COLLEGE PICKS

No. 1 Alabama (minus

28½) at Tennessee: Tide has won 11 straight meetings, and only two have been closer than 14 points ... ALABAMA 45-20. No. 2 Ohio State (minus

13) at Purdue: Boilermakers are one of six teams in the country averaging four plays of at least 30 yards per game. The Buckeyes are one of 21 teams to allow at least three 30-yardplus plays per game ... OHIO STATE 45-31. No. 16 North Carolina State (plus 16½) at No.

3 Clemson: The Tigers’ defensive line has all the star power, but the Wolfpack’s offensive line has future pros, too, in LG Terronne Prescod, C Garrett Bradbury and LT Tyler Jones ... CLEMSON

34-21.

No. 22 Mississippi State (plus 6½) at No. 5 LSU: Tigers are being talked about as a playoff contender while the Bulldogs are trying to avoid slipping out of the rankings, but believe the odds makers: These teams are not so different ... LSU 23-18. No. 6 Michigan (minus

7) at No. 24 Michigan State: Spartans have won four of five and eight of 10 meetings, and like nothing better than being the underdogs to the Wolverines ... MICHIGAN 24-14. No. 9 Oklahoma (minus

7½) at TCU: Horned Frogs and QB Shawn Robinson have regressed since Ohio State game ... OKLAHOMA

34-23, BEST BET.

No. 10 UCF (minus 21) at East Carolina: Underthe-radar stellar season: Pirates DE Nate Harvey leads the nation with 16.5 tackles for loss ... UCF

42-17.

No. 12 Oregon (plus 3) at No. 25 Washington State: Ducks lost freshman LT Penei Sewell, a budding star, for six week with an ankle sprain ... OREGON 28-24, UPSET SPECIAL. Vanderbilt (plus 11) at No. 14 Kentucky: Wildcats are 7-3 in their last 10 SEC home games, matching a school-best for a 10-game span set in 1974-77 ... KENTUCKY 28-14. Colorado (plus 15½) at No. 15 Washington: Midseason All-America WR Laviska Shenault Jr. (toe) is uncertain to play for the Buffaloes ... WASHINGTON 31-14.

No. 18 Penn State (minus

16) at Indiana: Nittany Lions have lost just once to Indiana since joining the Big Ten, going 20-1 ... PENN STATE 35-17. Maryland (plus 10) at No. 19 Iowa: Hawkeyes are suddenly high-scoring and looking for a third straight

40-point game in Big Ten play for the first time in program history ... IOWA

35-14.

No. 20 Cincinnati (plus

3½) at Temple: AAC East race could be fun with Bearcats and Owls mixing it up with UCF and USF ... TEMPLE 22-20. UConn (plus 32½) at No.

21 South Florida: Huskies are allowing 53.7 points per game, on pace to set an FBS record (LouisianaLafayette, 50.3 in 1997) ... SOUTH FLORIDA 52-17. Illinois (plus 25) at No.

23 Wisconsin: Badgers are in need of a get-well game and get the perfect opponent at home ... WISCONSIN 48-21. TWITTER REQUESTS Virginia (plus 7½) at Duke —@Schmiidtyy: Important game in what could turn out to be a muddled ACC Coastal race ... DUKE 24-20. North Texas (plus 1) at UAB — @Q—Brunk: First-place Blazers could open a commanding lead in Conference USA west with a victory ... NORTH TEXAS

24-21.

USC (plus 6½) at Utah — @ChadUtes24: It’s early, but the Trojans could put a vice grip on the Pac12 South race by following up its victory against Colorado by beating the Utes ... UTAH 27-21.

Last week: 11-9 straight;

10-10 against the spread. Season: 116-40 straight;

82-72-2 against the spread.

Upset specials: 4-3 (straight up).

Best bets: 2-5 (against the spread).

— Ralph D. Russo The Associated Press Follow on Twitter @ralphDrussoAP