IFL Week 15 Picks
- Trey
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We are on to the final quarter of the season! Everybody put your fours up in the air.
This is where the playoff picture gets very fun and we see teams rise, fall and maybe even a little bit of both as we rocket ourselves towards the postseason.
The top of the Western Conference is about to be a gauntlet, while the middle of the East is going to be very interesting to see how it shakes out between Fishers, Orlando, Tulsa & Quad City and who of those four are in and who are on the outside.
Before we get to our picks for this juicy sorta-rivalry week of games, let's dive into our Weeks 13 & 14 picks and review:
IFL Week 13 & 14 Review
Week 13 - 2-4
Iowa-ORL Under 96.5 - Winner
Combined for 57 points
TUL-FISH Under 87.5 - Loser
Combined for 89 points
SA-JAX Over 79.5 - Loser
Combined for 74 points
GB-QC Over 89.5 - Loser
Combined for 80 points
Tucson -4.5 - Winner
Tucson wins and covers, 48-22
Vegas -26.5 - Loser
Vegas wins a nail biter 71-70, NAZ covers
Week 14 - 6-1
JAX-GB Over 92.5 - Winner
Combined for 99 points
New Mexico +8.5 - Loser
San Antonio boatraces the Chups, 74-18
Quad City -5.5 - Winner
Quad City wins and covers, 42-17
ORL-TUL Over 87.5 - Winner
Combined for 102 points
TUC-VEG Over 88.5 - Winner
Combined for 100 points
NAZ-SD Under 95.5 - Winner
Combined for 89 points
Fishers +8.5 - Loser
Fisher wins a nail biter outright, 37-36
Note: I am a firm believer in posting picks before games, and while I wasn't able to post a full blog last week I did post these before each day of games here, here & here. Transparency is important in the picks game!
2-4 week followed by a 6-1 week.. we'll take it! That Week 13 slate had some brutal beats.
Tulsa-Fishers going to OT and the Over hitting on a game winning, walk off 2-pt conversion was painful. San Antonio-Jacksonville Over not hitting because San Antonio couldn't muster the strength for a single touchdown in the second half was agonizing to live through. But this is why we do picks, we live and die on the roller coaster of each one. Sometimes you get lucky with an offsides on a deuce, sometimes the Gunslingers offense lets you down.
Week 15 is a BANGER of a slate with some very important conference matchups, so if you'll allow me to say the line...
LET'S FIND SOME WINNERS!
2026 IFL Record: 49-29
Vegas Knight Hawks @ San Diego Strike Force (Friday 6/19 @ 10:00PM ET)
The Play: San Diego +7.5
I've had this game circled on the calendar for a LONG time and we finally made it.
Vegas has been a wagon for most of the season and San Diego is my preseason pick to win the IFL National Championship, and we get to see the first of two clashes that will 100% weigh heavily on the final seeding in the West.
I think this game will ultimately come down to the wire in a one-possession final score, which makes me lean towards the homedogs and the 7.5 in this spot.
Fun fact: the date of this game is 6/19. San Diego's area code is 619. Just some food for thought for those that look for the signs.
Prediction: 49-46 San Diego
Iowa Barnstormers @ Fishers Freight (Saturday 6/20 @ 7:00PM ET)
The Play: Under 85.5
Fishers, please don't score 70. If you can keep to a fun 50-burger and just run the hell out of the ball in the second half, we should be in a tremendous spot for this total number.
Iowa's offense continues to struggle, with 24 points scored combined in the last couple of weeks, so this number is dependent on how the Freight offense approaches this one in the second half.
It feels like both teams will have longer drives, meaning less total possessions, which hypothetically means less points but idk. Fishers controls the game but scores less than 60.
plz
Prediction: 54-27 Fishers
San Antonio Gunslingers @ Tulsa Oilers (Saturday 6/20 @ 8:00PM ET)
The Play: Over 75.5
This is one of the more interesting matchups of the week, IMO. Tulsa swept both games in San Antonio earlier this year in pretty convincing fashion, but that was when the Gunslingers refused to score more than 40 points in a game.
They bring in Zach Calzada last week and this offense explodes for 74 and looks like a brand new team. (albeit, against a struggling New Mexico squad). I don't see them score 74 again, but this offense has a pulse and is going up against a Tulsa offense that has been hot in their own right, scoring 45+ in each of their last 4.
Tulsa has been hot the past month and I think they continue that in this one. Tulsa wins, but San Antonio keeps it interesting with a fresh offense.
Prediction: 48-40 Tulsa
Arizona Rattlers @ Tucson Sugar Skulls (Saturday 6/20 @ 10:00PM ET)
The Play: Tucson +15.5
Arguably the hottest team in the IFL gets 15.5 points as a HOMEDOG against an in-state rival that they defeated twice last season with a much less talented roster than they have this year? I'll take it.
Ja'Rome Johnson has this Sugar Skulls offense buzzing and the Rattlers are coming off a tough loss at home to Fishers. Both defenses have been playing well as of late too, so that can lead to a lower scoring slugfest than some may anticipate.
I love the homedogs, gimme the Skulls. (sprinkle a little on the +600 ML too, live a little)
Prediction: 40-39 Arizona
Northern Arizona Wranglers @ New Mexico Chupacabras (Sunday 6/21 @ 4:00PM ET)
The Play: NAZ -5.5
I have a new rule that I am going to live by for the remainder of the season:
Fade New Mexico.
This team has taken a beating over the past couple of months and we've seen an exodus of talent leaving ABQ for greener pastures. Combine that with NAZ showing vast improvement on the offensive side of the ball in recent weeks with Anthony Garrett and it feels like the -5.5 is far and away the move here.
I will say, NAZ released a couple of key pieces in as a result of a postgame skirmish last week against San Diego, so that opens the door for the Chups to get spicy.
It's gonna pain me to pick against the Breaking Bad Blue unis, but this New Mexico team is a tough watch. NAZ, points, lock it.
Prediction: 44-30 NAZ
Jacksonville Sharks @ Orlando Pirates (Sunday 6/21 @ 7:30PM ET)
The Play: Jacksonville -7.5
Jacksonville vs Orlando in the City Beautiful for the first time since 2019!
The Sharks have quietly been one of the best teams in the IFL this season, but are coming off a game they'd like to forget in Green Bay last week. The Pirates are a great team at home, but it feels like Jacksonville has their number.
The first time these teams met earlier this year, Jacksonville boatraced Orlando. It should and will be much closer than that one was, but I still think Jacksonville handles business here.
Prediction: 50-41 Jacksonville