BPort Sports' College Football Picks (Week 0)

It's that time of the week! BPort Sports has got you covered with a wide variety of showcased games, from FBS to High School. There are plenty of great matchups for the opening weekend of the 2025 season! We at BPort Sports have decided to include a Game of the Week preview for an enhanced reading experience this year. FBS Rankings are based on the AP Top 25. All games are FBS unless otherwise noted. Below, you can find a list of our picks for Week 0.

This Week: 0-0

Last Week: 0-0

Record This Season: 0-0

2022-2024 Record: 980-680

Overall Record: 980-680

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

Parentheses denote 2024 record.

Away at Home- Game of the Week

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

Away at Home- Small College Game of the Week

Friday, August 22

High School Football PIAA District 1 Spotlight Game

Wissahickon (5-5) at No. 11 Upper Dublin (9-4) [7:00 PM on UDMedia Media]

Saturday, August 23

Big 12

No. 22 Iowa State (11-3) vs. No. 17 Kansas State (9-4) [12:00 PM on ESPN]

• Location: Aviva Stadium (Dublin, Ireland)

• *All stats are from the 2024 season.

• Head-to-Head History:

  • Iowa State is 54-50-4 against Kansas State all-time.

  • Iowa State most recently beat Kansas State on November 30, 2024 in a 29-21 home win.

  • Kansas State is 2-0 against Iowa State at a neutral site.

  • Kansas State most recently beat Iowa State on October 8, 2022 in a 10-9 road win.

• No. 22 Iowa State

  • Team Stats:

    • Points per Game: 31.8 (31st in FBS)

    • Points Allowed per Game: 24.5 (52nd in FBS)

    • Total Offense per Game: 421.1 (31st in FBS)

    • Yards Allowed per Game: 358.5 (50th in FBS)

  • Power Players on Offense:

    • QB1: Rocco Becht (59.4 CMP%, 3,505 yds, 25-9 TD/INT)

    • RB1: Carson Hansen (151 car, 752 yds, 13 TD)

    • WR1: Chase Sowell (34 rec, 678 yds, 3 TD) [East Carolina transfer]

  • Power Players on Defense:

    • DE1: Tamatoa McDonough (22 solo, 27 tot, 8 TFL) [FCS Yale transfer]

    • LB1: Caleb Bacon (60 tot, 3 sacks, 7 TFL) [2023 stats]

    • DB1: CB Jontez Williams (46 tot, 4 int, 5 PD)

• No. 17 Kansas State

  • Team Stats:

    • Points per Game: 30.0 (T-41st in FBS)

    • Points Allowed per Game: 24.8 (56th in FBS)

    • Total Offense per Game: 425.3 (29th in FBS)

    • Yards Allowed per Game: 360.8 (51st in FBS)

  • Power Players on Offense:

    • QB1: Avery Johnson (58.3 CMP%, 2,712 yds, 25-10 TD/INT)

    • RB1: Dylan Edwards (74 car, 546 yds, 5 TD)

    • WR1: Jayce Brown (47 rec, 823 yds, 5 TD)

  • Power Players on Defense:

    • DE1: Chiddi Obiazor (9 solo, 16 tot, 5 TFL)

    • LB1: Desmond Purnell (46 tot, 4 sacks, 9.5 TFL)

    • DB1: SS V.J. Payne (64 tot, 2 int, 3 PD)

Fresno State (6-7, Mtn West) at Kansas (5-7) [6:30 PM on FOX]

Conference USA

Sam Houston (10-3, 6-2) at Western Kentucky (8-6, 6-2) [7:00 PM on CBSSN]

Mountain West

Idaho State (5-7, FCS) at UNLV (11-3) [4:00 PM on Mountain West Network]

Stanford (3-9, ACC) at Hawaii (5-7) [7:30 PM on CBS]

FCS Games

No. 4 Incarnate Word (11-3) at Nicholls (4-8, 2-5 Southland) [1:00 PM on ESPN2]

No. 8 Tarleton State (10-4) at Portland State (3-8, Big Sky) [4:30 PM on ESPN2]

No. 7 UC Davis (11-3) vs. No. 11 Mercer (11-3) [7:00 PM on ESPN]

• Cramton Bowl (Montgomery, AL)

NC Central (8-3, MEAC) vs. Southern (8-5, SWAC) [7:30 PM on ABC]

• Center Parc Stadium (Atlanta, GA)

Small College Games of the Week

{NJCAA D1} Dodge City (6-4, KJCCC) at No. 9 Tyler (7-4) [8:00 PM on TJCApacheAthletics]

{NJCAA D3} No. 5 Rochester CTC (5-5) at No. 1 DuPage (11-1) [8:00 PM on BoxCast TV]