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
Baylor at #11 Oklahoma: Oklahoma, 28-21
Tulsa at Navy: Navy, 21-14
#16 West Virginia at Texas: West Virginia, 35-17
#10 Penn State at Indiana: Penn State, 31-14
Stanford at Oregon: Stanford, 28-17
Texas Tech at #13 Oklahoma State: Oklahoma State, 28-20
#24 Louisiana State at #25 Arkansas: LSU, 17-14
#20 USC at #4 Washington: Washington, 24-21
Minnesota at #19 Nebraska: Nebraska, 27-17
Oregon State at UCLA: UCLA, 27-17
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Zach Helfand
Baylor at #11 Oklahoma: Oklahoma, 45-35
Tulsa at Navy: Navy, 28-25
#16 West Virginia at Texas: West Virginia, 34-30
#10 Penn State at Indiana: Penn State, 31-24
Stanford at Oregon: Stanford, 24-20
Texas Tech at #13 Oklahoma State: Oklahoma State, 50-40
#24 Louisiana State at #25 Arkansas: LSU, 27-13
#20 USC at #4 Washington: Washington, 24-21
Minnesota at #19 Nebraska: Minnesota, 24-17
Oregon State at UCLA: UCLA, 35-20
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Mike Hiserman
Baylor at #11 Oklahoma: Oklahoma, 45-24
Tulsa at Navy: Tulsa, 31-28
#16 West Virginia at Texas: West Virginia, 30-24
#10 Penn State at Indiana: Penn State, 31-17
Stanford at Oregon: Stanford, 28-17
Texas Tech at #13 Oklahoma State: Oklahoma State, 52-35
#24 Louisiana State at #25 Arkansas: LSU, 24-21
#20 USC at #4 Washington: USC, 31-28
Minnesota at #19 Nebraska: Nebraska, 24-14
Oregon State at UCLA: UCLA, 17-13
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Lindsey Thiry
Baylor at #11 Oklahoma: Oklahoma, 25-17
Tulsa at Navy: Navy, 35-34
#16 West Virginia at Texas: Texas, 37-35
#10 Penn State at Indiana: Penn State, 38-24
Stanford at Oregon: Oregon, 27-17
Texas Tech at #13 Oklahoma State: Oklahoma State, 44-28
#24 Louisiana State at #25 Arkansas: Arkansas, 24-21
#20 USC at #4 Washington: USC, 35-34
Minnesota at #19 Nebraska: Nebraska, 21-14
Oregon State at UCLA: UCLA, 17-7
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David Wharton
Baylor at #11 Oklahoma: Oklahoma, 42-30
Tulsa at Navy: Navy, 38-35
#16 West Virginia at Texas: West Virginia, 35-24
#10 Penn State at Indiana: Penn State, 28-14
Stanford at Oregon: Stanford, 42-20
Texas Tech at #13 Oklahoma State: Oklahoma State, 45-38
#24 Louisiana State at #25 Arkansas: Louisiana State, 24-17
#20 USC at #4 Washington: Washington, 35-27
Minnesota at #19 Nebraska: Nebraska, 24-21
Oregon State at UCLA: UCLA, 21-14
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Prognosticating records
Name; last week; season
Bolch; 7-3; 59-40
Helfand; 7-3; 66-33
Hiserman; 3-7; 67-32
Thiry; 6-4; 70-29
Wharton; 6-4; 70-29
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