College football is back in earnest, and Week 3 certainly delivered plenty of excitement, upsets (hello Georgia State!) and games that came down to the wire. How will Week 4 deliver an encore? We’re just a few hours away from finding out.
With the chaos of Week 3 in the rearview mirror and the fourth week of the college football season already underway, it’s time to get into the Week 4 slate with my weekly best bets column. Friday night’s slate isn’t the biggest, but it features a couple of important games in the Big Ten and ACC, as well as a pretty fascinating matchup in the Pacific Northwest. I’m expecting a pair of competitive games on Friday, so let’s take a look at my college football picks for these Week 4 matchups.
San Jose State Spartans +14.5 vs Washington State Cougars (-110)
This number has taken significant money since opening at over two touchdowns, but this is one of my favorite situational spots of the week for a reason and I’d still play the underdog at the current number. This edition of “Pac-2 After Dark” will feature Washington State – fresh off a terrific win in the final seconds of the Apple Cup against in-state rival Washington – hosting San Jose State at home on a short week. This is an interestingly placed game for the Cougars against a mid-tier Mountain West opponent, with a road game against Boise State on deck. That's a pretty difficult sandwich spot to handle for a team that will likely still be riding off the high of last weekend's result, and San Jose State could give the Cougars a real scare as a result.