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College football picks Week 11: Tampa Bay Times staff predictions

Here are our picks for this week’s top college football games, including USF-Temple, FSU-Boston College, Florida-Vanderbilt and Alabama-LSU.
 
USF Bulls head coach Charlie Strong on the sideline during the second half of the game at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on Saturday, October 12, 2019.
USF Bulls head coach Charlie Strong on the sideline during the second half of the game at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on Saturday, October 12, 2019. [ OCTAVIO JONES | Times ]
Published Nov. 7, 2019|Updated Nov. 7, 2019

The picks:

Away Home Joey Knight, USF Beat Writer Matt Baker, College Beat Writer Mike Sherman, Deputy Editor-Sports Traci Johnson, Assistant Sports Editor
Temple (-2.5) USF USF 27-24 Temple 27-21 Temple 28-20 Temple 28-21
Vanderbilt Florida (-26.5) Florida 31-10 Florida 38-10 Florida 42-14 Florida 38-7
Florida State Boston College (-1.5) BC 31-24 BC 24-21 FSU 27-24 BC 35-17
Louisville Miami (-6.5) Louisville 31-28 Miami 27-20 Miami 28-24 Miami 31-21
UCF (-16.5) Tulsa UCF 55-21 UCF 42-28 UCF 56-24 UCF 48-20
LSU Alabama (-6.5) Alabama 27-21 LSU 42-38 LSU 37-35 Bama 35-31
Penn State (-6.5) Minnesota Penn St. 33-24 Penn St. 31-28 Minnesota 31-30 Minnesota 34-31
Iowa Wisconsin (-8.5) Wisconsin 24-17 Wisconsin 28-17 Wisconsin 27-21 Wisconsin 28-24
Baylor (-1.5) TCU TCU 20-17 Baylor 24-21 Baylor 31-28 TCU 24-20
USC Arizona State (-1.5) USC 28-24 USC 27-21 Arizona State 28-24 Arizona State 31-28
Notre Dame (-8.5) Duke ND 34-23 ND 38-20 ND 31-24 ND 42-24
Iowa State Oklahoma (-13.5) OU 49-39 OU 45-28 OU 42-28 OU 45-31
Kansas State Texas (-6.5) Texas 31-21 Texas 28-27 Kansas St. 30-27 Texas 34-31
Purdue (-1.5) Northwestern Purdue 31-21 Purdue 20-10 Purdue 28-17 Purdue 24-17
Wake Forest (-2.5) Virginia Tech Wake 30-26 Wake 38-31 Wake 34-28 Wake 28-27
Tennessee Kentucky (-1.5) Kentucky 27-17 Tenn. 24-20 Tenn. 27-21 Tennessee 28-17
Wyoming Boise State (-12.5) Boise St. 33-20 Boise St.31-20 Boise St. 34-21 Boise St 35-17
Illinois Michigan State (-13.5) Michigan St. 34-27 Michigan St. 24-13 Michigan St. 27-14 Michigan St 31-24
Georgia Tech Virginia (-16.5) Virginia 38-20 Virginia 35-13 Virginia 31-14 Virginia 35-17
Missouri Georgia (-16.5) Georgia 38-20 Georgia 35-20 Georgia 42-20 Georgia 38-24
This week Lock of the week UCF Purdue Georgia OU
This week Upset of the week USF LSU FSU Minnesota
Last week vs. spread 8-12 11-9 8-12 8-12
Overall vs. spread 93-95 93-95 89-99 84-104
Last week straight up 11-9 15-5 13-7 11-9
Overall straight up 131-59 138-52 134-56 136-54
Season Locks 4-6 7-3 6-4 6-4
Season Upsets 3-7 5-5 2-8 6-4

Contact Mike Sherman at msherman@tampabay.com. Follow @mikesherman