COLLEGE PICKS

No. 1Alabama (minus 35) at Arkansas: Tide has been outscored 28-17in the fourth quarter. Clearly, those third- and fourth-stringers need a lot of work ... ALABAMA 52-10. Vanderbilt (plus 26) at No.

2Georgia: Bulldogs have the No. 1 defense in the SEC (4.35 yards per play allowed), but the fewest sacks (five). That’s odd ... GEORGIA 49-21. Indiana (plus 25) at No. 3 Ohio State: A few times each season, the Hoosiers get frisky with a highly ranked team but still lose ... OHIO STATE 38-17.

No. 4 Clemson (minus 17) at Wake Forest: QB Trevor Lawrence is expected to play against

102nd-ranked pass defense ... CLEMSON 48-21.

No. 5 LSU (minus 2½) at No.

22Florida: Tigers have won four of five and six of eight in the annual crossover series. Six of those games were decided by one score ... LSU 23-20.

No. 6 Notre Dame (minus 5½) at No. 24 Virginia Tech: Irish won’t face another ranked opponent until at least mid-November if at all ... NOTRE DAME 31-21. No. 7 Oklahoma (minus 7½) vs. No. 18 Texas at Dallas: We can all agree this game will definitively determine whether Texas is, indeed, back . ... OKLAHOMA 35-29. No. 8 Auburn (minus 3) at Mississippi State: Two offenses looking for answers ... MISSISSIPPI STATE 20-17, UPSET SPECIAL.

Kansas (plus 28) at No. 9 West Virginia: Mountaineers have won four straight against KU, all by at least three scores ... WEST VIRGINIA 49-17.

No. 10 Washington (minus

21) at UCLA: Bruins will be fortunate to score a touchdown ... WASHINGTON 31-6. SMU (plus 24) at No. 12 UCF: Knights have converted 62 percent of their third downs, tops in the nation ... UCF 56-24. No. 13Kentucky (plus 5) at Texas A&M: It’s the Bear Bryant Bowl. The legendary coach did stints at Kentucky and A&M from

1946-57. The only two times the Wildcats and Aggies played

(1952-53), Bryant was coaching Kentucky. He later coached Alabama ... KENTUCKY 25-23. Utah (plus 5) at No. 14 Stanford: Utes are third in the nation in defense (4.03 yards per play) and 96th in offense (5.33 ypp) ... STANFORD 24-17. Maryland (plus 17½) at No. 15 Michigan: First of four straight opponents for the Wolverines that currently have winning records ... MICHIGAN 38-17. Nebraska (plus 20) No. 16 Wisconsin: Badgers have won six of seven meetings since the Huskers joined the Big Ten and nothing sums up Nebraska’s recent problems better than that ... WISCONSIN 42-21. Florida State (plus 13) at No.

17Miami: Hurricanes snapped a seven-game losing streak to ‘Noles last season with a dramatic comeback. This year, ‘Canes get to flex a little ... MIAMI 31-14. Northwestern (plus 11) at No.

20 Michigan State: WiIdcats have beaten the Spartans the last two seasons ... MICHIGAN STATE 28-14. Arizona State (plus 2½) at No. 21 Colorado: Sun Devils RB Eno Benjamin ran for 312 yards against Oregon State, or 29 more yards than he had on the season coming into the game ... COLORADO 28-24. Boston College (plus 4½) at No. 23 NC State: Wolfpack could set up a huge game at home against Clemson on Oct.

20 coming off an open date ... BOSTON COLLEGE 31-28. Iowa State (plus 10) at No. 25 Oklahoma State: Cowboys have won six straight meetings but the last three have been by seven points or fewer ... OKLAHOMA STATE 31-17. TWITTER REQUESTS Missouri (plus 2) at South Carolina — @DABomination4: Bowl eligibility could be at risk for the Gamecocks with a loss, and that is definitely not what South Carolina fans were expecting this season ... MISSOURI 34-30. Tulane (plus 7) at Cincinnati — @MrCatsPatrick: Bearcats

(5-0) trying to become bowl eligible for first time since 2015 ... CINCINNATI 28-18. Iowa (minus 6) at Minnesota — @Jake—Burroughs: Hawkeyes are seventh in nation in defense (4.29 yards per play) and 71st in offense (5.78 ypp) ... IOWA 16-7. San Diego State (plus 14½) at Boise State — @24themoney: Broncos might not be able to afford another loss if they want to lock down a New Year’s Six bowl bid ... BOISE STATE 31-21. Syracuse (minus 4) at Pittsburgh — @SportsMasterDan: Two surprise teams; one (Syracuse) y good and the other (Pitt) bad ...PITT 31-28.

Last week: 19-4 straight; 12-11 against the spread.

Season: 89-22 straight; 59-51-1 against the spread.

Upset specials: 3-2 (straight up). Best bets: 2-3 (against the spread).

— Ralph D. Russo The Associated Press Follow him on Twitter @ralphDrussoAP