Picks are in for Week 8 of college football season: Should be a close call in South Bend

Each week, the Los Angeles Times’ college football experts — it’s how they refer to themselves — will make choices on a variety of games. Warning: If they could accurately predict results, they wouldn’t be reporters or editors. Their picks:

Ben Bolch:

Oklahoma State at Texas: Oklahoma State, 27-24

Louisville at Florida State: Florida State, 28-27

Iowa State at Texas Tech: Texas Tech, 38-30

Syracuse at Miami: Miami, 30-20

Central Florida at Navy: Central Florida, 42-35

Oklahoma at Kansas State: Oklahoma, 35-17

Michigan at Penn State: Penn State, 27-24

USC at Notre Dame: Notre Dame, 31-28

Arizona at California: Arizona, 35-28

Fresno State at San Diego State: San Diego State, 35-20

Zach Helfand

Oklahoma State at Texas: Oklahoma State, 37-31

Louisville at Florida State: Florida State, 28-21

Iowa State at Texas Tech: Texas Tech, 45-35

Syracuse at Miami: Miami, 28-27

Central Florida at Navy: Navy, 31-28

Oklahoma at Kansas State: Oklahoma, 35-17

Michigan at Penn State: Penn State, 28-10

USC at Notre Dame: Notre Dame, 34-28

Arizona at California: California, 30-27

Fresno State at San Diego State: San Diego State, 28-21

Mike Hiserman

Oklahoma State at Texas: Texas, 30-28

Louisville at Florida State: Florida State, 34-31

Iowa State at Texas Tech: Iowa State, 35-34

Syracuse at Miami: Miami, 31-21

Central Florida at Navy: Central Florida, 35-31

Oklahoma at Kansas State: Oklahoma, 34-17

Michigan at Penn State: Penn State, 28-17

USC at Notre Dame: USC, 27-24

Arizona at California: California, 35-28

Fresno State at San Diego State: San Diego State, 28-20

Angel Rodriguez

Oklahoma State at Texas: Texas, 32-24

Louisville at Florida State: Florida State, 21-13

Iowa State at Texas Tech: Iowa State, 35-24

Syracuse at Miami: Miami, 24-13

Central Florida at Navy: Navy, 32-17

Oklahoma at Kansas State: Oklahoma, 27-14

Michigan at Penn State: Penn State, 30-17

USC at Notre Dame: USC, 28-24

Arizona at California: Arizona, 44-38

Fresno State at San Diego State: San Diego State, 32-17

David Wharton

Oklahoma State at Texas: Oklahoma State, 28-20

Louisville at Florida State: Florida State, 24-21

Iowa State at Texas Tech: Texas Tech, 34-27

Syracuse at Miami: Miami, 30-14

Central Florida at Navy: Central Florida, 38-30

Oklahoma at Kansas State: Oklahoma, 35-21

Michigan at Penn State: Penn State, 21-14

USC at Notre Dame: Notre Dame, 28-27

Arizona at California: Arizona, 30-24

Fresno State at San Diego State: San Diego State, 20-17

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Expert: last week; season

Bolch: 5-5; 45-25

Helfand: 6-4; 43-27

Hiserman: 7-3; 40-30

Rodriguez: 3-7; 43-27

Wharton: 5-5; 50-20