BPort Sports' College Football Picks (Week 1)

It's that time of the week! BPort Sports has got you covered with a wide variety of showcased games all across college football. There are plenty of great matchups for the first full weekend of the 2025 season! 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 1.

This Week: 0-0

Last Week: 0-0

Record This Season: 8-3

2022-2024 Record: 980-680

Overall Record: 988-683

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

Parentheses denote 2024 record. *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

Away at Home- Small College Game of the Week

Thursday, August 28

American

No. 25 Boise State (12-2) at South Florida (7-6) [5:30 PM on ESPN]

MAC

Wyoming (3-9, Mtn West) at Akron (4-8) [7:00 PM on ESPN+]

Small College Games of the Week (1 of 2)

{DII} No. 10 Pittsburg State (9-3) at No. 1 Ferris State (14-1) [6:00 PM on ESPN 100.7/LS]

Friday, August 29

Big 12

Georgia Tech (7-6, ACC) at Colorado (9-4) [8:00 PM on ESPN]

Auburn (5-7, SEC) at Baylor (8-5) [8:00 PM on FOX]

Conference USA

UNLV (1-0, Mtn West)* at Sam Houston (0-1)* [9:30 PM on CBSSN]

Saturday, August 30

ACC (1 of 2)

No. 9 LSU (9-4) at No. 4 Clemson (10-4) [7:30 PM on ABC]

Big Ten

No. 1 Texas (13-3) at No. 3 Ohio State (14-2) [12:00 PM on FOX]

• Location: Ohio Stadium (Columbus, OH)

• *All stats are from the 2024 season.

• Head-to-Head History:

  • The series is tied, 2-2 all-time.

  • Ohio State most recently beat Texas on January 10, 2025 in a 28-14 neutral-site win in the CFP Semifinal.

  • Ohio State is 0-1 against Texas at home.

  • Texas most recently beat Ohio State on January 5, 2009 in a 24-21 neutral-site win in the Fiesta Bowl.

• No. 1 Texas

  • Team Stats:

    • Points per Game: 33.0 (24th in FBS)

    • Points Allowed per Game: 15.3 (2nd in FBS)

    • Total Offense per Game: 437.6 (17th in FBS)

    • Yards Allowed per Game: 283.7 (4th in FBS)

  • Power Players on Offense:

    • QB1: Arch Manning (67.8 CMP%, 939 yds, 9-2 TD/INT)

    • RB1: Quintrevion Wisner (226 car, 1,064 yds, 5 TD)

    • WR1: DeAndre Moore Jr. (39 rec, 456 yds, 7 TD)

  • Power Players on Defense:

    • DE1: Colin Simmons (31 solo, 48 tot, 14 TFL)

    • LB1: Anthony Hill Jr. (113 tot, 8 sacks, 16.5 TFL)

    • DB1: FS Michael Taaffe (40 tot, 2 int, 10 PD)

• No. 3 Ohio State

  • Team Stats:

    • Points per Game: 35.7 (9th in FBS)

    • Points Allowed per Game: 12.9 (1st in FBS)

    • Total Offense per Game: 429.4 (24th in FBS)

    • Yards Allowed per Game: 254.9 (1st in FBS)

  • Power Players on Offense:

    • QB1: Julian Sayin (75.5 CMP%, 2,369 yds, 24-1 TD/INT) [2024 Carlsbad HS stats]

    • RB1: CJ Donaldson (163 car, 734 yds, 11 TD) [West Virginia transfer]

    • WR1: Jeremiah Smith (76 rec, 1,315 yds, 15 TD)

  • Power Players on Defense:

    • DE1: Caden Curry (15 solo, 22 tot, 3.5 TFL)

    • LB1: Sonny Styles (100 tot, 6 sacks, 10.5 TFL)

    • DB1: CB Davison Igbinosun (30 tot, 2 int, 9 PD)

Utah (5-7, Big 12) at UCLA (5-7) [11:00 PM on FOX]

FBS Independents & Pac-12

California (6-7, ACC) at Oregon State (5-7, Pac-12) [10:30 PM on ESPN]

Mountain West

Georgia Southern (8-5, Sun Belt) at Fresno State (0-1)* [9:30 PM on FS1]

SEC (1 of 2)

Syracuse (10-3, ACC) vs. No. 24 Tennessee (10-3) [12:00 PM on ABC]

• Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta, GA)

Sun Belt

Eastern Michigan (5-7, MAC) at Texas State (8-5) [8:00 PM on ESPN+]

Small College Games of the Week (1 of 2)

{NAIA} No. 3 Morningside (12-2) at No. 4 Benedictine-KS (11-3) [2:00 PM on Urban Edge Network]

Sunday, August 31

ACC (1 of 2)

No. 6 Notre Dame (14-2) at No. 10 Miami-FL (10-3) [7:30 PM on ABC]

SEC (1 of 2)

Virginia Tech (6-7, ACC) vs. No. 13 South Carolina (9-4) [3:00 PM on ESPN]

• Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta, GA)