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 all across college football.

Due to the lack of games at the FBS level, this week’s picks will also include playoff matchups of each level: FCS, Division II, Division III and NAIA.

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

Below, you can find a list of our picks for Week 17.

This Week: 0-0

Last Week: 10-5

Record This Season: 119-89

2022-2024 Record: 980-680

Overall Record: 1,099-769

**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 (includes FCS)

Away at Home- Small College Game of the Week (anything except FBS/FCS)

Friday, December 19

College Football Playoff First Round Game (1 of 4)

No. 9 Alabama (10-3) at No. 8 Oklahoma (10-2) [8:00 PM on ABC/ESPN]

Myrtle Beach Bowl

Kennesaw State (10-3, C-USA) vs. Western Michigan (9-4, MAC) [11:00 AM on ESPN]

• Brooks Stadium (Conway, SC)

Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl

Memphis (8-4, American) vs. NC State (7-5, ACC) [2:30 PM on ESPN]

• Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, FL)

Saturday, December 20

College Football Playoff First Round Game (3 of 4)

No. 10 Miami (10-2) at No. 7 Texas A&M (11-1) [12:00 PM on ABC/ESPN]

• Location: Kyle Field (College Station, TX)

• Head-to-Head History:

  • Miami is 3-2 against Texas A&M all-time.

  • Miami most recently beat Texas A&M on September 9, 2023 in a 48-33 home win.

  • Texas A&M is 1-1 against Miami at home.

  • Texas A&M most recently beat Miami on September 17, 2022 in a 17-9 home win.

• No. 10 Miami

  • Radio Coverage: WQAM 104.3

  • Team Stats:

    • Points per Game: 34.1 (20th in FBS)

    • Points Allowed per Game: 13.8 (6th in FBS)

    • Total Offense per Game: 425.8 (27th in FBS)

    • Yards Allowed per Game: 277.8 (11th in FBS)

  • Power Players on Offense:

    • QB1: Carson Beck (74.7 CMP%, 3,072 yds, 25-10 TD/INT)

    • RB1: Mark Fletcher Jr. (141 car, 685 yds, 10 TD)

    • WR1: Malachi Toney (84 rec, 970 yds, 7 TD)

  • Power Players on Defense:

    • DL1: DE Rueben Bain (37 tot, 4.5 sacks, 7.5 TFL)

    • LB1: Mohamed Toure (54 tot, 1 sacks, 2 TFL)

    • DB1: SS Jakobe Thomas (49 tot, 4 int, 4 PD)

• No. 7 Texas A&M

  • Team Stats:

    • Points per Game: 36.3 (14th in FBS)

    • Points Allowed per Game: 21.9 (T-41st in FBS)

    • Total Offense per Game: 454.4 (20th in FBS)

    • Yards Allowed per Game: 309.8 (19th in FBS)

  • Power Players on Offense:

    • QB1: Marcel Reed (61.8 CMP%, 2,932 yds, 25-10 TD/INT)

    • RB1: Rueben Owens (112 car, 618 yds, 5 TD)

    • WR1: K.C. Concepcion (57 rec, 886 yds, 9 TD)

  • Power Players on Defense:

    • DL1: DE Cashius Howell (29 tot, 11.5 sacks, 14 TFL)

    • LB1: Daymion Sanford (50 tot, 3.5 sacks, 9 TFL)

    • DB1: CB Will Lee III (43 tot, 0 int, 7 PD)

No. 11 Tulane (11-2) at No. 6 Ole Miss (11-1) [3:30 PM on TNT/truTV]

No. 12 James Madison (12-1) at No. 5 Oregon (11-1) [7:30 PM on TNT/truTV]

Division II Championship

No. 1 Harding (15-0) vs. No. 1 Ferris State (15-0) [4:00 PM on ESPN2]

• McKinney ISD Stadium (McKinney, TX)

Division III Championship - Semifinal

Johns Hopkins (12-1) at UW-River Falls (12-1) [1:00 PM on ESPN+]

John Carroll (12-1) at North Central (13-0) [4:30 PM on ESPN+]

FCS Championship - Semifinals

No. 3 Montana (13-1) at No. 2 Montana State (12-2) [4:00 PM on ABC]

Illinois State (11-4) at No. 12 Villanova (12-2) [7:30 PM on ESPN2]

NAIA Championship

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

• Crowley ISD Stadium (Fort Worth, TX)