College Football Picks: Expert Predictions for Every Game in Week 9

College football’s 2018 season continues with a loaded Week 9 slate featuring 55 games from Thursday to Saturday night. Five matchups are on tap for Thursday night, including Baylor at West Virginia, Appalachian State at Georgia Southern and Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech. On Friday, another five contests are slated, including Boston College hosting Miami, while UCLA looks to build on its two-game winning streak with a home matchup against Utah. The Saturday schedule kicks off with Clemson at Florida State, Wisconsin-Northwestern, Texas Tech at Iowa State and Purdue at Michigan State as the top matchups in the first window. The annual showdown between Georgia and Florida in Jacksonville is the must-see game for the afternoon, but USF-Houston, Iowa-Penn State and Kentucky-Missouri provide plenty of other intriguing matchups during that time slot. Washington State at Stanford, Texas A&M-Mississippi State, Navy vs. Notre Dame in San Diego, NC State at Syracuse and Texas at Oklahoma State headline the top contests at night. The late window of games includes three intriguing West Coast matchups, as Oregon travels to Arizona, Fresno State hosts Hawaii and Nevada looks to upset San Diego State in Reno.

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College Football Week 9 Predictions

	Steven Lassan	Mitch Light	Mark Ross
Ball State at Ohio (Thursday)
Baylor at West Virginia (Thursday)
Toledo at Western Michigan (Thursday)
Appalachian State at Georgia Southern (Thursday)
Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech (Thursday)
Louisiana Tech at FAU (Friday)
Miami at Boston College (Friday)
Indiana at Minnesota (Friday)
Wyoming at Colorado State (Friday)
Utah at UCLA (Friday)
Bethune-Cookman at Nebraska
Central Michigan at Akron
Army at Eastern Michigan
Cincinnati at SMU
Illinois at Maryland
UMass at UConn
Tulane at Tulsa
Wake Forest at  Louisville
Coastal Carolina at Georgia State
Southern Miss at Charlotte
MTSU at Old Dominion
New Mexico at Utah State
Rice at North Texas
UNLV at San Jose State
Arkansas State at Louisiana
Boise State at Air Force
TCU at Kansas
Hawaii at Fresno State
New Mexico State at Texas State
UAB at UTEP
FIU at WKU
North Carolina at Virginia
Vanderbilt at Arkansas
Washington at California
Notre Dame vs.  Navy (San Diego)
San Diego State at Nevada
Tennessee at South Carolina
Oregon State at Colorado
Oregon at Arizona
Northern Illinois at BYU
USF at Houston
Texas Tech at Iowa State
NC State at Syracuse
Duke at  Pitt
Texas A&M at Mississippi State
Wisconsin at Northwestern
Kentucky at Missouri
Texas at Oklahoma State
Purdue at Michigan State
Kansas State at Oklahoma
Arizona State at USC
Clemson at Florida State
Washington State at Stanford
Iowa at Penn State
Florida vs. Georgia (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Miami (Ohio) at Buffalo (Tuesday, Oct. 30)
Kent State at Bowling Green (Tuesday, Oct. 30)