Editor’s note: This is week three of the Daily’s season-long Gridiron challenge. Each week, four of the Daily’s football reporters, along with a weekly guest pick, will choose the winner from nine college football games around the country and provide commentary about each game.  Kevin O’Neill, an advertising associate for the Iowa State Daily, will be making this week’s guest picks.

T1. Nate Sandell — Managing Editor of Sports (13-5)

T1. Michael Zogg — Daily Staff Writer (13-5)

T3. Chris Cuellar — Daily Staff Writer (11-7)

T3. Jake Lovett — Assistant Sports Editor (11-7)

Guest Pick — Kevin O’Neill — Iowa State Daily Advertising Account Associate

1. Iowa State @ Kent State

Nate: Iowa State – Arnaud and the Cyclone offense have a bit of a come to Jesus moment this week, and find a way to quell the road streak.

Michael: Iowa State – The Cyclones bounce back from a rough Iowa game with a W.

Chris: Iowa State – Cyclones get a shot at ending the road losing streak against a competitive Kent State club. Rhoads ends the losing woes away from Jack Trice. You get one more chance Cyclones.

Jake: Iowa State – I don’t know if it’s the idiot in me or the optimist saying this, but the losing streak ends this week.

Kevin: Iowa State – Good News: Iowa State wins its first road game of my Iowa State career! Bad News: I’m a senior.

2. No. 14 Georgia Tech @ No. 20 Miami

Nate: Miami – The Hurricanes benefit from their homefield advantage and pull off a win.

Michael: Miami– The Hurricanes are actually underrated at the beginning of this season. When is the last time that happened?

Chris: Georgia Tech – Miami looked great against Florida State, and its team speed will keep it in the game. Despite this, they are still just too young to contain the Yellow Jackets.

Jake: Miami – The U is fast. Really fast.

Kevin: Miami – Miami wins the showdown for best team in the ACC. The loser? The ACC.

3. No. 19 Nebraska @ No. 13 Virginia Tech

Nate: Virginia Tech – Bo Pelini pulls a Kanye and interupts Tech’s press conference to tell the world the Huskers should have won.

Michael: Virginia Tech – Va Tech’s 34-24 lost to Alabama showed me they are a legitimate team. Nebraska hasn’t done anything yet.

Chris: Nebraska – I took Beamer ball to start the year in an upset, but Blacksburg just isn’t the same. Bo Pelini’s Huskers will be ready for their first national test.

Jake: Virginia Tech – These aren’t your dad’s Huskers. Otherwise, this might be a different story.

Kevin: Virginia Tech – Virginia Tech wins a close game.

4. No. 18 Utah @ Oregon

Nate: Utah – The Ducks’ early season struggles may continue, but at least they will look fly in those Nike uniforms.

Michael: Oregon – After a somewhat shaky start, the Ducks will get that high powered offense rolling.

Chris: Utah – Utah has looked a little shaky to start the year, but no team in the country has looked shakier than Oregon.

Jake: Utah – The Utes have won 16 straight games. They’ll make it 17.

Kevin: Utah – Oregon proves how good mid majors really are, by losing to another.

5. Arizona @ Iowa

Nate: Iowa – Hawkeyes picked up a bit of momentum after last week. It carries over into week three.

Michael: Iowa – As much as it pains me to pick the Hawks, they are alright this year.

Chris: Iowa – Both teams look eerily similar statistically heading into this game, but Iowa’s Cy-Hawk victory is a morale booster that puts them over the edge back at Kinnick.

Jake: Iowa – Iowa’s good at home. Arizona is a middle-of-the pack team.

Kevin: Arizona – Iowa is overconfident after scoring a MAJOR upset last week. They’ll lose.

6. Michigan State @ Notre Dame

Nate: Michigan State – This is a huge game for both teams but Michigan State finds a way to pull the upset on the road. ‘Mike Dantonio, holla at cha boy.’

Michael: Notre Dame – Michigan State’s run of road wins in South Bend comes to a close.

Chris: Notre Dame – What a stinker. I’ll take Notre Dame to restore some faith and get Jimmy Claussen’s face alongside Lou Holtz and Touchdown Jesus in gold, with a lackluster performance against the struggling Spartans.

Jake: Notre Dame – This a huge game for both teams. The Irish looked good last week, save the bad offensive play calling.

Kevin: Michigan State – Michigan State wins the Who-Hates-Michigan-More Bowl.

7. Connecticut @ Baylor

Nate: Baylor – The Bears have the tools to be a surprise in the Big 12 and UConn will soon find that out.

Michael: Baylor – The Bears are good enough to beat a basketball school.

Chris: Baylor – UConn has struggled during the first two weeks, but character building won’t be enough to overcome the Baylor defense in another low scoring-ball possession game for Robert Griffin and the Bears.

Jake: Baylor – Robert Griffin and the Bears looked solid in their opener. They should continue their growth this week.

Kevin: Connecticut – As a Big 12 senior, I’ve never seen Baylor be good at anything. UConn wins.

8. Wyoming @ Colorado

Nate: Wyoming – Colorado St. and Toledo? Really? Colorado continues its painful start.

Michael: Wyoming – Wyoming looked good for a quarter against No.2 Texas. Colorado hasn’t looked good yet.

Chris: Wyoming – The Cowboys giving Texas fits wasn’t a fluke, and neither was the fact that Colorado gave up 54 points to a MAC school. This is a low scoring sleeper that turns up the incinerator on Dan Hawkins’ office chair.

Jake: Wyoming – Colorado is bad. I mean, really bad.

Kevin: Colorado – Colorado wins as Wyoming won’t be used to the altitude in Boulder.

9. West Virginia @ Auburn

Nate: Auburn – With Colorado coming up in week four, a surging Mountaineers captialize on the chance to start 4-0

Michael: Auburn – The Tigers win their third game under Chizik, matching his first year total at Iowa State.

Chris: Auburn – I don’t want to believe this is happening. Chizik’s offense is averaging over 570 yards of offense a game. Oh, the humanity.

Jake: Auburn – Ugh. This hurts. Auburn looks legit.

Kevin: West Virginia – West Virginia wins by sitting on the WR Screen as Chizik stubbornly forces it all day.