Game, Time, TV, Sirius, XM, Internet
No. 8/8 Notre Dame at Wake Forest, Noon, ABC, 94, 193, 955
Series: Notre Dame leads series, 4-0; Last meeting: Notre Dame, 48-37 (2017)
ABC: Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe
Line: Notre Dame -7.5
Capsule: Notre Dame hasn’t exactly been beating the heck outta people this season. Wake will keep this one close.
Pick: Notre Dame 23, Wake Forest 13
No. 23/25 Boston College at Purdue, Noon, ESPN2, 135, 196, 958
Series: First meeting
ESPN2: Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks
Line: Boston College -6.5
Capsule: The line is insulting.
Pick: Boston College 41, Purdue 10
Pitt at North Carolina, 12:20 p.m., Raycom, 106, 210, 968
Series: North Carolina leads series, 9-3; Last meeting: North Carolina, 34-31 (2017)
Raycom: Tom Werme, Dave Archer, Lericia Harris
Line: Pitt -4.5
Capsule: Two underachieving teams get a shot at starting anew.
Pick: UNC 24, Pitt 21
Louisville at Virginia, 12:30 p.m., RSN, 108, 207, 972
Series: Louisville leads series, 4-2; Last meeting: UL, 38-21 (2017)
RSN: Wes Durham, James Bates, Rebecca Kaple
Line: Virginia -4.5
Capsule: Louisville is rebuilding. Virginia is close to being rebuilt.
Pick: Virginia 38, Louisville 17
No. 3/2 Clemson at Georgia Tech, 3:30 p.m., ABC, 127, 194, 956
Series: Georgia Tech leads series, 50-32; Last meeting: Clemson, 24-10 (2017)
ABC: Mark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek, Molly McGrath
Line: Clemson -15.5
Capsule: Clemson has been getting out to slow starts, which will catch up with them eventually. Not this week.
Pick: Clemson 30, Georgia Tech 7
North Carolina Central at Duke, 3:30 p.m., ACCNE, 134, 202, 971
Series: Duke leads series, 6-0; Last meeting: Duke, 60-7 (2017)
ACCNE: Doug Sherman, John Gregory
Line: Duke -46.5
Capsule: Duke doesn’t have QB Daniel Jones. Which won’t matter this week.
Pick: Duke 38, NC Central 14
Northern Illinois at Florida State, 3:30 p.m., ESPNU, 111, 201,
Series: Florida State leads series,1-0; Last meeting: FSU, 31-10 (2012)
ESPNU: Mark Neely, John Congemi, Ed Aschoff
Line: FSU -11.5
Capsule: Maybe Florida State gets back on track this week?
Pick: FSU 24, Northern Illinois 17
FIU at No. 21/20 Miami, 3:30 p.m., ESPN2, 81, 81, 81
Series: Miami leads, 2-0; Last meeting: Miami, 23-9 (2007)
Network: Kevin Brown, Andre Ware
Line: Miami -26.5
Capsule: Still trying to get a handle on this Miami team.
Pick: Miami 49, FIU 17
No. 13/10 Virginia Tech at Old Dominion, 3:30 p.m., CBSSN, 205, 203, 973
Series: Virginia Tech leads series,1-0; Last meeting: Virginia Tech, 38-0 (2017)
CBSSN: Carter Blackburn, Aaron Taylor, John Schriffen
Line: Virginia Tech -28
Capsule: ODU might be regretting that move up to FBS.
Pick: Virginia Tech 62, ODU 7
UConn at Syracuse, 4 p.m., ESPNews, 108, 207, 972
Series: UConn leads series, 6-4; Last meeting: Syracuse, 31-24 (2016)
ESPNews: Shawn Kenney, Dustin Fox
Line: Syracuse -27.5
Capsule: Syracuse needs to stay focused after the big win over FSU last week.
Pick: Syracuse 44, UConn 14
NC State at Marshall, 7 p.m., CBSSN , 94, 193, 955
Series: NC State leads series, 4-0; Last meeting: NC State, 37-20 (2017)
CBSSN: Rick Waltz, Aaron Murray, AJ Ross
Line: NC State -6.5
Capsule: Gotta like State for going on the road for this one.
Pick: NC State 21, Marshall 17
Picks by Chris Graham
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