BPort Sports' College Football Picks (Week 4)

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 4.

This Week: 0-0

Last Week: 12-9

Record This Season: 29-19

2022-2024 Record: 980-680

Overall Record: 1,109-699

**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

Friday, September 19

Big Ten (1 of 3)

Iowa (2-1, 0-0) at Rutgers (3-0, 0-0) [8:00 PM on FOX]

Saturday, September 20

ACC

Syracuse (2-1, 0-0) at Clemson (1-2, 0-1) [12:00 PM on ESPN]

NC State (3-0, 1-0) at Duke (1-2, 0-0) [4:00 PM on ESPN2]

Stanford (1-2, 1-0) at Virginia (2-1, 0-0) [7:30 PM on ACCN]

American

North Texas (3-0, 0-0) at Army (1-1, 0-0) [12:00 PM on CBSSN]

Big 12

No. 17 Texas Tech (3-0) at No. 16 Utah (3-0) [12:00 PM on FOX]

West Virginia (2-1, 0-0) at Kansas (2-1, 0-0) [6:00 PM on FS1]

Arizona State (2-1, 0-0) at Baylor (2-1, 0-0) [7:30 PM on FOX]

Big Ten (2 of 3)

No. 21 Michigan (2-1) at Nebraska (3-0, 0-0) [3:30 PM on CBS]

No. 9 Illinois (3-0) at No. 19 Indiana (3-0) [7:30 PM on NBC]

• Location: Indiana University Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN)

• Head-to-Head History:

  • Illinois is 46-25-2 against Indiana all-time.

  • Illinois most recently beat Indiana on November 11, 2023 in a 48-45 overtime home win.

  • Indiana is 16-13 against Illinois at home.

  • Indiana most recently beat Illinois on September 2, 2022 in a 23-20 home win.

• No. 9 Illinois

  • Radio Coverage: The Varsity Network

  • Team Stats (vs FBS Teams):

    • Points per Game: 41.5 (T-14th in FBS)

    • Points Allowed per Game: 9.5 (10th in FBS)

    • Total Offense per Game: 388.5 (55th in FBS)

    • Yards Allowed per Game: 321.0 (37th in FBS)

  • Power Players on Offense:

    • QB1: Luke Altmyer (71.8 CMP%, 709 yds, 8-0 TD/INT)

    • RB1: Kaden Feagin (50 car, 222 yds, 3 TD)

    • WR1: Hank Beatty (19 rec, 289 yds, 1 TD)

  • Power Players on Defense:

    • DE1: Tomiwa Durojaiye (5 tot, 1 sack, 2 QBH)

    • LB1: Gabe Jacas (8 tot, 4 sacks, 3.5 TFL)

    • DB1: CB Torrie Cox Jr. (8 tot, 0 int, 1 PD)

• No. 19 Indiana

  • Radio Coverage: The Varsity Network

  • Team Stats (vs FBS Teams):

    • Points per Game: 41.5 (T-14th in FBS)

    • Points Allowed per Game: 11.5 (T-13th in FBS)

    • Total Offense per Game: 549.0 (5th in FBS)

    • Yards Allowed per Game: 292.8 (28th in FBS)

  • Power Players on Offense:

    • QB1: Fernando Mendoza (72.4 CMP%, 708 yds, 9-0 TD/INT)

    • RB1: Kaelon Black (34 car, 217 yds, 3 TD)

    • WR1: Omar Cooper Jr. (13 rec, 299 yds, 4 TD)

  • Power Players on Defense:

    • DE1: Kellan Wyatt (6 solo, 13 tot, 3.5 TFL)

    • LB1: Aiden Fisher (15 tot, 1 sacks, 3.5 TFL)

    • DB1: SS Louis Moore (17 tot, 2 int, 0 PD)

Conference USA

Delaware (2-1, 0-0) at FIU (2-1, 0-0) [6:00 PM on ESPN+]

FBS Independents & Pac-12

Purdue (2-1, Big Ten) at No. 24 Notre Dame (0-2) [3:30 PM on NBC]

MAC

Toledo (2-1, 0-0) at Western Michigan (0-3, 0-0) [3:30 PM on ESPN+]

Mountain West

Boise State (1-1, 0-0) at Air Force (1-1, 0-1) [7:00 PM on CBSSN]

Notable Non-Conference

SMU (2-1, ACC) at TCU (2-0, Big 12) [12:00 PM on ESPN2]

SEC

No. 22 Auburn (3-0) at No. 11 Oklahoma (3-0) [3:30 PM on ABC]

South Carolina (2-1, 0-1) at No. 23 Missouri (3-0) [7:00 PM on ESPN]

Tulane (3-0, American) at No. 13 Ole Miss (3-0) [3:30 PM on ESPN]

Sun Belt

Coastal Carolina (1-2, 0-0) at South Alabama (1-2, 0-0) [7:00 PM on ESPN+]

Small College Games of the Week

{DIII} No. 3 Johns Hopkins (2-0) at No. 4 Susquehanna (2-0) [1:00 PM on WQSU 88.9 FM/LS]

{DII} No. 20 Fort Hays (2-1) at No. 10 Pittsburg State (1-2) [5:00 PM on ESPN 100.7/LS]