The picks are in for first full week of college football
Each week, the Los Angeles Times’ contingent of college football experts — it’s how they refer to themselves — will make choices on a variety of games. Warning: If they could accurately predict results, they wouldn’t be reporters or editors. Their picks:
Ben Bolch
Navy at Florida Atlantic: Navy, 38-24
Cal at North Carolina: North Carolina, 31-17
Michigan vs. Florida: Michigan, 21-20
N. Carolina State. at S. Carolina: N.C. State, 35-27
W. Michigan at USC: USC, 42-20
Florida State vs. Alabama: Alabama, 38-28
BYU vs. LSU: LSU, 21-12
Texas A&M at UCLA: UCLA, 30-20
W. Virginia vs. Virginia Tech: Virginia Tech, 28-21
Tennessee vs. Georgia Tech: Tennessee, 35-31
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Zach Helfand
Navy at Florida Atlantic: Navy, 38-27
California at North Carolina: North Carolina, 41-21
Michigan vs. Florida: Michigan, 21-17
North Carolina State at South Carolina: N.C. State, 28-24
W. Michigan at USC: USC, 35-13
Florida State vs. Alabama: Alabama, 31-28
BYU vs. LSU: LSU, 34-27
Texas A&M at UCLA: UCLA, 38-27
West Virginia vs. Virginia Tech: West Virginia, 27-21
Tennessee vs. Georgia Tech: Georgia Tech, 17-13
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Mike Hiserman
Navy at Florida Atlantic:, Navy, 38-29
Cal at North Carolina: North Carolina, 34-17
Michigan vs. Florida: Michigan, 17-16
North Carolina State at South Carolina: N.C. State, 24-22
W. Michigan at USC: USC, 34-17
Florida State vs. Alabama: Alabama, 27-17
BYU vs. LSU: LSU, 21-10
Texas A&M at UCLA: UCLA, 24-22
W. Virginia vs. Virginia Tech: West Virginia, 34-31
Tennessee vs. Georgia Tech: Georgia Tech, 26-24
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Angel Rodriguez
Navy at Florida Atlantic:, Navy, 45-21
Cal at North Carolina: North Carolina, 42-14
Michigan vs. Florida: Michigan, 24-14
North Carolina State. at South Carolina: N.C. State, 28-21
W. Michigan at USC: USC, 35-21
Florida State vs. Alabama: Alabama, 24-17
BYU vs. LSU: LSU, 24-14
Texas A&M at UCLA: UCLA, 37-35
W. Virginia vs. Virginia Tech: Virginia Tech, 28-17
Tennessee vs. Georgia Tech: Tennessee, 32-14
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David Wharton
Navy at Florida Atlantic: Navy, 32-24
Cal at North Carolina: North Carolina, 24-21
Michigan vs. Florida: Michigan, 28-21
N. Carolina State. at So. Carolina: N.C. State, 24-18
W. Michigan at USC: USC, 38-17
Florida State vs. Alabama: Alabama, 30-24
BYU vs. LSU: LSU, 28-14
Texas A&M at UCLA: UCLA, 35-32
W. Virginia vs. Virginia Tech: Virginia Tech, 35-30
Tennessee vs. Georgia Tech: Tennessee, 30-28
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