COLLEGE FOOTBALL PICKS

No. 1Alabama (minus 32) at Arkansas: has won 13straight in the series, including five by an average of 46-18... ALABAMA 45-16. LSU (plus 23) at No. 6Florida: Tigers have not shown much desire to be playing out this season ... FLORIDA 49-21.

No. 20North Carolina (plus 3) at No. 9Miami: Hurricanes still feel a little fraudulent as a

top-10team ... NORTH CAROLINA 31-28.

No. 11Coastal Carolina (minus 13 ½ ) at Troy: Weird sandwich game for Chanticleers between last week’s BYU showdown and next week’s Sun Belt title game ... COASTAL CAROLINA 31-21. No. 12Georgia (minus 13) at Missouri: Tigers have been surprisingly good under first-year coach Eliah Drinkwitz, but an upset over Georgia would be the crown jewel ... GEORGIA 35-24. No. 13Oklahoma (minus 14) at West Virginia: Sooners are the only Big 12team the Mountaineers have not beaten since moving to the Big 12in 2012... OKLAHOMA 35-17.

San Diego State (plus 16 ½ ) at No. 14BYU: Cougars look to bounce back from first loss of the season ... BYU 42-20

Illinois (plus 14) at No. 15Northwestern: Wildcats have won five straight and seven of eight, their most dominant run in series that covers 111games ... NORTHWESTERN 24-13. No. 16Southern California (minus 3) at UCLA: Been a little tough to tell how seriously to take this Bruins uptick, but they currently lead the Pac-12in defense at 5.12yards per play ... UCLA 27-24.

No. 25Wisconsin (minus 1 ½ ) at No. 19Iowa: Badgers’ usually reliable running game has not been and they are minus-2in turnover margin. They have a really good defense, though ... WISCONSIN 21-18.

Utah (minus 1 ½ ) at No. 21Colorado: Utes have won seven of nine since teams joined the

Pac-12together in 2011... COLORADO 24-23. No. 23Texas (minus 29½) at Kansas: Longhorns have questions surrounding the future of their coach, plus uncertainty about whether they can even play because of COVID-19cases. If they do ... TEXAS 35-10.

Akron (plus 32½) at No. 24Buffalo: Zips broke a 21-game losing streak last week; two straight seems unlikely ... BUFFALO 49-21. TWITTER REQUESTS

Navy (plus 7) at Army — @kyleinmke: First time the game will be played at West Point since 1943... ARMY 24-20.

Arizona State (minus 11 ½ ) at Arizona — @ ArtWMoore: Sun Devils have won three straight and six of eight in the Territorial Cup ... ARIZONA STATE 31-17.

Houston (minus 5) at Memphis — @

jefe172:

HOUSTON 28-21.

Michigan State (plus 14 ½ ) at Penn State — @SteveWildzNB: After 0-5start, Nittany Lions looking for a three-game winning streak and a second straight win in the Land Grant Trophy rivalry ...

RECORD

Last week: 13-6straight; 9-11against the spread. Season: 150-57 straight; 102-104-1 against the spread.

PENN STATE 24-13.