LSU or Ole Miss? College football picks for Week 3 showdown and predictions for Top 25 games

You might have heard a little something about one of the games on the Week 3 agenda in college football. We all know the main plot when No. 7 LSU visits No. 9 Mississippi, as Lane Kiffin brings his new charges to face the program he left. But beyond all the noise, our staff pickers are concerned only with who will actually win.

There are a number of other games that could cause differences of opinion for our experts as well.

Among the highlights, No. 16 SMU hits the road for a key ACC showdown at Louisville, No. 22 Houston heads to No. 13 Texas Tech in the Friday night Big 12 headliner, and No. 3 Notre Dame welcomes Michigan State to South Bend, Indiana.

Read on to see where our panel of prognosticators believe there might be upsets afoot this week.

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