College GameDay Week 11 Picks & Predictions, Location & Guest Picker (Nov. 14)

• College GameDay Week 11 broadcasts from Boise State’s campus on Saturday, November 14
• Boise State’s Ian Johnson is the guest picker; ESPN’s three-hour show starts at 9 a.m. ET
• See below for the crew tracker, Saturday’s TV schedule and my three best bets

ESPN is coming back to Boise for the first time since 2010, and the No. 24 Broncos can clinch a home Pac-12 Championship Game by beating Oregon State. Boise State is 8-1 after eight straight wins, five of them in conference play.

Ian Johnson takes the guest picker’s chair nearly 20 years after he ran in the two-point conversion that beat Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl. Rece Davis runs the set with Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Pat McAfee and Nick Saban, and ESPN has Boise State coach Spencer Danielson scheduled for a live appearance.

Oregon State visits Albertsons Stadium at 6 PM ET on USA Network, but Saturday stretches well past the blue turf. USC at Indiana, Texas at LSU and unbeaten Utah at Arizona all carry weight, with the TV schedule and spreads for all three below.

College GameDay Week 11 Location, Time & Guest Picker

The show sets up on the grass practice field just west of the stadium, and no ticket is required. Gates open at 4:30 AM MT, with the first 300 fans in line getting into the standing area known as The Pit.

ESPN will revisit Johnson’s Fiesta Bowl finish, including his proposal after the winning play. Saban’s Film Room looks at how South Carolina’s offensive line protects quarterback LaNorris Sellers.

College GameDay Week 11 Picks & Predictions

Which teams will the GameDay crew pick to win outright? The matchups below are tentative. Look for each panelist’s picks here during Saturday’s final segment.

Week 11 College GameDay Superdog Picks

Superdogs are GameDay picks against the spread, which makes them a separate bet from the straight-up winners above. These stay open until the segment runs.

How the Week 10 GameDay Picks Finished

Saban and guest picker Jason Sudeikis tied at the top with 7-2 marks. Herbstreit’s 5-3 covers eight selections because he was calling Alabama-LSU and sat that one out, while McAfee had the rough week at 3-6.

The panel consensus went 6-3 straight up, missing Oregon, Alabama and UCLA. The Superdogs went 5-1 against the spread. Kentucky +5.5 was the only miss, and Rece Davis cashed West Virginia +16.5 in a 53-48 loss at Texas Tech.

My own card went 2-1. Georgia -3.5 cruised at 42-7 and the Miami-Notre Dame under 55.5 landed by half a point at 31-24, but BYU +4.5 lost by eight in Salt Lake City.

Week 11 TV Schedule & College Football Odds

These are the five games I’m watching closest, with kickoff times, networks and current numbers. You can compare the rest of the college football odds across the full slate.

BetMGM odds as of 1:10 p.m. ET on Nov. 13. Compare prices across College Football betting apps before placing a bet.

My Week 11 College Football Best Bets

Three sides this week, all short numbers off the BetMGM board.

Tennessee vs Texas A&M Prediction: Vols -2.5

• My Pick: Tennessee -2.5 (-114 at BetMGM)

My Tennessee pick starts with DeSean Bishop. He has 1,066 rushing yards and 13 rushing touchdowns, and the Vols just put 240 yards on the ground in a 34-6 win over Kentucky.

Texas A&M is 4-5 and needs two wins in its last three to reach a bowl. The Aggies defend well on third down and in the red zone, so I want this number under a field goal and would pass at -3.

Texas vs LSU Pick: Longhorns +4

• My Pick: Texas +4 (-105 at BetMGM)

Arch Manning has completed 76% of his throws with six touchdowns and no interceptions across two straight wins. That accuracy matters against an LSU defense that can force Texas to throw on third down.

LSU is 0-3 against ranked opponents and just lost 31-13 at home to Alabama, a game the Tigers actually won on yardage 457-285. That defense gives up only 2.7 yards per carry, so I’ll take the points rather than ask Texas to win outright.

Utah vs Arizona Best Bet: Utes -2.5

• My Pick: Utah -2.5 (-114 at BetMGM)

Utah brings a 15-game winning streak to Tucson. Six of its nine wins this season came by at least 14 points, a useful benchmark with the Utes laying 2.5 here. Devon Dampier has thrown 20 touchdown passes and run for seven more, so Arizona has to account for him even when his receivers are covered. The Utes have also forced 17 turnovers, including four interceptions against BYU.

Arizona quarterback Noah Fifita has completed 72.9% of his passes, and the Wildcats average 3.11 sacks per game on defense. Both give Arizona a way to keep this within a field goal. I’m in at -2.5 and out at -3.