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Pick with (or against) the college football experts

Trojans tailback Ronald Jones is congratulated by teammate Taylor McNamera after scoring a fourth-quarter touchdown against the Ducks at the Coliseum.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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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

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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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