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
Nevada Las Vegas at UCLA: UCLA, 42-13
Utah State at USC: USC, 24-17
Iowa State at Iowa: Iowa, 31-21
Penn State at Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh, 17-14
Connecticut at Navy: UConn, 30-13
Brigham Young at Utah: Utah, 28-24
Texas Tech at Arizona State: Arizona State, 35-26
Washington State at Boise State: Washington State, 38-31
California at San Diego State: San Diego State, 20-18
Virginia at Oregon: Oregon, 40-21
Mike Hiserman
Nevada Las Vegas at UCLA: UCLA, 45-13
Utah State at USC: USC, 34-22
Iowa State at Iowa: Iowa, 35-13
Penn State at Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh, 26-20
Connecticut at Navy: UConn, 20-17
Brigham Young at Utah: BYU, 24-19
Texas Tech at Arizona State: Arizona State, 45-38
Washington State at Boise State: Boise State, 40-34
California at San Diego State: San Diego State, 34-31
Virginia at Oregon: Oregon, 38-20
Zach Helfand
Nevada Las Vegas at UCLA: UCLA, 42-14
Utah State at USC: USC, 27-17
Iowa State at Iowa: Iowa, 34-14
Penn State at Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh, 27-10
Connecticut at Navy: Navy, 27-24
Brigham Young at Utah: BYU, 26-19
Texas Tech at Arizona State: Texas Tech, 42-38
Washington State at Boise State: Washington State, 35-34
California at San Diego State: San Diego State, 38-30
Virginia at Oregon: Oregon, 31-14
Lindsey Thiry
Nevada Las Vegas at UCLA: UCLA, 31-14
Utah State at USC: USC, 21-17
Iowa State at Iowa: Iowa, 45-3
Penn State at Pittsburgh: Penn State, 21-10
Connecticut at Navy: Navy, 21-14
Brigham Young at Utah: BYU, 38-34
Texas Tech at Arizona State: Arizona State, 42-38
Washington State at Boise State: Boise State, 35-31
California at San Diego State: San Diego State, 38-21
Virginia at Oregon: Oregon, 42-7
David Wharton
Nevada Las Vegas at UCLA: UCLA, 35-17
Utah State at USC: USC, 35-21
Iowa State at Iowa: Iowa, 27-14
Penn State at Pittsburgh: Penn State, 24-14
Connecticut at Navy: Navy, 21-10
Brigham Young at Utah: Utah, 35-24
Texas Tech at Arizona State: Arizona State, 31-28
Washington State at Boise State: Boise State, 42-38
California at San Diego State: San Diego State, 28-24
Virginia at Oregon: Oregon, 42-21
