Pick with (or against) the college football experts

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:

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Ben Bolch

North Carolina State at #7 Louisville: North Carolina State, 24-21

Texas at Kansas State: Texas, 31-14

Colorado at Stanford: Stanford, 28-24

Texas Christian at #12 West Virginia: West Virginia, 28-20

#6 Texas A&M at #1 Alabama: Alabama, 31-17

#19 Utah at UCLA: UCLA, 31-24

#17 Arkansas at #21 Auburn: Auburn, 21-17

#16 Oklahoma at Texas Tech: Oklahoma, 35-19

#23 Mississippi at #25 Louisiana State: Mississippi, 30-25

Washington State at Arizona State: Washington State, 38-24

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Zach Helfand

North Carolina State at #7 Louisville: Louisville, 40-21

Texas at Kansas State: Texas 28-27

Colorado at Stanford: Colorado, 22-21

Texas Christian at #12 West Virginia: West Virginia 35-31

#6 Texas A&M at #1 Alabama: Alabama, 38-17

#19 Utah at UCLA: UCLA, 24-20

#17 Arkansas at #21 Auburn: Auburn, 35-28

#16 Oklahoma at Texas Tech: Oklahoma 45-31

#23 Mississippi at #25 Louisiana State: LSU, 30-28

Washington State at Arizona State: Washington State, 38-24

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Mike Hiserman

North Carolina State at #7 Louisville: Louisville, 42-20

Texas at Kansas State: Texas, 31-17

Colorado at Stanford: Stanford, 22-21

Texas Christian at #12 West Virginia: West Virginia, 28-24

#6 Texas A&M at #1 Alabama: Alabama, 48-17

#19 Utah at UCLA: Utah, 28-17

#17 Arkansas at #21 Auburn: Auburn, 28-27

#16 Oklahoma at Texas Tech: Oklahoma, 51-42

#23 Mississippi at #25 Louisiana State: LSU, 30-27

Washington State at Arizona State: Washington State, 45-24

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Lindsey Thiry

North Carolina State at #7 Louisville: Louisville, 38-17

Texas at Kansas State: Kansas State, 24-14

Colorado at Stanford: Colorado, 28-17

Texas Christian at #12 West Virginia: West Virginia, 38-35

#6 Texas A&M at #1 Alabama: Alabama, 34-28

#19 Utah at UCLA: Utah, 21-27

#17 Arkansas at #21 Auburn: Auburn, 35-34

#16 Oklahoma at Texas Tech: Oklahoma, 35-21

#23 Mississippi at #25 Louisiana State: LSU, 42-35

Washington State at Arizona State: Washington State 45-35

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David Wharton

North Carolina State at #7 Louisville: Louisville, 35-24

Texas at Kansas State: Texas, 28-24

Colorado at Stanford: Colorado, 27-17

Texas Christian at #12 West Virginia: West Virginia, 38-30

#6 Texas A&M at #1 Alabama: Alabama, 28-20

#19 Utah at UCLA: Utah, 27-13

#17 Arkansas at #21 Auburn: Auburn, 28-20

#16 Oklahoma at Texas Tech: Oklahoma, 35-27

#23 Mississippi at #25 Louisiana State: LSU, 30-28

Washington State at Arizona State: Washington State, 38-35

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Prognosticating records

Last week/season

Bolch: 8-2/42-27

Helfand: 8-2/46-23

Hiserman: 7-3/47-22

Thiry: 7-3/46-23

Wharton: 8-2/49-20