Pick with (or against) the college football experts
Each week, the Los Angeles Times’ contingent of college football experts — it’s how they refer to themselves — will make choices on a variety of games. Warning, if they could accurately predict results, they wouldn’t be reporters or editors. Their picks:
Ben Bolch:
#22 Texas at Oklahoma State: Texas, 29-19
#14 Miami at Georgia Tech: Georgia Tech, 28-21
#8 Wisconsin at #4 Michigan: Michigan, 35-27
Navy at Air Force: Navy, 42-20
#11 Tennessee at #25 Georgia: Georgia, 24-17
North Carolina at #12 Florida State: Florida State, 42-17
Oklahoma at #21 Texas Christian: Texas Christian, 21-18
#3 Louisville at #5 Clemson: Louisville, 31-20
Arizona State at USC: USC, 28-20
Arizona at UCLA: UCLA, 31-17
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Zach Helfand:
#22 Texas at Oklahoma State: Texas, 51-48
#14 Miami at Georgia Tech: Miami, 17-16
#8 Wisconsin at #4 Michigan: Michigan, 21-20
Navy at Air Force: Navy, 28-17
#11 Tennessee at #25 Georgia: Georgia, 26-23
North Carolina at #12 Florida State: Florida State, 35-31
Oklahoma at #21 Texas Christian: Oklahoma State, 48-27
#3 Louisville at #5 Clemson: Louisville, 34-31
Arizona State at USC: USC, 34-28
Arizona at UCLA: UCLA, 21-10
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Mike Hiserman:
#22 Texas at Oklahoma State: Oklahoma State, 41-39
#14 Miami at Georgia Tech: Georgia Tech, 25-21
#8 Wisconsin at #4 Michigan: Wisconsin, 24-21
Navy at Air Force: Air Force, 23-21
#11 Tennessee at #25 Georgia: Tennessee, 31-27
North Carolina at #12 Florida State: Florida State, 38-24
Oklahoma at #21 Texas Christian: Oklahoma, 24-23
#3 Louisville at #5 Clemson: Clemson, 36-31
Arizona State at USC: USC, 31-17
Arizona at UCLA: UCLA, 27-14
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Lindsey Thiry:
#22 Texas at Oklahoma State: Texas, 34-31
#14 Miami at Georgia Tech: Miami, 42-38
#8 Wisconsin at #4 Michigan: Michigan, 10-7
Navy at Air Force: Air Force, 21-14
#11 Tennessee at #25 Georgia: Tennessee, 38-31
North Carolina at #12 Florida State: Florida State, 42-28
Oklahoma at #21 Texas Christian: Texas Christian, 37-31
#3 Louisville at #5 Clemson: Clemson, 35-34
Arizona State at USC: USC, 28-27
Arizona at UCLA: UCLA, 34-28
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David Wharton:
#22 Texas at Oklahoma State: Texas, 35-24
#14 Miami at Georgia Tech: Miami, 33-21
#8 Wisconsin at #4 Michigan: Michigan, 24-14
Navy at Air Force: Navy, 23-20
#11 Tennessee at #25 Georgia: Tennessee, 28-17
North Carolina at #12 Florida State: Florida State, 38-28
Oklahoma at #21 Texas Christian: Texas Christian, 33-28
#3 Louisville at #5 Clemson: Clemson, 28-24
Arizona State at USC: USC, 28-24
Arizona at UCLA: UCLA, 35-20
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