No. 23 Iowa State at Nebraska

No. 2 Texas at Missouri

Kansas at No. 16 Texas Tech

Colorado at Oklahoma State

Kansas State at Oklahoma

Baylor at Texas A&M

Illinois at Iowa

Michigan at No. 11 Michigan State

No. 13 Notre Dame at No. 22 Purdue

No. 18 Minnesota at Penn State

No. 1 USC at No. 14 Arizona State

No. 5 Florida at No. 15 Alabama

Pat Brown, assistant sports editor – record 37-11

Nebraska – Iowa State barely held on at home last year

Texas – Missouri will look like baseball’s Tigers

Texas Tech – Can Tech run up the score again?

Colorado – Oklahoma State struggles at home

Oklahoma – Oklahoma still remembers that Big 12 championship game

Texas A&M – Baylor’s South champ hopes take a hit

Iowa – Illini fans continue to line up for basketball season

Michigan – Underestimated Wolverines get back on track

Notre Dame – Boilermakers suck

Minnesota – JoPa’s coaching from 90 years ago doesn’t cut it

Arizona State – How smart would I look if I was right?!

Florida – Game of the week, Florida ekes it out

Grant Wall, sports editor – record 36-12

Iowa State – Husker offense still floundering

Texas – Vince Young is what Brad Smith could be without Gary Pinkel

Texas Tech – Tech wins by 50 +

Colorado – First North win over the South since Gettysburg

Oklahoma – Sooners must win

Texas A&M – Baylor win streak stops at three

Iowa – Lucky for Hawks, they don’t have to play Ohio State again

Michigan State – Stanton picks a weak Michigan defense apart

Notre Dame – Weis has this team going places

Minnesota – Run, run, run.

USC – Why would you pick against this team?

Florida – I’ve said it before, Urban Meyer is a good coach

Brett McIntyre, sports reporter – record 36-12

Iowa State – Cyclones can afford exactly zero turnovers

Texas – Mizzou defense can’t stop Vince Young

Texas Tech – Kansas can’t slow Red Raiders

Colorado – Buffaloes need this game going into games with Texas A&M and at Texas

Kansas State – Season may hinge on this game for both teams

Texas A&M – Baylor Rose Bowl dreams finally shattered by revenge-minded Aggies

Iowa – …title dreams have gone so fast, wake me up, when September ends…

Michigan State – Spartans high-powered offense continues to roll

Notre Dame – Purdue unfortunately won’t win unless offense snaps out of its funk

Minnesota – Penn State rush defense barely handles N’western, so they can’t handle Maroney

Arizona State – ASU has the offense to run with USC, plus I need to pick upsets to catch Brent

Florida – Urban Meyer extends win streak to 21 games

Brent Blum, sports columnist – record 40-8

Iowa State – Do I really think so?? I don’t even know

Texas – Brad Smith and Vince Young switch jerseys, but no one notices

Texas Tech – Both teams combust after realizing the other is in D-1

Colorado – I have no clue. None. Zip.

Oklahoma – A-Pete should play quarterback. Heck let him call the plays

Texas A&M – Baylor won this game last year. I’m not kidding.

Iowa – I feel bad for Iowa fans, they don’t know who to boo.

Michigan State – First time since ’68 Mich. Neb. and Okla. not ranked. Nifty.

Purdue – Why do I get the feeling Brady Quinn will be an excellent accountant?

Penn State – Does Paterno even coach? If he does, I’m changing my pick.

USC – Oh no, USC has a defense too.

Florida – The Urban-Leak show takes it up a notch.