BPort Sports' College Football Picks (Week 3)

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 the AP Top 25. All games are FBS unless otherwise noted. Below, you can find a list of our picks for Week 3.

This Week: 0-0

Last Week: 0-0 (9-7 in Week 1)

Record This Season: 17-10

2022-2024 Record: 980-680

Overall Record: 997-690

**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, September 11

ACC (1 of 3)

NC State (2-0, 0-0) at Wake Forest (2-0, 0-0) [7:30 PM on ESPN]

Friday, September 12

Big 12 (2 of 3)

Colorado (1-1, 0-0) at Houston (2-0, 0-0) [7:30 PM on ESPN]

Kansas State (1-2) at Arizona (2-0) [9:00 PM on FOX]

Saturday, September 13

ACC (2 of 3)

No. 12 Clemson (1-1) at Georgia Tech (2-0, 0-0) [12:00 PM on ESPN]

Boston College (1-1, 0-0) at Stanford (0-2, 0-0) [10:30 PM on ACCN]

American

Navy (2-0, 1-0) at Tulsa (1-1, 0-0) [8:00 PM on ESPN+]

Big 12 (1 of 3)

Pittsburgh (2-0, ACC) at West Virginia (1-1) [3:30 PM on ESPN]

Big Ten

No. 4 Oregon (2-0) at Northwestern (1-1, 0-0) [12:00 PM on FOX]

USC (2-0, 0-0) at Purdue (2-0, 0-0) [3:30 PM on CBS]

Minnesota (2-0) at California (2-0, ACC) [10:30 PM on ESPN]

Conference USA

New Mexico State (2-0, 0-0) at Louisiana Tech (1-1, 0-0) [7:30 PM on ESPN+]

FBS Independents & Pac-12

No. 16 Texas A&M (2-0) at No. 8 Notre Dame (0-1) [7:30 PM on NBC]

MAC

Buffalo (1-1, 0-0) at Kent State (1-1, 0-0) [12:00 PM on CBSSN]

Mountain West

Air Force (1-0, 0-0) at Utah State (1-1, 0-0) [9:45 PM on FS1]

Notable Non-Conference

No. 18 South Florida (2-0) at No. 5 Miami (2-0) [4:30 PM on The CW Network]

SEC

No. 6 Georgia (2-0) at No. 15 Tennessee (2-0) [3:30 PM on ABC]

• Location: Neyland Stadium (Knoxville, TN)

• Head-to-Head History:

  • Georgia is 29-23-2 against Tennessee all-time.

  • Georgia most recently beat Tennessee on November 16, 2024 in a 31-17 home win.

  • Tennessee is 12-14-1 against Georgia at home.

  • Tennessee most recently beat Georgia on October 1, 2016 in a 34-31 road win.

• No. 6 Georgia

  • Team Stats (vs FBS Teams):

    • Points per Game: 45.0 (T-8th in FBS)

    • Points Allowed per Game: 7.0 (T-8th in FBS)

    • Total Offense per Game: 488.0 (18th in FBS)

    • Yards Allowed per Game: 207.0 (5th in FBS)

  • Power Players on Offense:

    • QB1: Gunner Stockton (69.0 CMP%, 417 yds, 2-0 TD/INT)

    • RB1: Nate Frazier (25 car, 116 yds, 2 TD)

    • WR1: Zachariah Branch (6 rec, 112 yds, 1 TD)

  • Power Players on Defense:

    • DE1: Gabe Harris Jr. (2 solo, 3 tot, 2 TFL)

    • LB1: Raylen Wilson (14 tot, 2.5 sacks, 1 TFL)

    • DB1: SS K.J. Bolden (10 tot, 0 int, 1 PD)

• No. 15 Tennessee

  • Team Stats (vs FBS Teams):

    • Points per Game: 45.0 (T-8th in FBS)

    • Points Allowed per Game: 26.0 (80th in FBS)

    • Total Offense per Game: 493.0 (15th in FBS)

    • Yards Allowed per Game: 377.0 (73rd in FBS)

  • Power Players on Offense:

    • QB1: Joey Aguilar (66.1 CMP%, 535 yds, 5-0 TD/INT)

    • RB1: Star Thomas (24 car, 161 yds, 3 TD)

    • WR1: Chris Brazzell II (14 rec, 187 yds, 2 TD)

  • Power Players on Defense:

    • DE1: Joshua Josephs (3 solo, 8 tot, 2 TFL)

    • LB1: Arion Carter (13 tot, 2 sacks, 1 TFL)

    • DB1: CB Jalen McMurray (10 tot, 0 int, 1 PD)

Florida (1-1, 0-0) at No. 3 LSU (2-0) [7:30 PM on ABC]

Vanderbilt (2-0, 0-0) at No. 11 South Carolina (2-0) [7:45 PM on SECN]

Sun Belt

App State (2-0, 0-0) at Southern Miss (1-1, 0-0) [7:00 PM on ESPN+]

Small College Games of the Week

{DIII} No. 2 Mount Union (1-0) at No. 15 Grove City (1-0) [1:00 PM on JRM Sports]

{DII} No. 5 Grand Valley (2-0) at No. 16 Pittsburg State (0-2) [5:00 PM on ESPN 100.7/LS]