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
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