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Picks are in for Week 9 of college football season: Big Ten has a big one

Penn State running back Saquon Barkley has rushed for 747 yards in 117 carries and has eight rushing touchdowns to go with his 448 yards receiving and three touchdown receptions.
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Each week, the Los Angeles Times’ 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

Oklahoma State at West Virginia: West Virginia, 28-27

Air Force at Colorado State: Colorado State, 38-20

Penn State at Ohio State: Penn State, 30-27

Texas Christian at Iowa State: Iowa State, 35-24

Georgia at Florida: Georgia, 42-17

North Carolina State at Notre Dame: Notre Dame, 35-28

Michigan State at Northwestern: Michigan State, 38-21

Georgia Tech at Clemson: Clemson, 42-21

Washington State at Arizona: Arizona, 38-31

USC at Arizona State: USC, 28-24

Zach Helfand

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Oklahoma State at West Virginia: Oklahoma State, 48-41

Air Force at Colorado State: Colorado State, 35-21

Penn State at Ohio State: Penn State, 31-28

Texas Christian at Iowa State: Texas Christian, 24-23

Georgia at Florida: Georgia, 28-7

North Carolina State at Notre Dame: Notre Dame, 34-24

Michigan State at Northwestern: Michigan State, 21-17

Georgia Tech at Clemson: Clemson, 28-21

Washington State at Arizona: Washington State, 34-31

USC at Arizona State: Arizona State, 31-28

Mike Hiserman

Oklahoma State at West Virginia: West Virginia, 38-31

Air Force at Colorado State: Colorado State, 35-31

Penn State at Ohio State: Ohio State, 31-24

Texas Christian at Iowa State: Texas Christian, 30-21

Georgia at Florida: Georgia, 28-17

North Carolina State at Notre Dame: Notre Dame, 31-20

Michigan State at Northwestern: Northwestern, 24-21

Georgia Tech at Clemson: Clemson, 38-31

Washington State at Arizona: Washington State, 38-35

USC at Arizona State: USC, 24-17

Angel Rodriguez:

Oklahoma State at West Virginia: Oklahoma State, 36-28

Air Force at Colorado State: Colorado State, 27-21

Penn State at Ohio State: Ohio State, 24-21

Texas Christian at Iowa State: Iowa State, 28-24

Georgia at Florida: Georgia, 34-10

North Carolina State at Notre Dame: Notre Dame, 28-13

Michigan State at Northwestern: Michigan State, 17-7

Georgia Tech at Clemson: Clemson 32-17

Washington State at Arizona: Arizona, 45-38

USC at Arizona State: USC, 24-14

David Wharton:

Oklahoma State at West Virginia: Oklahoma State, 42-38

Air Force at Colorado State: Colorado State, 38-30

Penn State at Ohio State: Penn State, 24-21

Texas Christian at Iowa State: Texas Christian, 27-24

Georgia at Florida: Georgia, 27-10

North Carolina State at Notre Dame: Notre Dame, 33-20

Michigan State at Northwestern: Michigan State, 14-10

Georgia Tech at Clemson: Clemson, 35-21

Washington State at Arizona: Washington State, 30-27

USC at Arizona State: USC, 28-24

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Expert: last week; season

Bolch: 7-3; 52-28

Helfand: 5-5; 48-32

Hiserman: 5-5; 45-35

Rodriguez: 6-4; 49-31

Wharton: 7-3; 57-23

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