BPort Sports' College Football Picks (December 26–27)

bryanportney01
Dec 26, 2025
3 min read

It's that time of the week! BPort Sports has got you covered with a wide variety of showcased games all across college football.

FBS Rankings are based on CFP rankings. All games are FBS unless otherwise noted.

Below, you can find a list of our picks for December 26–27.

This Week: 0-0

Last Week: 9-3

Record This Season: 128-92

2022-2024 Record: 980-680

Overall Record: 1,108-772

**Teams in bold denote my pick to win the listed game.

Parentheses denote a team’s 2025 record.

LS = Live Stats (normally paired with a radio stream, Ex: Radio/LS)

Away at Home- Game of the Week

Away at Home- Non-Power 4 Game of the Week

Friday, December 26

GameAbove Sports Bowl

Central Michigan (7-5, MAC) vs. Northwestern (6-6, Big Ten) [1:00 PM on ESPN]

Ford Field (Detroit, MI)

Rate Bowl

New Mexico (9-3, Mtn West) vs. Minnesota (7-5) [4:30 PM on ESPN]

Chase Field (Phoenix, AZ)

SERVPRO First Responder Bowl

FIU (7-5, C-USA) vs. UTSA (6-6, American) [8:00 PM on ESPN]

Gerald J. Ford Stadium (Dallas, TX)

Saturday, December 27

Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl

Penn State (6-6, Big Ten) vs. Clemson (7-5) [12:00 PM on ABC]

Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY)

Go Bowling Military Bowl

Pittsburgh (8-4, ACC) vs. East Carolina (8-4, American) [11:00 AM on ESPN]

Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Annapolis, MD)

Isleta New Mexico Bowl

No. 25 North Texas (11-2) vs. San Diego State (9-3, Mtn West) [5:45 PM on ESPN]

University Stadium (Albuquerque, NM)

Kinder’s Texas Bowl

LSU (7-5, SEC) vs. No. 21 Houston (9-3) [9:15 PM on ESPN]

NRG Stadium (Houston, TX)

Pop-Tarts Bowl

No. 22 Georgia Tech (9-3) vs. No. 12 BYU (11-2) [3:30 PM on ABC]

Location: Camping World Stadium (Orlando, FL)
Head-to-Head History:
- BYU is 3-1 against Georgia Tech all-time.
- BYU most recently beat Georgia Tech on October 12, 2013 in a 38-20 home win.
- The two teams have never met in a bowl game.
- Georgia Tech most recently beat BYU on September 21, 2002 in a 28-19 home win.
No. 22 Georgia Tech
- Team Stats:
  - Points per Game: 33.1 (23rd in FBS)
  - Points Allowed per Game: 25.0 (71st in FBS)
  - Total Offense per Game: 466.3 (13th in FBS)
  - Yards Allowed per Game: 397.0 (91st in FBS)
- Power Players on Offense:
  - QB1: Haynes King (71.7 CMP%, 2,697 yds, 12-5 TD/INT)
    - 178 car, 922 yds, 15 TD
  - RB1: Jamal Haynes (116 car, 504 yds, 5 TD)
  - WR1: Eric Rivers (42 rec, 556 yds, 1 TD)
- Power Players on Defense:
  - DL1: DT Jordan van den Berg (42 tot, 3 sacks, 11 TFL)
  - LB1: Kyle Efford (72 tot, 1.5 sacks, 1.5 TFL)
  - DB1: CB Ahmari Harvey (24 tot, 0 int, 7 PD)
No. 12 BYU
- Team Stats:
  - Points per Game: 31.9 (33rd in FBS)
  - Points Allowed per Game: 19.0 (21st in FBS)
  - Total Offense per Game: 397.5 (59th in FBS)
  - Yards Allowed per Game: 328.4 (28th in FBS)
- Power Players on Offense:
  - QB1: Bear Bachmeier (64.2 CMP%, 2,708 yds, 14-6 TD/INT)
  - RB1: L.J. Owens (236 car, 1,305 yds, 12 TD)
  - WR1: Parker Kingston (61 rec, 848 yds, 5 TD)
- Power Players on Defense:
  - DL1: DE Bodie Schoonover (36 tot, 3 sacks, 6.5 TFL)
  - LB1: Jack Kelly (55 tot, 10 sacks, 13.5 TFL)
  - DB1: CB Evan Johnson (44 tot, 4 int, 7 PD)