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

#1 Alabama at #19 Mississippi: Alabama, 31-19

#2 Florida State at #10 Louisville: Florida State, 42-25

#3 Ohio State at #14 Oklahoma: Ohio State, 28-21

USC at #7 Stanford: Stanford, 31-10

#12 Michigan State at #18 Notre Dame: Michigan State, 20-18

#17 Texas A&M at Auburn: Auburn, 24-21

#22 Oregon at Nebraska: Oregon, 35-15

#25 Miami at Appalachian State: Miami, 38-13

UCLA at Brigham Young: UCLA, 21-17

San Diego State at Northern Illinois: San Diego State, 35-14

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Zach Helfand

#1 Alabama at #19 Mississippi: Alabama, 24-20

#2 Florida State at #10 Louisville: Florida State, 27-24

#3 Ohio State at #14 Oklahoma: Ohio State, 34-30

USC at #7 Stanford: Stanford, 24-20

#12 Michigan State at #18 Notre Dame: Notre Dame, 27-21

#17 Texas A&M at Auburn: Auburn, 21-16

#22 Oregon at Nebraska: Nebraska, 38-27

#25 Miami at Appalachian State: Miami, 38-21

UCLA at Brigham Young: UCLA, 27-24

San Diego State at Northern Illinois: San Diego State, 30-20

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Mike Hiserman

#1 Alabama at #19 Mississippi: Alabama, 35-20

#2 Florida State at #10 Louisville: Florida State, 34-27

#3 Ohio State at #14 Oklahoma: 42-21

USC at #7 Stanford: Stanford, 38-17

#12 Michigan State at #18 Notre Dame: Notre Dame, 27-24

#17 Texas A&M at Auburn: Auburn, 27-26

#22 Oregon at Nebraska: Nebraska, 37-34

#25 Miami at Appalachian State: Appalachian State, 24-20

UCLA at Brigham Young: UCLA, 31-20

San Diego State at Northern Illinois: San Diego State, 38-13

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Lindsey Thiry

#1 Alabama at #19 Mississippi: Alabama, 17-14

#2 Florida State at #10 Louisville: Louisville, 28-24

#3 Ohio State at #14 Oklahoma: Ohio State, 28-27

USC at #7 Stanford: Stanford, 24-21

#12 Michigan State at #18 Notre Dame: Notre Dame, 20-17

#17 Texas A&M at Auburn: Auburn, 35-34

#22 Oregon at Nebraska: Nebraska, 42-34

#25 Miami at Appalachian State: Miami, 45-14

UCLA at Brigham Young: UCLA, 28-24

San Diego State at Northern Illinois: San Diego State, 35-7

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David Wharton

#1 Alabama at #19 Mississippi: Alabama, 35-14

#2 Florida State at #10 Louisville: Louisville, 38-35

#3 Ohio State at #14 Oklahoma: Ohio State, 27-17

USC at #7 Stanford: Stanford, 24-20

#12 Michigan State at #18 Notre Dame: Michigan State, 24-21

#17 Texas A&M at Auburn: Auburn, 28-21

#22 Oregon at Nebraska: Oregon, 35-24

#25 Miami at Appalachian State: Miami, 21-13

UCLA at Brigham Young: UCLA, 28-24

San Diego State at Northern Illinois: San Diego State, 30-21