COLLEGE FOOTBALL PICKS
No. 2Alabama (minus 27)) atMissouri: Tigers drew the Tide and LSUwhen the SECrevised its schedule. It’s been nine years sinceMizzou joined the conference but it’s still tough to be the newguy ... ALABAMA 45-10.
Kansas State (plus 28) at No. 3Oklahoma: Wildcats upset the Sooners last year and last won in Norman in 2014... OKLAHOMA42-28.
No. 4Georgia (minus 26) at Arkansas: First game as a head coach for Razorbacks’SamPittman 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 (plus7½) atNo. 8Auburn: Former SMU and Arkansas coach ChadMorris 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 (plus30½) atNo. 10TexasA&M: Will Year 3under coach Jimbo Fisher be a big step forward for theAggies? ... TEXAS A&M42-10.
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 becauseMiami 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 coachMike Gundy said he was hopeful QB Spencer Sanders (leg) would be ready to play ... OKLAHOMASTATE 31-20.
No. 16Tennessee (minus 3½) at South Carolina: Gamecocks will start Colorado State grad transfer Collin Hill at quarterback. He followed new offensive coordinatorMike 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: Ragin’ Cajuns have won two of three since GSU joined the Sun Belt in 2016... LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 28-17.
North Carolina State (plus 6½) at No. 20Virginia Tech: After failing to crack 26points in any ACC game last season, Wolfpack put up 45in their opening victory againstWake Forest ... N.C. STATE 24-20.
No. 24Louisville (plus 2½) at No. 21Pittsburgh: First meeting since 2015matches Cardinals’ speedy offense vs Panthers rugged defense ... LOUISVILLE 31-28. TWITTER REQUEST
Tulane (minus 3½) at SouthernMississippi—@ GriffinTSmith: Two old Conference USA rivals coming of heartbreaking, last-second losses ... TULANE 24-16.
Iowa State (minus 2½) at TCU—@willminich: Cyclones are 3-8against the Horned Frogs and looking for consecutive victories for thefirst time in the series ... TCU 24-20.
Record
Lastweek: 8-1straight; 7-2against the spread. Season: 13-4straight; 12-4against the spread.