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SALT LAKE CITY — In a wild week four of college football, Utah stole the show and is gaining national recognition after demolishing the University of Oregon 62-20, while BYU is looking to regroup after a crushing 31-0 loss to Michigan.
UCLA routed Arizona 56-30, East Carolina stunned Virginia Tech 35-28 and TCU held off Texas Tech 55-52, thanks to a fourth-and-goal deflected pass that was caught for a touchdown with less than 30 seconds remaining.
With the games in the books, how did we do? Not so well. Here are the results of week four of KSL's College Football Pick'em.
KSL.com user J. Spilker (Utah fan base) correctly picked all five games, ending week four with 153 points out of a possible 250. Spilker's best picks were East Carolina 35, Virginia Tech 31 (47 points) and Utah 35, Oregon 28 (43 points). Spilker was one of just two users in the top 50 that correctly picked all five games. By finishing with the most points in week four, Spilker will receive a $30 Wells Fargo VISA gift card.
While there were many KSL.com users with undefeated records going into week four, none remain. The best record in the top 50 belongs to user C. Chadwick at 18-2.
For the first time in KSL Pick'em, the consensus record was below .500 (prediction, actual): Michigan vs. BYU (23-26, 31-0); East Carolina vs. Virginia Tech (17-29, 35-28); Texas Tech vs. TCU (25-40, 52-55); Arizona vs. UCLA (25-26, 30-56; and Oregon vs. Utah (32-25, 20-62).
Again, Ute fans were the most accurate in week four, scoring a season low average of 14.1 points per game. Utah State was second with 11.4 and BYU a distant third with just 8.5. Percentage-wise, Ute fans picked 54 percent of the games correctly, with Utah State picking 49 percent and BYU 37 percent.
BYU fans were the most optimistic fan base, with 89 percent predicting a win at Michigan. And 51.7 percent of the Ute fan base predicted a Utah win over Oregon.
For those following the KSL Sports group, Andy Larsen finished 3-2 with 85 points, while Josh Furlong maintains the overall lead with a 16-4 record and 567 points.
This upcoming week's games includes BYU vs. Connecticut, No. 19 Wisconsin vs. Iowa, Navy vs. Air Force, No. 20 Oklahoma State vs. Kansas State and Utah State vs. Colorado State. Utah has the week off.
If you haven't signed up yet, don't worry — each weekly prize will be awarded to the highest point total for that week, so you have the same odds to win as those who participated in weeks 1-4. We are also excited to announce a new sponsorship with RC Willey, so look for some exciting updates to the prize list in the near future.
One big change you will notice this week is that auto-save has been turned off. After inserting the predicted score for each game, hit the "Save Pick" button to submit. If successful, the box will change from red to green. Robert Jackson is the cross platform sports and weather producer for ksl.com and KSL-TV.
