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College football picks: Predictions for USF-Georgia Tech, Miami-UNC and other week 2 games

Predictions: Here are the Tampa Bay Times’ college football coverage teams picks.
Charlie Strong will try to end the Bulls' seven-game losing streak Saturday at Georgia Tech. [CHRIS URSO  |  Times]
Charlie Strong will try to end the Bulls' seven-game losing streak Saturday at Georgia Tech. [CHRIS URSO | Times] [ URSO, CHRIS | Tampa Bay Times ]
Published Sept. 7, 2019

The number of Times pickers selecting USF doubled this week. Two members of our college football coverage team are picking the Bulls, 5.5-point underdogs Saturday at Georgia Tech, to pull off the upset. USF is coming off a devastating home loss to Wisconsin.

Here’s all of our picks:

Away Home Joey Knight, USF Beat Writer Mike Sherman, Deputy Editor-Sports Ernest Hooper, Assistant Sports Editor Matt Baker, College Beat Writer Traci Johnson, Assistant Sports Editor Martin Fennelly, Columnist John Romano, Columnist
USF Ga. Tech (-5.5) USF 42-38 Ga. Tech 27-24 USF 22-19 Ga. Tech 24-21 Ga. Tech 24-21 Ga. Tech 28-27 Ga. Tech 27-21
UL Monroe Florida St. (-21.5) FSU 49-21 FSU 51-14 FSU 42-20 FSU 42-21 FSU 38-21 FSU 24-14 FSU 44-27
Miami (-5.5) North Carolina Miami 24-21 N. Carolina 27-24 Miami 22-20 Miami 21-20 Miami 28-24 N. Carolina 28-24 Miami 24-20
UCF (-10.5) Florida Atlantic UCF 45-34 UCF 38-28 UCF 44-12 UCF 42-20 UCF 48-17 UCF 33-21 UCF 38-21
UT Martin Florida (no line) Florida 42-14 Florida 45-13 Florida 50-0 Florida 56-3 Florida 48-3 Florida 60-7 Florida 49-7
Marshall Boise St. (-11.5) Boise St. 38-20 Boise St. 34-20 Boise St. 33-21 Boise St. 31-17 Boise St. 31-3 Boise St. 38-17 Boise St. 29-14
Cincinnati Ohio St. (-16.5) Ohio St. 37-28 Ohio St. 34-14 Ohio St. 30-21 Ohio St. 35-20 Ohio St. 42-17 Ohio St. 35-21 Ohio St. 31-21
Army Michigan (-23.5) Michigan 31-14 Michigan 31-7 Michigan 40-10 Michigan 35-14 Michigan 38-7 Michigan 42-10 Michigan 44-16
Syracuse (1.5) Maryland Syracuse 38-30 Maryland 31-28 Syracuse 29-16 Syracuse 31-20 Syracuse 28-27 Syracuse 32-20 Maryland 23-21
West Virginia Missouri (-14.5) Missouri 38-33 Missouri 34-28 Missouri 40-30 Missouri 35-21 Missouri 34-21 Missouri 31-28 Missouri 28-24
Vanderbilt Purdue (-7.5) Purdue 24-14 Purdue 28-20 Vandy 24-22 Purdue 28-24 Purdue 21-14 Purdue 17-13 Purdue 19-17
Rutgers Iowa (-19.5) Iowa 35-17 Iowa 30-21 Iowa 33-22 Iowa 35-13 Iowa 28-7 Iowa 35-14 Iowa 30-24
Texas A&M Clemson (-17.5) Clemson 40-28 Clemson 42-21 Clemson 33-30 Clemson 35-24 Clemson 47-37 Clemson 45-35 Clemson 48-24
Nebraska (-4.5) Colorado Nebraska 27-20 Colorado 34-31 Nebraska 19-17 Colorado 35-32 Nebraska 21-17 Nebraska 22-20 Nebraska 20-17
C. Michigan Wisconsin (-35.5) Wisc. 49-14 Wisc. 52-14 Wisc. 55-0 Wisc. 52-3 Wisc. 52-3 Wisc. 45-10 Wisc. 44-17
BYU Tennessee (-3.5) BYU 30-27 BYU 28-21 Tenn 22-17 Tennessee 28-24 BYU 21-10 Tennessee 28-26 BYU 24-23
LSU (-5.5) Texas LSU 28-24 Texas 34-28 Texas 24-21 LSU 31-24 LSU 34-31 Texas 33-30 LSU 30-27
Arkansas Ole Miss (-6.5) Ole Miss 31-24 Ole Miss 31-20 Arkansas 20-19 Ole Miss 28-24 Ole Miss 21-14 Ole Miss 30-20 Ole Miss 23-20
Cal Washington (-14.5) Wash 42-20 Wash 41-24 Wash 30-15 Wash 31-14 Wash 42-28 Wash 48-17 Wash 35-20
Stanford USC (-3.5) Stanford 24-10 Stanford 21-17 Stanford 19-2 Stanford 20-17 Stanford 21-20 Stanford 31-28 Stanford 24-17
Lock of the week Boise St. UCF Cincy UCF Florida Wisconsin Wisconsin
Upset of the week USF Texas Arkansas Stanford BYU Stanford Maryland
Against the spread 5-5 5-5 5-5 4-6 4-6 2-8 1-9
Straight up 8-2 8-2 7-3 9-1 9-1 6-4 7-3
Locks 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1
Upsets 0-1 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1

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