College football picks: Predictions, odds for key top 25 games in Week 11
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Key Points:
- Lane Kiffin and Steve Sarkisian, longtime friends since their USC days, face off Saturday as their teams, No. 21 LSU and No. 6 Texas, battle to stay alive in the College Football Playoff race.
- LSU aims to avoid consecutive home losses for the first time since 1994, while Texas holds a six-game winning streak against ranked opponents, the longest active streak in FBS.
- The week features five ranked-on-ranked matchups amid a chaotic season where a top-two team has lost in five straight weeks, tying an AP Top 25 record from 2007.
- Key games include No. 1 Georgia hosting No. 22 Missouri, No. 2 Utah visiting No. 23 Arizona, and No. 9 Indiana hosting No. 18 USC, with playoff and conference championship implications at stake.
- Expert picks favor USC (+7.5) over Indiana, Georgia (-15.5) over Missouri, Utah (-2.5) over Arizona, and Texas (+4) over LSU, highlighting tight contests with playoff ramifications.
