Detroit News college football picks: Week 9
Matt Charboneau, Angelique S. Chengelis, John Niyo and Bob Wojnowski of The Detroit News offer their predictions for top games in Week 9 of the college football season. All picks made against the spread.
Michigan -4 at Michigan State
Charboneau: Michigan State
Chengelis: Michigan State
Niyo: Michigan
Wojnowski: Michigan State
Iowa +3 at Wisconsin
Charboneau: Iowa
Chengelis: Iowa
Niyo: Iowa
Wojnowski: Wisconsin (best bet)
Indiana +3 at Maryland
Charboneau: Maryland
Chengelis: Indiana
Niyo: Maryland
Wojnowski: Indiana
Rutgers +1 at Illinois
Charboneau: Rutgers
Chengelis: Rutgers
Niyo: Rutgers
Wojnowski: Rutgers
More: Illinois QB Artur Sitkowski to undergo surgery; ex-UM QB Brandon Peters to start
Minnesota +8 at Northwestern
Charboneau: Minnesota
Chengelis: Minnesota
Niyo: Minnesota
Wojnowski: Minnesota
Purdue +7 at Nebraska
Charboneau: Nebraska
Chengelis: Nebraska
Niyo: Nebraska
Wojnowski: Purdue
Penn State +17.5 at Ohio State
Charboneau: Ohio State
Chengelis: Ohio State (best bet)
Niyo: Ohio State
Wojnowski: Ohio State
Texas Tech +20 at Oklahoma
Charboneau: Oklahoma
Chengelis: Oklahoma
Niyo: Oklahoma (best bet)
Wojnowski: Oklahoma
More: Texas Tech fires football coach Wells after 2-plus mediocre seasons
Iowa State -7 at West Virginia
Charboneau: Iowa State
Chengelis: Iowa State
Niyo: Iowa State
Wojnowski: West Virginia
Florida State +10 at Clemson
Charboneau: Clemson (best bet)
Chengelis: Florida State
Niyo: Clemson
Wojnowski: Florida State
Texas +3 at Baylor
Charboneau: Baylor
Chengelis: Texas
Niyo: Texas
Wojnowski: Texas
Georgia -15 vs. Florida
Charboneau: Georgia
Chengelis: Florida
Niyo: Georgia
Wojnowski: Florida
Cincinnati -25.5 at Tulane
Charboneau: Cincinnati
Chengelis: Tulane
Niyo: Cincinnati
Wojnowski: Cincinnati
UCLA +5 at Utah
Charboneau: Utah
Chengelis: Utah
Niyo: Utah
Wojnowski: UCLA
North Carolina +3.5 at Notre Dame
Charboneau: Notre Dame
Chengelis: Notre Dame
Niyo: Notre Dame
Wojnowski: North Carolina
Records
Charboneau: 8-6-1 last week, 63-55-3 overall, 4-3-1 best bets
Chengelis: 7-7-1 last week, 60-58-3 overall, 6-2 best bets
Niyo: 9-5-1 last week, 68-50-3 overall, 5-2-1 best bets
Wojnowski: 7-7-1 last week, 66-52-3 overall, 5-3 best bets