COLLEGE FOOTBALL PICKS
FRIDAY
Illinois (minus 19½) at No. 14Wisconsin: Badgers have won their last three openers by a combined
129points ... WISCONSIN
35-14.
SATURDAY
Syracuse (plus 46) at No.
1Clemson: Orange have allowed 701yards rushing in the last two games; RUSHING! ... CLEMSON 52-10. No. 2Alabama (minus 21) at Tennessee: Crimson Tide winning streak against Vols is 13, including the last four by an average of 34 points ... ALABAMA 47-13. No. 3Notre Dame (minus
10½) at Pittsburgh: Irish have played Pitt 15times as a top-five team and are 14-1 ... PITTSBURGH 24-21. Nebraska (minus 26) at No. 5Ohio State: Prepare for a tsunami of snarky social media comments about why the Cornhuskers were so adamant to play this season when they fall behind by three touchdowns ... OHIO STATE 42-21.
No. 17Iowa State (plus
3½) at No. 6Oklahoma State: Cyclones could grab early inside track to the
Big 12title game ... IOWA STATE 28-24.
No. 8Penn State (minus
6½) at Indiana: Hoosiers’ last victory against a top-10 team was 1987against No.
9Ohio State ... INDIANA
31-27.
No. 9Cincinnati (plus
2½) at No. 16SMU: Bearcats and Mustangs have gone to overtime in their last two meetings, splitting the games ... SMU
35-31.
Virginia (plus 11½) at
No. 11Miami: Cavaliers QB Brennan Armstrong (concussion) is uncertain to play ... MIAMI 35-20. Texas State (plus 28½)) at No. 12BYU: BYU QB Zach Wilson leads FBS with a 78.7completion percentage and Texas State is allowing quarterbacks to complete 70.6% of its passes ... BYU 52-21.
No. 23North Carolina State (plus 17) at No.
14North Carolina: The
100th meeting between the Wolfpack and Tar Heels, and just the third when both are ranked; UNC is 2-0 in those games ... NORTH CAROLINA 42-23.
No. 18Michigan (minus
3) at No. 21Minnesota:
Wolverines and Gophers last met with both teams ranked in 2004... MINNESOTA 28-24.
No. 19Virginia Tech (minus 10) at Wake Forest: Hokies RB Khalil Herbert leads the nation in yards per carry at 9.7... VIRGINIA TECH 38-24.
Kansas (minus 20) at No.
20Kansas State: Wildcats have won 11straight in the series and Jayhawks RB Pooka Williams just opted out of the season ... KANSAS STATE 35-17.
Florida Atlantic (plus
17) at No. 22Marshall: Redshirt freshman QB
Grant Wells leads Conference USA in passer rating at 159.2... MARSHALL
34-14.
Georgia Southern (plus
6½) at No. 25Coastal Carolina: Eagles lead the Sun Belt in yards per rush
(5.89) and Chanticleers lead in yards per pass (10.6) ... COASTAL CAROLINA
28-23.
TWITTER REQUESTS Florida State (plus 5) at Louisville — @calebbailey: Seminoles have found some offensive answers behind the running of QB Jordan Travis ... FLORIDA STATE 31-28.
Iowa (minus 31⁄2) at Purdue — @uofi1998
Boilermakers will play without coach Jeff Brohm on the sideline after he tested positive for COVID-19... PURDUE 27-23.
Baylor (plus 9) at Texas — @TexasFancyBoots: Bears got a two-week break because of COVID-19issues ... TEXAS 31-24.
Houston (minus 14) at Navy — @alanwooten: Appears the Midshipmen are returning to form after two straight victories ... HOUSTON 38-21.
Auburn (minus 3) at Mississippi — @DaveCMckinney: More freshman RB Tank Bigby and less QB Bo Nix might be a good plan this week; especially against the Rebels’ weak defense ... AUBURN 38-31. RECORD
Last week: 9-6straight;
6-9against the spread. Season: 49-21straight;
33-36against the spread.