Reactions from Week 3 + Predictions for Week 4 of the 2024 College Football Season

Boy was this a wild one. #1 Georgia narrowly escapes. Florida State loses again. Texas is back to number 1 this upcoming week. Indiana looks like world beaters so far. LSU escapes Williams-Brice by a mere few inches. Wow.

I should have perhaps known better than to pick Florida State because I did say that Memphis would be my group of 5 representatives in this year’s playoff. They look like that team.

My worst two picks of the week are aforementioned Florida State and also thinking that Georgia would dominate. What team? WILDCATS! Kentucky played really well despite not scoring a touchdown.

My best picks of the week were my prediction of Oklahoma and Tulane, along with the pick that UNLV would beat Kansas.

Week 3 record: 50-13
Record through Week 3: 197-44 (.817)

September 19 (1 game):

South Alabama def. Appalachian State, 45-42

September 20 (3 games):

Syracuse def. Stanford, 38-31 (X)
22) Nebraska def. 24) Illinois, 31-24 (X)
Washington State def. San José State, 37-27

September 21 (60 games):

3) Ohio State def. Marshall, 55-14
21) Clemson def. NC State, 30-20
Florida def. Mississippi State, 35-21
Indiana def. Charlotte, 56-7
Maryland def. Villanova, 38-7
North Carolina def. James Madison, 34-20
Cincinnati def. Houston, 28-21
Kansas def. West Virginia, 30-23
Tulane def. Louisiana, 31-24
Army def. Rice, 27-17
Kentucky def. Ohio, 33-13
Central Michigan def. Ball State, 35-27
20) Iowa State def. Arkansas State, 38-14
Coastal Carolina def. Virginia, 31-28
Utah State def. Temple, 34-20
Eastern Michigan def. St. Francis (PA), 45-17
Jacksonville State def. Southern Mississippi, 38-28
Nevada def. Eastern Washington, 45-31
10) Penn State def. Kent State, 41-10
18) Michigan def. 11) USC, 27-24
16) LSU def. UCLA, 45-14
17) Notre Dame def. Miami (OH), 42-14
19) Louisville def. Georgia Tech, 34-24
23) Northern Illinois def. Buffalo, 31-17
Arkansas def. Auburn, 34-30
Rutgers def. Virginia Tech, 23-21
UMass def. Central Connecticut, 41-14
Pittsburgh def. Youngstown State, 38-17
Arizona State def. Texas Tech, 38-31
Memphis def. Navy, 31-24
UTSA def. Houston Christian, 41-0
12) Utah def. 14) Oklahoma State, 27-26
Duke def. Middle Tennessee, 38-17
7) Missouri def. Vanderbilt, 45-10
TCU def. SMU, 36-34
Colorado State def. UTEP, 35-21
Florida International def. Monmouth, 51-7
Liberty def. East Carolina, 35-28
8) Miami def. South Florida, 38-14
Washington def. Northwestern, 27-21
UConn def. Florida Atlantic, 27-17
California def. Florida State, 28-24
Troy def. Florida A&M, 34-20
Louisiana Tech def. Tulsa, 34-27
Sam Houston State def. New Mexico State, 28-10
Toledo def. Western Kentucky, 38-24
North Texas def. Wyoming, 37-27
15) Oklahoma def. 6) Tennessee, 35-31
25) Texas A&M def. Bowling Green, 38-24
South Carolina def. Akron, 65-7
Minnesota def. Iowa, 24-20
5) Ole Miss def. Georgia Southern, 73-7
1) Texas def. UL Monroe, 52-3
Boston College def. Michigan State, 31-28
Colorado def. Baylor, 45-27
Fresno State def. New Mexico, 38-20
Oregon State def. Purdue, 30-23
Boise State def. Portland State, 48-24
13) Kansas State def. BYU, 31-21
Hawaii def. Northern Iowa, 37-14

I apologize to those who read these regarding the time that this post was released. There have been three thrillers on Friday (Washington State / San José State still ongoing. It appears I am wrong on all three if it holds up. Let the games continue!