Picks are in for Week 4 of college football: USC a favorite; UCLA earns split support

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

Texas Tech at Houston: Houston, 35-24

Texas A&M at Arkansas: Arkansas, 28-24

USC at California: USC, 35-21

Texas Christian at Oklahoma State: Oklahoma State, 38-35

Duke at North Carolina: Duke, 35-34

Mississippi State at Georgia: Georgia, 27-24

San Diego State at Air Force: San Diego State, 31-21

Florida at Kentucky: Florida, 30-17

Notre Dame at Michigan State: Michigan State, 24-21

UCLA at Stanford: UCLA, 31-27

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Zach Helfand

Texas Tech at Houston: Houston, 50-38

Texas A&M at Arkansas: Arkansas, 35-24

USC at California: USC, 31-21

Texas Christian at Oklahoma State: Oklahoma State, 45-41

Duke at North Carolina: Duke, 34-24

Mississippi State at Georgia: Mississippi State, 24-17

San Diego State at Air Force: San Diego State, 21-13

Florida at Kentucky: Florida, 17-16

Notre Dame at Michigan State: Michigan State, 27-24

UCLA at Stanford: Stanford, 31-28

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Mike Hiserman

Texas Tech at Houston: Houston, 35-28

Texas A&M at Arkansas: Arkansas, 31-21

USC at California: USC, 31-17

Texas Christian at Oklahoma State: Oklahoma State, 42-38

Duke at North Carolina: North Carolina, 30-28

Mississippi State at Georgia: Mississippi State, 24-20

San Diego State at Air Force: Air Force, 31-24

Florida at Kentucky: Kentucky, 20-17

Notre Dame at Michigan State: Michigan State, 31-30

UCLA at Stanford: Stanford, 31-28

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Angel Rodriguez

Texas Tech at Houston: Houston, 41-28

Texas A&M at Arkansas: Arkansas, 28-17

USC at California: USC, 34-24

Texas Christian at Oklahoma State: Oklahoma State, 56-42

Duke at North Carolina: Duke, 28-24

Mississippi State at Georgia: Mississippi State, 28-21

San Diego State at Air Force: San Diego State, 21-13

Florida at Kentucky: Florida, 24-14

Notre Dame at Michigan State: Notre Dame, 32-17

UCLA at Stanford: UCLA, 31-24

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David Wharton

Texas Tech at Houston: Houston, 35-28

Texas A&M at Arkansas: Arkansas, 24-21

USC at California: USC, 35-23

Texas Christian at Oklahoma State: Oklahoma State, 38-28

Duke at North Carolina: Duke, 28-24

Mississippi State at Georgia: Georgia, 27-24

San Diego State at Air Force: San Diego State, 34-27

Florida at Kentucky: Florida, 21-14

Notre Dame at Michigan State: Notre Dame, 30-24

UCLA at Stanford: Stanford, 31-24

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Last week; season

Bolch 5-5; 20-10

Helfand 3-7; 16-14

Hiserman 4-6; 16-14

Rodriguez 4-6; 19-11

Wharton 5-5; 20-10