BPort Sports' College Football Picks (Week 17)

It's that time of the week! BPort Sports has got you covered with a wide variety of showcased games, from FBS to NJCAA. Rankings for FBS teams are based on bracket seeds for CFP games and CFP rankings for non-CFP games. All other rankings are for postseason rankings. All game sections are sorted by alphabetical order. Below, you can find a list of our picks for Week 17.

This Week: 0-0

Last Week: 9-5

Record This Season: 216-140

2022 & 2023 Record: 728-522

Overall Record: 944-662

**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

Tuesday, December 17

Scooter's Coffee Frisco Bowl

No. 25 Memphis (10-2) vs. West Virginia (6-6, Big 12) [9:00 PM on ESPN]

• Toyota Stadium (Frisco, TX)

Wednesday, December 18

Art of Sport LA Bowl

California (6-6, ACC) vs. No. 24 UNLV (10-3) [9:00 PM on ESPN]

• SoFi Stadium (Inglewood, CA)

Boca Raton Bowl

Western Kentucky (8-5, C-USA) vs. James Madison (8-4, Sun Belt) [5:30 PM on ESPN]

• FAU Stadium (Boca Raton, FL)

NJCAA Division I National Championship

Hutchinson CC (10-1, KJCCC) vs. Iowa Western (11-1, ICCAC) [8:30 PM on ESPN+]

• Bain-Schaeffer Buffalo Stadium at West Texas A&M University (Canyon, TX)

Thursday, December 19

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl

Georgia Southern (8-4, Sun Belt) vs. Sam Houston (9-3, C-USA) [7:00 PM on ESPN2]

• Caesars Superdome (New Orleans, LA)

Friday, December 20

College Football Playoff First Round (1 of 4)

No. 10 Indiana (11-1) at No. 7 Notre Dame (11-1) [8:00 PM on ABC/ESPN]

StaffDNA Cure Bowl

Ohio (10-3, MAC) vs. Jacksonville State (9-4, C-USA) [12:00 PM on ESPN]

• Camping World Stadium (Orlando, FL)

Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl

Tulane (9-4, American) vs. Florida (7-5, SEC) [3:30 PM on ESPN2]

• Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, FL)

Saturday, December 21

College Football Playoff First Round (3 of 4)

No. 11 SMU (11-2) at No. 6 Penn State (11-2) [12:00 PM on TNT]

No. 12 Clemson (10-3) at No. 5 Texas (11-2) [4:00 PM on TNT]

No. 9 Tennessee (10-2) at No. 8 Ohio State (10-2) [8:00 PM on ABC/ESPN]

Division II National Championship

No. 2 Ferris State (13-1) vs. No. 1 Valdosta State (13-0) [2:00 PM on ESPN2]

• McKinney ISD Stadium (McKinney, TX)

Division III Semifinals

Johns Hopkins (12-1) at Mount Union (13-0) [12:00 PM on ESPN+]

Susquehanna (12-1) at North Central-IL (13-0) [3:30 PM on ESPN+]

FCS Semifinals

No. 3 South Dakota State (12-2) at No. 2 North Dakota State (12-2) [12:00 PM on ABC]

No. 4 South Dakota (11-2) at No. 1 Montana State (14-0) [3:30 PM on ABC]

NAIA National Championship

No. 1 Keiser (12-0) vs. No. 2 Grand View (13-0) [12:00 PM on NAIA Network]

• Durham County Memorial Stadium (Durham, NC)