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Week 3 Expert Picks: Will Chaos Continue to Reign?

After a week of chaos, major upsets and near-major upsets, college football is back for Week 3 starting Friday night. After Week 2 outperformed the expectations on paper, is more turbulence in store this weekend?

Florida State and Louisville will kick things off Friday (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN) in an ACC clash. On Saturday, top-10 teams Georgia (at South Carolina, noon ET, ESPN) and Oklahoma (at Nebraska, noon ET, Fox) will both hit the road to face unranked foes, while No. 12 BYU (at Oregon, 3:30 p.m. ET, Fox) and No. 13 Miami (at Texas A&M, 9 p.m. ET, ESPN) will take on ranked opponents. Both the Ducks and Aggies will be looking to atone for early losses after Oregon was crushed by Georgia in its opener and A&M was upset by Appalachian State last week

Looking for gambling picks? SI’s Week 3 best bets

Elsewhere, the intrigue includes No. 22 Penn State visiting Auburn (3:30 p.m. ET, CBS) in a rare Big Ten–SEC clash, No. 11 Michigan State traveling to Washington (7:30 p.m. ET, ABC) and No. 7 USC hosting Fresno State (10:30 p.m. ET, Fox). 

Who will get a win in 15 key Week 3 games? Our picks are below.

Standings to Date:

John Garcia: 19–10
Ross Dellenger: 18–11
Molly Geary: 18–11
Richard Johnson: 18–11
Pat Forde: 16–13

Week 3 straight-up picks:

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