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:
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Ben Bolch
#10 West Virginia at Oklahoma State: West Virginia, 24-13
#14 Florida at Georgia: Florida, 28-17
Miami at Notre Dame: Miami, 30-14
#4 Washington at #17 Utah: Washington, 35-17
Texas Tech at Texas Christian: Texas Christian, 24-21
Northwestern at #6 Ohio State: Ohio State, 38-20
Arizona State at Oregon: Arizona State, 42-38
#7 Nebraska at #11 Wisconsin: Wisconsin, 24-21
#3 Clemson at #12 Florida State: Florida State, 28-21
Stanford at Arizona: Stanford, 20-18
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Zach Helfand
#10 West Virginia at Oklahoma State: West Virginia, 37-35
#14 Florida at Georgia: Florida, 24-17
Miami at Notre Dame: Miami, 34-24
#4 Washington at #17 Utah: Washington, 35-21
Texas Tech at Texas Christian: Texas Christian, 55-45
Northwestern at #6 Ohio State: Ohio State, 28-10
Arizona State at Oregon: Arizona State, 27-26
#7 Nebraska at #11 Wisconsin: Wisconsin, 21-13
#3 Clemson at #12 Florida State: Florida State, 30-27
Stanford at Arizona: Stanford, 31-14
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Mike Hiserman
#10 West Virginia at Oklahoma State: West Virginia, 35-31
#14 Florida at Georgia: Florida, 28-14
Miami at Notre Dame: Notre Dame, 31-27
#4 Washington at #17 Utah: Washington, 42-28
Texas Tech at Texas Christian: Texas Tech, 49-45
Northwestern at #6 Ohio State: Ohio State, 35-17
Arizona State at Oregon: Oregon, 42-41
#7 Nebraska at #11 Wisconsin: Wisconsin, 24-17
#3 Clemson at #12 Florida State: Clemson, 38-31
Stanford at Arizona: Stanford, 21-14
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Lindsey Thiry
#10 West Virginia at Oklahoma State: West Virginia, 31-28
#14 Florida at Georgia: Florida, 34-24
Miami at Notre Dame: Notre Dame, 45-42
#4 Washington at #17 Utah: Washington, 35-21
Texas Tech at Texas Christian: Texas Christian, 52-48
Northwestern at #6 Ohio State: Ohio State, 38-21
Arizona State at Oregon: Oregon, 28-24
#7 Nebraska at #11 Wisconsin: Wisconsin, 17-14
#3 Clemson at #12 Florida State: Clemson, 32-28
Stanford at Arizona: Stanford, 21-20
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David Wharton
#10 West Virginia at Oklahoma State: West Virginia, 28-24
#14 Florida at Georgia: Florida, 27-21
Miami at Notre Dame: Miami, 21-20
#4 Washington at #17 Utah: Washington, 35-28
Texas Tech at Texas Christian: Texas Christian, 45-35
Northwestern at #6 Ohio State: Ohio State, 31-17
Arizona State at Oregon: Arizona State, 38-33
#7 Nebraska at #11 Wisconsin: Wisconsin, 21-13
#3 Clemson at #12 Florida State: Clemson, 27-20
Stanford at Arizona: Stanford, 27-20
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Prognosticating records
Name: last week; season
Bolch: 5-5; 47-32
Helfand: 8-2; 54-25
Hiserman: 8-2; 55-24
Thiry: 10-0; 56-23
Wharton: 9-1; 58-21
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