COLLEGE FOOTBALL PICKS

FRIDAY

Louisiana Tech (plus 23 ½ ) at No. 22 BYU: Cougars QB Zach Wilson has completed all of his third-down passes in two games. All five of them. ... BYU 38-21. SATURDAY

Virginia (plus 28) at No. 1 Clemson: Cavaliers have avoided the Tigers through much of Clemson’s run of five straight ACC titles — except last year’s 62-17 conference championship blowout ... CLEMSON 42-10. No. 13 Texas A&M (plus 17) at No. 2 Alabama: Nick Saban is 19-0 against his former assistants, including

3-0 against Aggies coach Jimbo Fisher ... ALABAMA

35-20.

South Carolina (plus 18) at No. 3 Florida: Florida had five games with 500 yards total offense during current Gamecocks coach Will Muchamp’s four seasons (49 games) leading the Gators; Florida has eight

500-yard games in 27 under Dan Mullen ...

38-23.

Auburn (plus 6 ½ ) at No. 4 Georgia: Will Southern California transfer QB J.T. Daniels start for the Bulldogs ... GEORGIA 24-20.

TCU (plus 11 ½ ) at No. 9 Texas: Longhorns tilt series with the Frogs back their way ... TEXAS 34-21.

Tulsa (plus 22) at No. 11 UCF: Knights QB Dillon Gabriel has passed for more than 400 yards in each of UCF’s first two games ... UCF 45-21.

No. 12 North Carolina (minus 14) at Boston College: First meeting since 2013 and the Tar Heels are

4-0 against the Eagles since joining the ACC in ‘05 ... NORTH CAROLINA 38-21.

South Florida (plus 22) at No. 15 Cincinnati:

CINCINNATI 31-7.

Arkansas (plus 18) at No. 16 Mississippi State: Bulldogs probably won’t need 623 yards passing from QB K.J. Costello this week ... MISSISSIPPI STATE 38-23. No. 17 Oklahoma State (minus 21) at Kansas: Cowboys have won 10 straight in the series ... OKLAHOMA STATE 42-17.

No. 18 Oklahoma (minus 7) at Iowa State: Sooners last lost consecutive regular-season games in 1999 ... OKLAHOMA 35-24.

No. 20LSU (plus 20 ½ ) at Vanderbilt: Tigers go from Air Raid to a Vandy offense that has gone eight straight games without breaking 200 yards passing ... LSU 38-14.

Missouri (plus 11 1⁄2) at No. 21 Tennessee: Vols have won eight straight, best streak since 11 in a row spanning 2015 and ‘16. We’ll see if this ends better for coach Jeremy Pruitt than it did for Butch Jones ... TENNESSEE 27-20.

North Carolina State (plus 14) at No. 24 Pittsburgh:

PITTSBURGH 35-17.

No. 25Memphis (minus 2 ½ ) at SMU: Tigers have not played since Sept. 5 because of a COVID-19 outbreak. Hard to know what to expect ... SMU 38-31. TWITTER REQUESTS

Navy (minus 6½) at Air Force — @EZembeck:

NAVY 28-14.

Texas Tech (plus 2 ½ ) at Kansas State — @MatthewHLeach: Wildcats have won eight of nine in the

KANSAS STATE 35-31.

Baylor (minus 3) at West Virginia — @ArtWMoore:

WEST VIRGINIA 24-21.

RECORD

Last week: 14-5 straight; 8-11 against the spread. Season: 27-9 straight; 20-15 against the spread.