Who wins college football Week 11 showdowns? Expert picks for every Top 25 game - USA Today

Sometimes it’s not the game, but it’s the game after the game that undoes a college football team. The Week 10 slate featured block-buster matchups across the country, but that could mean the Week 11 schedule is primed for a spate of upsets. That’s what our panel of pigskin prognosticators must ponder this week.

Starting at the top of the US LBM Coaches Poll, No. 1 Georgia returns home to take on Missouri. No. 2 Utah, fresh off a huge rivalry win, must hit the road to face No. 21 Arizona. No. 3 Notre Dame just picked up its biggest win of the season, but will the Fighting Irish fall victim to the dreaded letdown at home against Boston College, a program that has historically been a season spoiler for them? No. 4 UCLA kicks off the weekend early with a Friday night home date with Illinois.

There are other key contests on the docket as well. No. 5 Indiana plays host to No. 14 Southern California in a huge Big Ten showdown. It’s also a big week in the ACC as No. 6 Miami (Fla.) returns home to face surging Duke, and No. 11 Wake Forest heads to No. 23 SMU.

Who will handle their business as the season winds down, and will there be any other surprises in Week 11? Here’s what our staff experts think.

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