Week 4 of the college football season has a couple of exciting matchups including Michigan at Wisconsin, Auburn at Texas A&M and Notre Dame at Georgia.
After going 20-2 in Week 3 with the only losses being Maryland and Iowa State, Week 4 includes three ranked teams squaring off in vital games as we inch closer to the halfway point of the season.
Jim Harbaugh gets a chance to put a muzzle on his critics, Notre Dame gets a chance at redemption against the Georgia Bulldogs and Texas A&M looks to slow down the early legend of freshman phenom Bo Nix on this slate of fantastic ballgames.
Week 4 schedule and Top 25 predictions (winner in bold)
Friday, Sept. 20
- No. 10 Utah at USC 9 p.m., FS1
- Air Force at No. 20 Boise State 9 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday, Sept. 21
- Southern Mississippi at No. 2 Alabama 12 p.m., ESPN2
- No. 4 LSU at Vanderbilt 12 p.m., SECN
- Tennessee at No. 9 Florida 12 p.m., ESPN
- No. 11 Michigan at No. 13 Wisconsin 12 p.m., FOX
- No. 23 California at Ole Miss 12 p.m., ESPNU
- Miami (OH) at No. 6 Ohio State 3:30 p.m., BTN
- No. 8 Auburn at No. 17 Texas A&M 3:30 p.m., CBS
- No. 15 UCF at Pittsburgh 3:30 p.m., ABC
- No. 22 Washington at BYU 3:30 p.m., ESPN2
- SMU at No. 25 TCU 3:30 p.m., FS1
- No. 16 Oregon at Stanford 7 p.m., ESPN
- Old Dominion at No. 21 Virginia 7 p.m., ESPN2
- Charlotte at No. 1 Clemson 7:30 p.m., ACCN
- Oklahoma State at No. 12 Texas 7:30 p.m., ABC
- No. 7 Notre Dame vs No. 3 Georgia 8 p.m., CBS
- Colorado at No. 24 Arizona State 10 p.m., Pac12
- UCLA at No. 19 Washington State 10:30 p.m., ESPN
There are several opportunities to add more upsets in Week 4, but with the majority of the Top 25 at home, it was tough to pull the trigger on the underdogs.
Coming off an impressive overtime win against USC, BYU has the chance to defeat back-to-back ranked teams as the team welcomes Jacob Eason and Washington into LaVell Edwards Stadium.
Another game to monitor within the Pac-12 is the Friday night matchup between No. 10 Utah and USC. The Utes are quietly moving its way up the polls with the No. 8 defense in the nation. Constant pressure and swarming ballhawks in the defensive backfield including senior safety Julian Blackmon will make a Trojan upset bid extremely difficult.
When it comes to the three ranked games, it is hard to pick against Jonathan Taylor in the case of Wisconsin. Taylor and quarterback Jack Coan have looked fantastic through three weeks and Michigan has looked very beatable.
Georgia’s offense with Jake Fromm and D’Andre Swift has not faced much competition so far, but expect a heavy workload for the workhorse back in a victory against the Fighting Irish.
The last game of the week between the Texas A&M Aggies and the Auburn Tigers is a massive game for freshman Bo Nix. Nix has the opportunity to give the Tigers a confidence-booster before its eventual game against Alabama in the Iron Bowl. Nix’s swagger and tremendous accuracy should carry the Tigers to a win.
Overall record this season: 59-8