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- — Ralph D. Russo, Associated Press Follow him on Twitter@ralphDruss­oAP

No. 2Alabama (minus 27)) at Missouri: Tigers drew the Tide and LSU when the SEC revised its schedule. It’s been nine years since Mizzou joined the conference but it’s still tough to be the new guy ... ALABAMA 45-10. Kansas State (plus 28) at No. 3Oklahoma: Wildcats upset the Sooners last year and last won in Norman in 2014... OKLAHOMA42-28. No. 4Georgia (minus 26) at Arkansas: First game as a head coach for Razorbacks’ Sam Pittman comes against his last employer ... GEORGIA 35-7. No. 5Florida (minus 14½) at Mississipp­i: Interestin­g quarterbac­k situation for the Rebels. How will coach Lane Kiffin use John Rhys Plumlee (better runner) and Matt Corral (better passer)? ... FLORIDA 31-21. Mississipp­i State (plus 16½) No. 6LSU: QB Myles Brennan makes his first start for LSU as Joe Burrow’s successor ... LSU 38-14. No. 23Kentucky (plus7½) at No. 8Auburn: Former SMU and Arkansas coach Chad Morris takes over play calling at Auburn ... AUBURN 27-21. No. 8Texas (minus 18) at Texas Tech: Red Raiders allowed 572yards passing in its opener to Houston Baptist, albeit with a depleted team ... TEXAS 45-31. Vanderbilt (plus30½) at No. 10 Texas A&M: Will Year 3under coach Jimbo Fisher be a big step forward for the Aggies? ... TEXAS A&M42-10. Florida State (plus 11) at No. 12Miami: Hurricanes have won three straight in the rivalry, which says a lot about how things have gone lately for the Seminoles because Miami has hardly been vintage Miami during that time ... MIAMI 28-21. No. 13UCF (minus 27) at East Carolina: Knights have won four straight in the series and averaged 47points per game ... UCF 45-24. No. 22Army (plus 13½) at No. 14Cincinna­ti: Black Knights have averaged more than 36 minutes of time of possession in two games ... CINCINNATI 24-17. West Virginia (plus 8½) at No. 15Oklahoma State: Cowboys coach Mike Gundy said he was hopeful QB Spencer Sanders (leg) would be ready to play ... OKLAHOMAS TATE 31-20. No. 16Tennesse­e (minus 3½) at South Carolina: Gamecocks will start Colorado State grad transfer Collin Hill at quarterbac­k. He followed new offensive coordinato­r Mike Bobo from Fort Collins ... TENNESSEE 23-16. Troy (plus 14) at No. 18BYU: After having a game postponed, can the Cougars pick up where they left off at Navy? ... BYU27-17. Georgia Southern (minus 14) at No. 19Louisian­aLafayette: Ragin’ Cajuns have won two of three since GSU joined the Sun Belt in 2016... LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 28-17. North Carolina State (plus 6½) at No. 20Virginia Tech: After failing to crack 26points in any ACC game last season, Wolfpack put up 45in their opening victory against Wake Forest ... N.C. STATE 24-20. No. 24Louisvil­le (plus 2½) at No. 21Pittsbur­gh: First meeting since 2015matche­s Cardinals’ speedy offense vs Panthers rugged defense ... LOUISVILLE 31-28. TWITTER REQUEST Tulane (minus 3½) at Southern Mississipp­i—@GriffinTSm­ith: Two old Conference USA rivals coming of heartbreak­ing, last-second losses ... TULANE 24-16. Iowa State (minus 2½) at TCU— @willminich: Cyclones are 3-8against the Horned Frogs and looking for consecutiv­e victories for the first time in the series ... TCU 24-20. Record Lastweek: 8-1straight; 7-2against the spread. Season: 13-4straight; 12-4against the spread.

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