Here are my picks and pool plays for Friday and Saturday in college football:

Mississippi State (-2) over Texas A&M: Texas A&M is overvalued and were lucky to beat Arkansas on Saturday. I think the Aggies defense will have trouble with Dak Prescott and the Bulldogs offense. Mississippi State had a bye last week to refocus after an emotional win at LSU.

Stanford (-1) over Notre Dame: Two years ago Stanford pushed Notre Dame to the brink before falling just short in South Bend. I think revenge can be a factor in this game. Everett Golson has had a great start to the season but the Cardinal have a history of slowing down mobile quarterbacks. Stanford’s only loss was against USC where they statistically dominated the game. Notre Dame has taken care of business but this year’s Michigan team, Purdue and Syracuse aren’t very good this season.

LSU (+7.5) over Auburn: I’ve been picking against Auburn a lot this season and will do it at least one more time. They failed to cover the spread in the last two games despite winning outright. Les Miles’ teams are always better with less expectations and when no one believes in them. I think that is the case in this game and I can see LSU upsetting Auburn.

Utah (+13) over UCLA: UCLA started the season slowly and then bursted out for 62 points and 580 yards last Thursday against Arizona State. The Bruins scored twice on interceptions and also returned a kickoff for a touchdown. The Bruins have a tough scheduling situation with Oregon at home next week. Utah may have been looking ahead to this game when they blew a fourth quarter lead to Washington State at home. I think the Utes offense gets back on track and they cover in Pasadena.

Pool Plays

Syracuse (+3) over Louisville- Friday Night

Purdue (+8.5) over Illinois

Ohio State (-8.5) over Maryland

Florida (+3) over Tennessee

Iowa State (+17) over Oklahoma State

North Carolina (+3) over Virginia Tech

Indiana (-13.5) over North Texas

Florida State (-38) over Wake Forest

Northwestern (+8) over Wisconsin

USC (-12) over Arizona State

Oklahoma (-5.5) over TCU

Texas (+15) over Baylor

Ole Miss (+7) over Alabama

Clemson (-14.5) over North Carolina State

Vanderbilt (+33.5) over Georgia

Kansas (+27.5) over West Virginia

Colorado (+7) over Oregon State

Kansas State (-14.5) over Texas Tech

Rutgers (-2.5) over Michigan

Georgia Tech (-1) over Miami

Pittsburgh (+7) over Virginia

Kentucky (+5) over South Carolina

Michigan State (-7) over Nebraska

California (+3.5) over Washington State