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SALT LAKE CITY — Another week and another opportunity to lose all your picks win this week's Pick'em and brag to all the people you know.
In Week 5, we get a rivalry game (potentially its last for some time) between No. 19 BYU and a Utah State program that has struggled to be on the winning side of the aisle this season. But the Old Wagon Wheel is up for grabs!
A total of 99.7% of BYU fans have faith in their Cougars getting it done this week, while only 6.9% of Utah State fans believe in an upset. The points are double for this game (100 points), so make sure you choose wisely. The KSL.com staff has a lot of belief in BYU this week, which probably means Utah State will win. 😂
As a reminder, the games this week start Thursday, so don't forget to make your picks now!
For Utah, it's a "revenge" game as the Oregon State Beavers come to Rice-Eccles Stadium in an afternoon Homecoming game. The Utes are 10.5-point favorites, but the Beavers got the win last season and are more than capable of doing it again. A total of 98.7% of Utah fans believe Utah will come away with the win, and only one member of the KSL.com staff has Oregon State.
The other national games provide a good mix of staff picks, outside of a majority of the staff selecting Washington to beat UCLA on the road.
Think you can do better than us? Go make your picks if you haven't already!
Each week's first-, second- and third-place winners will get a $100, $70 and $30 Visa gift card, respectively, courtesy of Goldenwest Credit Union. The overall winners of Pick'em will receive a $500 gift card for first place, a $250 gift card for second place and a $100 gift card for third place.
Each week, we release the KSL.com sports staff picks for you to see. Can you do a better job than us? Probably, but that's the fun of it all.
This week's games are as follows:
- No. 19 BYU vs. Utah State (Thursday, Sept. 29, 6:00 p.m. MDT, ESPN)
- UCLA vs. No. 15 Washington (Friday, Sept. 30, 8:30 p.m. MDT, ESPN)
- No. 14 Mississippi vs. No. 7 Kentucky (Saturday, Oct. 1, 10:00 a.m. MDT, ESPN
- No. 12 Utah vs. Oregon State (Saturday, Oct. 1, 12:00 p.m. MDT, PAC12)
- No. 23 Florida State vs. No. 22 Wake Forest (Saturday, Oct. 1, 1:30 p.m. MDT, ABC)
So head on over to KSL.com Pick'em and fill out your weekly ballot.
