Week 11 college football picks: Ohio State at Mich. State, Alabama at LSU – SI.com

Can Alabama continue its climb up the rankings by beating LSU in Death Valley? Will Ohio State exact revenge on Michigan State in this year’s prime-time matchup in East Lansing? Who will take control of the Big 12 title race, Kansas State or TCU?

This Saturday brings some of the most highly anticipated contests of the season. So, which teams can put themselves in position to make a run at the playoff?

SI.com’s college football experts Andy Staples, Pete Thamel, Thayer Evans, Zac Ellis, Martin Rickman, Lindsay Schnell, Brian Hamilton and Ben Glicksman make their picks for this weekend’s biggest games.

For more coverage leading into Week 11, check out Power Rankings, the Walkthrough and much more.

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• ELLIS: Bowl Projections: Forecasting all the postseason matchups

• STAPLES: Sizing up all of your playoff hypotheticals; #DearAndy

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