COLLEGE PICKS

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS No. 22 Memphis (minus 11½) at Tulsa:

The Tigers are weekday warriors, now 13-0 in games not played on Saturday since 2014 ...

MEMPHIS 35-27. SATURDAY RANKING THE RANKED VS. RANKED

The day’s big games in order of most intriguing and potential for excitement

1) No. 8 Oklahoma (plus 3) at No. 11 Oklahoma State:

For goodness sakes, it’s called Bedlam; the Cowboys are favored for only the sixth time since 1980, according to RJ Bell of Pregame.com ...

OKLAHOMA 42-38, UPSET SPECIAL. 2) No. 6 Clemson (minus 7) at No. 20 North Carolina State:

Tigers have won eight straight games against ranked teams, but if the defending champions don’t make it nine they are pretty much out of the playoff race ...

CLEMSON 23-20. 3) No. 23 Arizona (plus 7) at No. 17 Southern California:

Have you seen spectacular Wildcats QB Khalil Tate? Here’s your chance, though you might have to stay up late (hash)PAC12AfterDark ... challenge

USC 42-30. 4) No. 13 Virginia Tech (minus 2½) at No. 9 Miami:

First place in the ACC Coastal and a straight shot to the conference title game on the line. Also, the Hurricanes are somehow still unbeaten ...

MIAMI 24-20. 5) No. 18 Stanford (plus 2½) at No. 25 Washington State:

Heisman contender Bryce Love will be a game-time decision after missing last week’s game. If he doesn’t play, this gets a lot less interesting ...

STANFORD 31-27. 6) No. 7 Penn State (minus 7½) at No. 24 Michigan State:

Saquon Barkley could use a big performance against a tough defense to bolster his Heisman case ...

PENN STATE 28-17. 7) No. 19 LSU (plus 21) at No. 1 Alabama:

Maybe the Tigers can the Tide. Maybe? ...

ALABAMA

31-14. TRYING TO STAY UNBEATEN South Carolina (plus 24½) at No. 2 Georgia:

Bulldogs’ closest SEC game so far is 25 points against Missouri ...

GEORGIA 42-17. No. 4 Wisconsin (minus 10 ½) at Indiana:

Hoosiers are winless in the Big Ten, but the last three losses were by an average of six points ...

WISCONSIN 28-20. No. 15 UCF (minus 13½) at SMU:

In seven games this season, Knights coach Scott Frost has become the hottest commodity in coaching, but SMU’s Chad Morris is doing a really nice job, too ...

UCF 45-35. UPSET ALERTS No. 3 Ohio State (minus 17) at

Buckeyes QB J.T. Barrett ended last week’s game with a school-record 16 straight completions; the Hawkeyes did not allow a TD pass in October ... first-place line ...

24-21. Record last week:

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Record this season: Upset specials: Best bets: OHIO STATE 35-14. Wake Forest (plus 13) at No. 5 Notre Dame:

Notre Dame has started a website to promote RB Josh Adams as a Heisman contender ...

NOTRE DAME 38-17, BEST BET. Texas (plus 6½) at No. 10 TCU:

Freshman QB Sam Ehlinger (concussion) returned to practice this week ...

TCU 28-23. Oregon (plus 21) at No. 12 Washington:

Last time the Huskies won two straight against the Ducks was 2002 and ‘03 ...

WASHINGTON

42-14. No. 14 Iowa State (plus 2 ½) at West Virginia:

Cyclones could hold sole possession of first in the Big 12, via tiebreakers, if Oklahoma wins Bedlam ...

IOWA STATE 28-24. No. 16 Auburn (minus 15) at Texas A&M:

Road team has won every meeting since the Aggies joined the SEC in 2012 ...

AUBURN 28-17. LATE-SEASON SEC BREAK UMass (plus 28) at No. 21 Mississippi State:

Bulldogs quarterback Nick Fitzgerald has three straight 100-yard rushing games ...

MISSISSIPPI

STATE 45-14. TWITTER REQUESTS Northern Illinois (plus 9) at Toledo, Thursday night — @ nburzych:

As is so often the case, in the MAC West on the

TOLEDO 31-24. Georgia Tech (minus 9½) at Virginia — @therealdcunna:

After 5-1 start, Cavaliers are now scrambling to get bowl-eligible ...

GEORGIA

TECH 24-17. Baylor (minus 8) at Kansas — @ dtanner2194:

Bears are the only remaining winless Power Five team and they are favored — which pretty much sums up the state of Kansas football ...

BAYLOR 31-21. Florida (plus 3½) at Missouri — @FernParkGator:

Hard to know what kind of effort to expect from the Gators ...

FLORIDA 35-31. Northwestern (plus 1) at Nebraska — @Hey—TW1:

Wildcats have won three straight to bounce back from a 2-3 start ...

NORTHWESTERN

13-7 straight spread. 151-49 straight up; 90-96-5 against the spread.

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