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

Washington State at Colorado: Washington State, 24-17

Florida at Louisiana State: LSU, 17-14

Virginia Tech at Notre Dame: Virginia Tech, 27-18

Northwestern at Minnesota: Northwestern, 28-20

Stanford at California: Stanford, 35-31

Clemson at Wake Forest: Clemson, 42-14

Oklahoma at West Virginia: Oklahoma, 27-21

Oklahoma State at Texas Christian: Oklahoma State, 34-20

San Diego State at Wyoming: San Diego State, 35-10

USC at UCLA: USC, 27-24

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Zach Helfand

Washington State at Colorado: Colorado, 28-21

Florida at Louisiana State: LSU, 28-16

Virginia Tech at Notre Dame: Virginia Tech, 24-23

Northwestern at Minnesota: Northwestern, 17-14

Stanford at California: Stanford, 31-24

Clemson at Wake Forest: Clemson, 45-21

Oklahoma at West Virginia: West Virginia, 48-45

Oklahoma State at Texas Christian: TCU, 38-31

San Diego State at Wyoming: San Diego State, 35-25

USC at UCLA: USC, 31-17

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Mike Hiserman

Washington State at Colorado: Colorado, 31-26

Florida at Louisiana State: LSU, 31-17

Virginia Tech at Notre Dame:Virginia Tech, 27-22

Northwestern at Minnesota: Northwestern, 27-20

Stanford at California: Stanford, 31-21

Clemson at Wake Forest: Clemson, 38-21

Oklahoma at West Virginia: Oklahoma, 38-28

Oklahoma State at Texas Christian: TCU, 45-34

San Diego State at Wyoming: San Diego State, 31-24

USC at UCLA: UCLA, 13-9

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Lindsey Thiry

Washington State at Colorado: Washington State, 35-34

Florida at Louisiana State: LSU, 28-14

Virginia Tech at Notre Dame: Notre Dame, 28-26

Northwestern at Minnesota: Northwestern, 24-21

Stanford at California: Stanford, 32-28

Clemson at Wake Forest: Clemson, 42-21

Oklahoma at West Virginia: Oklahoma, 38-31

Oklahoma State at Texas Christian: Oklahoma State, 34-32

San Diego State at Wyoming: San Diego State, 32-21

USC at UCLA: USC, 35-25

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David Wharton

Washington State at Colorado: Washington State, 35-28

Florida at Louisiana State: LSU, 21-13

Virginia Tech at Notre Dame: Virginia Tech, 24-17

Northwestern at Minnesota: Minnesota, 28-21

Stanford at California: Stanford, 24-21

Clemson at Wake Forest: Clemson, 34-17

Oklahoma at West Virginia: Oklahoma, 34-28

Oklahoma State at Texas Christian: TCU, 42-35

San Diego State at Wyoming: San Diego State, 38-28

USC at UCLA: USC, 31-14

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Prognosticating records

Name; last week; season

Bolch; 9-1; 68-41

Helfand; 8-2; 74-35

Hiserman; 9-1; 76-33

Thiry; 7-3; 77-32

Wharton; 9-1; 79-30