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It’s already been a better year than 2015 for both the Wyoming Cowboys and the Eastern Michigan Eagles. These teams combined to win just three games all of last season and are each 2-1 heading into this Friday night matchup. Now both sides will look to put themselves in good position for a bowl game by moving to 3-1 before the start of conference play when they meet in this interesting Week 4 college football game.... 

After a disastrous first season in Corvallis, Gary Anderson is trying to right the ship with the Oregon State Beavers. The Beavers won their first game in nearly a full calendar year last week against Idaho State, but now have to face the champions of the state of Idaho when the Boise State Broncos come to town. This College Football Week 4 matchup will be a crucial test for Anderson’s team to see just how far they have come.... 

Lamar Jackson has become the frontrunner for the Heisman Trophy through his virtuoso performance in his first three games of the season. He has the Cardinals at the highest point they have ever been in the polls, up to No. 3 in the AP and No. 4 in the Coaches Poll, and could take them to their first ever No. 1 ranking. First though, the Cardinals must get by a feisty Marshall Thundering Herd team in College Football Week 4 action.This matchup in Week 4 will take place on Saturday, September 24, 2016 with kickoff at 8 p.m. ET at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. This game will be broadcast on CBSS.... 

Washington was favorites by 6-points when these teams met last year, but came away with a 46-point win as they completely annulated the competition. With three straight lopsided wins coming into this game and this game on their minds, Washington should be plenty confident, but can we look for some stumbles as they potentially look past this matchup? That’s not likely given it represents their first Pac-12 matchup of the year. Washington will also be anxious for their first win over the Wildcats in Arizona in a decade.This contest in Week 4 of the regular season will go down Saturday, September 24, 2016, at 10:30 p.m. ET at Arizona Stadium.... 

The USC Trojans and Utah Utes have met a grand total of five times since the schools became Pac-12 rivals back in 2011. To say it’s been all Trojans would be quite the understatement with USC winning four of the five overall meetings and covering three of them against the spread. Kyle Whittingham’s squad will look to turn the tables on that ugly record under the Friday night lights when the South Division rivals square off in Week 4.Watch this regular season Week 4 matchup live on Friday, September 23, 2016, at 9 p.m. ET at Rice-Eccles Stadium.... 

Remember when Florida State was considered to be one of the top teams in the country? And remember when you didn't even know who Lamar Jackson was? Like a week ago? Week 3 changed all of that for sure, and now as we head into Week 4, there are a lot of teams out there who are set to hit the tipping point of their season one way or the other, and this is going to be a make-or-break week for several clubs.... 

The Big 10 Conference is off to a good start against non-conference foes and has three teams ranked in the top 13, according to the latest Associated Press poll. Ohio State leads the way at No. 3, followed by Michigan at No. 4, Wisconsin No. 9 and the Iowa Hawkeyes at No. 13. Nebraska is playing good ball and could sneak into the Top 25 in the coming weeks. Michigan State also has a competitive squad and if they can upset Notre Dame this week, they could make the poll. The conference looks solid - three or four teams lurking in the top ten and three or four more teams that could make some noise in 2016. Of course, the conference does have some really bad teams; Purdue, Rutgers, Northwestern and Indiana will fight to see who ends up in the cellar in the standings. All are very bad teams.... 

Utah is a heavy favorite despite being on the road and hopes to play well in advance of the start of its Pac-12 slate. San Jose State rolled up 66 points last time out in a win over Portland State and hopes to be competitive in this showdown.Watch this regular season Week 3 matchup live on Saturday, September 17, 2016, at 10:30 p.m. ETat CEFCU Stadium.... 

Stanford has more talent, the home field advantage and a solid coaching staff. There seems to be little reason why it can’t win this game by double-digits, which would cover the spread against the Trojans.This contest in Week 3 of the regular season will go down Saturday, September 17, 2016, at 8 p.m. ET at Stanford Stadium.... 

The Bulldogs are also 1-1 on the season and were stunned by South Alabama, 21-20, in their opener before rebounding with a win over South Carolina last time out. It was nice for Mississippi State to get back on track but this is a huge uptick in competition.This matchup in Week 3 of the regular season will take place on Saturday, September 17, 2016, at 7 p.m. ET at Tiger Stadium.... 

Duke is 1-1 right now and the team is fresh off a 24-14 loss to Wake Forest. Neither team has been very impressive and this is a matchup of a pair of programs that may struggle in conference play. With that in mind, it could be one of the few wins of the year for whichever one emerges victorious.Kickoff for this regular season Week 3 game is set for Saturday, September 17, 2016, at 8 p.m. ET at Ryan Field.... 

After splitting a pair of close hard fought games at Arizona and Utah, the BYU Cougars return to Provo for their home opener against Josh Rosen and the UCLA Bruins who will be out to snag their first road win of 2016. These clubs played to a thrilling 24-23 final in the Rose Bowl last season, and another hard fought back and forth affair is expected in Week 3.... 

Two teams looking to turn the page on poor starts to the season are set to collide in the desert in Week 3 when the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors lock horns with the Arizona Wildcats. Rich Rodriguez’s squad almost went down in historical fashion last week against Grambling State whom he was a 44 point favorite against. It’s likely the Wildcats come out stronger this week, but do they have the firepower to tackle such a hefty impost?... 

The surprising No. 11 Texas Longhorns will hit the road for the first time this season to play the back end of a home and home series with the California Golden Bears looking to avenge a crazy 45-44 defeat to them last season. This matchup is the owner of the highest total on the Week 3 board, and with both defenses susceptible to each offenses strengths, a boatload of points should hit the Memorial Stadium scoreboard late Saturday night.... 

They’ll be hoping to carry that momentum over into Week 3 as they take on the Arkansas Razorbacks, but it will be interesting to see how much energy the Bobcats have left in the tank this week after such a down-to-the wire win. The Bobcats would need a big boost to pull off another upset this week, as Arkansas has the superior roster.No. 24 Arkansas is fresh off a barn-burner of its own, defeating TCU in double-overtime last week to improve to 2-0 on the season and climb into the national rankings.... 

The Aggies have been historically the better team in this contest, holding a 4-2 record over the Tigers all-time, but Auburn got the better of Texas AM in 2015. This will be the first conference clash for both teams and will help set the tone as both look to compete in SEC play.This matchup in Week 3 of the regular season will take place on Saturday, September 17, 2016, at 4 p.m. ET at Jordan-Hare Stadium.... 

Fans of the Nebraska Cornhuskers will hope the ghosts of Mike Riley’s past didn’t follow him to Lincoln after the Oregon Ducks routinely beat his Beavers into submission just about every passing season he held the head coaching position in Corvallis. He dropped seven straight to the Ducks before bolting for the land of corn, and will now get a shot at wiping the slate clean in leading his new team to a huge Week 3 win.This contest in Week 3 of the regular season will go down Saturday, September 17, 2016, at 3:30 p.m. ET at Memorial Stadium.... 

While the Michigan Wolverines cruised to their second straight blowout win and cover of the season last week, there were some glaring inefficiencies in their overall body of work. They’ll look to rectify those issues in Week 3 against what’s proven to be a game Colorado Buffaloes side that’s gotten out to the program’s best start since 2013 in hopes of attaining its first winning record since 2005. Staying undefeated against Michigan will be its toughest test of the young season.... 

FCS teams never truly have a shot at taking down FBS opponents, but that simply isn’t the case with the North Dakota State Bison who enter this Week 3 tilt against the Iowa Hawkeyes owners of five national championships and the FCS’s No. 1 ranking. Should the Hawkeyes be in letdown made after throttling Iowa State to win the Cy-Hawk Trophy last week, the Bison would be more than happy to hand them a crippling defeat.This contest in Week 3 of the regular season will go down Saturday, September 17, 2016, at 12 p.m. ET at Kinnick Stadium.... 

Everyone concentrated on what the Ohio State Buckeyes lost to the NFL draft after last season. But they have shown there is plenty of talent that returned. Star quarterback J.T. Barrett has kickstarted an impressive two-game start, and the Buckeyes can really make a statement in Week 3.They will head to Norman to face off with the Oklahoma Sooners in a showdown of top-15 programs. Oklahoma and Ohio State are two of the most decorated teams in the country and this will be one of the most-watched games of the weekend. The Sooners lost to ranked Houston in their opener and will try to avoid another defeat before conference play.... 

The Georgia Bulldogs are 2-0 coming into Week 3. Just barely. The Bulldogs survived a close one against Nicholls State last week, fending off a late comeback attempt by their Southland Conference opponent to win 26-24.Georgia will look for a much more solid performance this week on the road against the Missouri Tigers, who come into this contest at 1-1.... 

The No. 12 Michigan State Spartans are used to being written off. Year after year, the experts underestimate Mark Dantonio and his Spartans and most of the time these experts are eating their words by the end of the season. Sparty will get the chance to again prove the doubters wrong if it gets through a tough four-game stretch starting this Saturday against the No. 18 Notre Dame Fighting Irish. This is one of the best primetime games in Week 3 of college football.... 

For the second straight season, the No. 23 Florida Gators started off with lowered expectations only to have those quickly raised following wins against less than stellar opponents. Despite struggling in the first week against UMass, a dominant win against a Kentucky team that has quit on Mark Stoops has propelled the Gators into the Top 25. The Gators now get a chance to pad that ranking in College Football Week 3 against one of the worst programs in football, the North Texas Mean Green.... 

Things are looking up for both the Maryland Terrapins and the UCF Knights this season. UCF is already guaranteed to have a better season in 2016 than it did after finishing last year winless and the Terps are just one win away from matching last season’s win total. That has led to excitement from both fanbases about new coaches Scott Frost and DJ Durkin and dreams of bowl appearances. The winner of this Week 3 College Football showdown will move that dream closer to a reality.... 

Even if the game is being played on a different continent, any time the Boston College Eagles take the field, it’s a race to see who can get to 20 points first. Boston College was one of the best under teams in history last season and once again looks like a team that will play a lot of close low-scoring games. In College Football Week 3, the Eagles will take on the one team outside of Clemson that scored more than 20 points on them in 2015, the Virginia Tech Hokies....