks, nor was information provided on the win-loss records of the prognosticators from previous weeks or seasons. The report from WTAP serves as a forecast from its editorial staff for the games scheduled within this week of the college football calendar.
Story summarized from the original created by Phillip Hickman on www.wtap.com, see more information here.
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