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2018 NFL mock draft: What could be a position of surprise in April?

We’ve got a four-round mock draft and a full schedule of Saturday’s Week 13 college action to keep you occupied!

The 2017 college football season has reached the final week of its “regular season” schedule. Week 13 is upon us, and after this, we move into the conference championship games and bowl season. We’ve already seen one huge upset in No. 2 Miami losing to unranked Pittsburgh. You can view the full schedule down below, with a host of potential upsets on the docket.

This will serve as our college game thread for the day, and we’re back with another four-round 2018 NFL mock draft from Draftwire. The 49ers picks don’t change a lot, with some new players but the same positions.

1 (2). Saquon Barkley, RB, Penn State (@ Maryland, Big Ten Network, 12:30 p.m.)
2 (60). Anthony Miller, WR, Memphis (vs. East Carolina, ESPNU, 9:00 a.m.)
3 (66). Mason Cole, OL, Michigan (vs. No. 9 Ohio State, FOX, 9:00 a.m.)
3 (70). Quenton Meeks, CB, Stanford (vs. No. 8 Notre Dame, ABC, 5:00 p.m.)
4 (127). Lorenzo Carter, EDGE, Georgia (@ Georgia Tech, ABC, 9 a.m.)

The 49ers four-round class at Draftwire has been a similar run of positions each week. While they make sense as areas of need, there are always surprises in the NFL Draft. Aside from re-ordering when these positions go, what would be a position that might go earlier than people are thinking?

Here’s the full schedule of today’s college action.

College football TV schedule, Week 13

Matchup Time (PT) TV Streaming
Matchup Time (PT) TV Streaming
#7 Georgia at Georgia Tech 9:00 AM ABC WatchESPN.com
#9 Ohio State at Michigan 9:00 AM FOX FoxSportsGo.com
Kansas at #19 Oklahoma State 9:00 AM FS1 FoxSportsGo.com
East Carolina at #20 Memphis 9:00 AM ESPNU WatchESPN.com
Florida State at Florida 9:00 AM ESPN WatchESPN.com
Louisville at Kentucky 9:00 AM SEC Network WatchESPN.com
Indiana at Purdue 9:00 AM ESPN2 WatchESPN.com
Connecticut at Cincinnati 9:00 AM ESPNews WatchESPN.com
Tulane at SMU 9:00 AM CBSSN CBSSports.com
Boston College at Syracuse 9:20 AM ACC Network WatchESPN.com
Duke at Wake Forest 9:30 AM ACC Network WatchESPN.com
North Texas at Rice 10:00 AM None WatchESPN.com
UTEP at UAB 10:00 AM None CUSA.tv
Appalachian State at Georgia State 11:00 AM None WatchESPN.com
Florida Atlantic at Charlotte 11:00 AM None Facebook.com
Southern Mississippi at Marshall 11:30 AM KYMS WatchStadium.com
Old Dominion at Middle Tennessee 12:00 PM None WatchESPN.com
Arkansas State at Louisiana Monroe 12:00 PM None WatchESPN.com
UNLV at Nevada 12:00 PM AT&T Sports Net None
#1 Alabama at #6 Auburn 12:30 PM CBS CBSSports.com
#5 Wisconsin at Minnesota 12:30 PM ABC WatchESPN.com
#10 Penn State at Maryland 12:30 PM BTN BTN2Go.com
#23 Boise State at Fresno State 12:30 PM CBSSN CBSSports.com
North Carolina at NC State 12:30 PM ESPNU WatchESPN.com
Iowa State at Kansas State 12:30 PM ESPN2 WatchESPN.com
West Virginia at #4 Oklahoma 12:45 PM ESPN WatchESPN.com
#16 Michigan State at Rutgers 1:00 PM FOX FoxSportsGo.com
#22 Northwestern at Illinois 1:00 PM FS1 FoxSportsGo.com
Vanderbilt at Tennessee 1:00 PM SEC Network WatchESPN.com
Temple at Tulsa 1:00 PM ESPNews WatchESPN.com
Idaho at New Mexico State 1:00 PM None WatchESPN.com
Arizona at Arizona State 1:30 PM Pac-12 Networks Pac-12.com
Georgia Southern at Louisiana-Lafayette 2:00 PM None WatchESPN.com
Wyoming at San Jose State 2:00 PM None WatchESPN.com
Oregon State at Oregon 4:00 PM ESPN2 WatchESPN.com
#3 Clemson at #24 South Carolina 4:30 PM ESPN WatchESPN.com
Texas A&M at #18 LSU 4:30 PM SEC Network WatchESPN.com
UT San Antonio at Louisiana Tech 4:30 PM ESPNU WatchESPN.com
#8 Notre Dame at #21 Stanford 5:00 PM ABC WatchESPN.com
#13 Washington State at #17 Washington 5:00 PM FOX FoxSportsGo.com
BYU at Hawai'i 6:00 PM CBSSN CBSSports.com
Colorado at Utah 7:00 PM FS1 FoxSportsGo.com
Utah State at Air Force 7:15 PM ESPN2 WatchESPN.com