KUSports.com college football staff picks.

The following are the Journal-World staffers’ picks for Week 3 of the college football season.

Week 3 games

Kansas at Georgia Tech

Iowa State at Connecticut

Texas at UCLA

Oklahoma at Florida State

Ohio State at Miami (FL)

Michigan State at Notre Dame

Off-the-wall question: Who was your favorite sports writer growing up?

Matt Tait (9-3 overall, 4-2 last week)

Georgia Tech 34, Kansas 28

UConn 27, Iowa State 20

Texas 24, UCLA 20

Oklahoma 30, Florida State 21

Miami 27, Ohio State 21

Notre Dame 38, Michigan State 33

Question:Rick Reilly, Sports Illustrated — These days, the man’s a shell of his former self, but growing up with Reilly on the last page of SI is something I’ll always remember.

Tom Keegan (6-6 overall, 3-3 last week)

Georgia Tech 44, Kansas 31

Connecticut 28, Iowa State 24

Texas 28, UCLA 21

Oklahoma 31, Florida State 28

Ohio State 34, Miami 24

Notre Dame 31, Michigan State 28

Question:Gene Duffey of the Rochester Times-Union. Decades later, I met him when he worked in Houston and was happy to discover he’s a great guy.

Eric Sorrentino (6-6 overall, 3-3 last week)

Georgia Tech 31, Kansas 21

Connecticut 24, Iowa State 17

Texas 30, UCLA 21

Oklahoma 35, Florida State 28

Ohio State 28, Miami 21

Notre Dame 30, Michigan State 28

Question:Texas Rangers beat writer Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News.

Jesse Newell (6-6 overall, 2-4 last week)

Georgia Tech 42, Kansas 21

Connecticut 34, Iowa State 20

Texas 24, UCLA 20

Florida State 35, Oklahoma 28

Ohio State 27, Miami 17

Notre Dame 42, Michigan State 31

Question:Joe Posnanski, Kansas City Star.

Gary Bedore (4-8 overall, 1-5 last week)

Georgia Tech 48, Kansas 22

UConn 17, Iowa State 16

Texas 28, UCLA 24

Oklahoma 35, Florida State 21

Ohio State 31, Miami 24

Notre Dame 24, Michigan State 20

Question:Bruce Drennan.