Picks are in for Week 3 of college football: Can USC exact revenge?

Each week, the Los Angeles Times’ college football experts — it’s how they refer to themselves — will make choices on a variety of games. Warning: If they could accurately predict results, they wouldn’t be reporters or editors. Their picks:

Ben Bolch

Illinois at South Florida: South Florida, 24-14

UCLA at Memphis: UCLA, 41-38

Tennessee at Florida: Florida, 24-21

Louisiana State at Mississippi State: LSU, 30-24

Kentucky at South Carolina: South Carolina, 31-21

Kansas State at Vanderbilt: Kansas State, 28-21

Clemson at Louisville: Clemson, 38-35

Texas at USC: USC, 38-21

Stanford at San Diego State: San Diego State, 28-24

Mississippi at California: Mississippi, 41-30

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Zach Helfand

Illinois at South Florida: South Florida, 35-27

UCLA at Memphis: UCLA, 41-24

Tennessee at Florida: Florida, 17-16

Louisiana State at Mississippi State: LSU, 28-21

Kentucky at South Carolina: South Carolina, 27-24

Kansas State at Vanderbilt: Kansas State, 34-28

Clemson at Louisville: Louisville, 24-23

Texas at USC: USC, 45-28

Stanford at San Diego State: Stanford, 28-21

Mississippi at California: Mississippi, 49-38

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Mike Hiserman

Illinois at South Florida: South Florida, 24-14

UCLA at Memphis: UCLA, 38-28

Tennessee at Florida: Florida, 17-10

Louisiana State at Mississippi State: LSU, 20-13

Kentucky at South Carolina: South Carolina, 31-21

Kansas State at Vanderbilt: Kansas State, 23-14

Clemson at Louisville: Clemson, 27-21

Texas at USC: USC, 35-17

Stanford at San Diego State: Stanford, 38-21

Mississippi at California: Mississippi, 30-20

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Angel Rodriguez

Illinois at South Florida: South Florida, 28-24

UCLA at Memphis: UCLA, 45-17

Tennessee at Florida: Florida, 31-10

Louisiana State at Mississippi State: LSU, 31-17

Kentucky at South Carolina: South Carolina, 24-10

Kansas State at Vanderbilt: Kansas State, 28-13

Clemson at Louisville: Clemson, 34-17

Texas at USC: Texas, 34-31

Stanford at San Diego State: Stanford, 38-17

Mississippi at California: California, 42-35

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David Wharton

Illinois at South Florida: South Florida, 24-14

UCLA at Memphis: UCLA 42-21

Tennessee at Florida: Florida, 21-17

Louisiana State at Mississippi State: LSU, 27-20

Kentucky at South Carolina: South Carolina, 28-21

Kansas State at Vanderbilt: Kansas State, 24-20

Clemson at Louisville: Clemson, 35-31

Texas at USC: USC, 38-24

Stanford at San Diego State: Stanford, 35-21

Mississippi at California: California, 28-27

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Last week; season

Bolch 7-3; 15-5

Helfand 7-3; 13-7

Hiserman 6-4; 12-8

Rodriguez 7-3; 15-5

Wharton 7-3; 15-5