26 Bold Predictions for 2026: Bills, Orioles Win Titles; USA Makes World Cup Run

The Buffalo Bills and Baltimore Orioles breaking through to capture elusive championships?! The United States men's national team making noise at the World Cup?! Fernando Mendoza serving as the savior of the New York Jets?!

We asked our FOX Sports writers to look into their crystal balls to see what 2026 will bring in the sports world.

Here are their 26 boldest predictions for the upcoming year:

Smith has been the best player in the country for two consecutive years, according to everyone except voters for major college football awards. He singlehandedly flipped Ohio State into a national title team in just four games in 2024, and he did it as a true freshman. In 2025, he finished sixth in the Heisman voting, the only wideout to receive enough votes to make the top 10, and voters of the Biletnikoff didn’t pick him. Well, 2026 is the year for all arguments for age and lasting impact on the sport laid to rest and to crown Smith for the player he has been since he entered the sport. – RJ Young

[Read more: Inside Jeremiah Smith's rise to stardom ]

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A mere 31 years after they lost the last of their four straight Super Bowls in the early 1990s, the Bills bring a title to Title-less Town, and defeat the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LX. Forced to play three straight playoff games on the road after losing the AFC East to the Patriots, the Bills will actually cruise through the AFC playoff field with the Kansas City Chiefs mercifully out of the way. Bills fans will then not only flock to Santa Clara, Califronia, for the big game, but they’ll pack their soon-to-be demolished stadium in Orchard Park, New York for an outdoor viewing party (in a blizzard, of course). It’ll still be snowing two