No. 11 Louisville (minus 2½) at Syracuse
Unbeaten Cardinals face tricky trip to improving Orange ... SYRACUSE 28-24.
Arkansas (plus 14) at No. 12 South Carolina
Razorbacks need two wins against tough schedule to become bowl eligible ... SOUTH CAROLINA 38-21.
No. 13 Oregon State (plus 4½) at No. 16 Stanford
Cardinal making QB switch from Josh Nunes to Kevin Hogan ... OREGON STATE 28-24.
Baylor (plus 21½) at No. 14 Oklahoma
Bears snapped 20-game losing streak to Sooners last season ... OKLAHOMA 55-24.
No. 17 UCLA (minus 14½) at Washington State
First season at Washington State has been a mess for Mike Leach ... UCLA 44-14.
Penn State (plus 7) at No. 18 Nebraska
Cornhuskers control their road to Big Ten title game ... NEBRASKA 28-14.
No. 19 Louisiana Tech (minus 20) at Texas State, 7 p.m.
La Tech has scored at least 50 in seven of nine games ... LOUISIANA TECH 54-31.
Iowa State (plus 10) at No. 19 Texas
Cyclones won in Austin two seasons ago ... TEXAS 31-17.
Arizona State (plus 9) at No. 21 Southern California
Sun Devils have lost three straight ... USC 48-21.
Army (plus 17) at No. 24 Rutgers
Scarlet Knights have won eight straight in series ... RUTGERS 38-17.
Kansas (plus 25½) at No. 25 Texas Tech
Jayhawks averaging 12 points in conference ... TEXAS TECH 42-12.
Last week's record: 17-2 (straight); 11-8 (vs. points)
Season record: 163-35 (straight); 94-86 (vs. points)
Best bets: 4-6.
Upset specials: 6-4.
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