COLLEGE FOOTBALL PICKS
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 ...
45-10.
Kansas State (plus 28) at No. 3Oklahoma: Wildcats upset the Sooners last year and last won in Norman in
2014... OKLAHOMA 42-28.
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 (plus 7½) 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 (plus 30½) at No. 10Texas A&M: Will Year 3under coach Jimbo Fisher be a big step forward for the Aggies? ... TEXAS A&M 42-10.
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 36minutes 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 ... OKLAHOMA STATE 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? ... BYU 27-17.
Georgia Southern (minus 14) at No. 19LouisianaLafayette:
LOUISIANA-LA
N.C. STATE 24-20.
No. 24Louisville (plus 2½) at No. 21Pittsburgh:
LOUISVILLE 31-28.
TWITTER REQUEST
Tulane (minus 3½) at Southern Mississippi — @ GriffinTSmith:
TULANE
24-16.
Iowa State (minus 2½) at TCU — @willminich:
8-1straight; 7-2against the spread.
13-4straight; 12-4against the spread.