The following are the Journal-World/6Sports staffers’ picks for Week 9 of the college football season.

Week 9 games

Kansas at Texas Tech

Missouri at Colorado

Iowa State at Texas A&M

Texas at Oklahoma State

USC at Oregon

South Carolina at Tennessee

Off-the-wall question: If you were a type of food, what type of food would you be?

Dugan Arnett

Texas Tech 42-28

Missouri 34-21

Texas A&M 31-28

Texas 35-24

USC 28-10

Tennessee 27-20

Question: Beer. 

Matt Tait

Kansas 34-30

Colorado 24-18

Iowa State 20-16

Texas 30-13

USC 28-23

Tennessee 24-19

Question: Cantaloupe: Sweet and good for you.

D.J. Whetter

Kansas 45-38

Missouri 31-17

Texas A&M 34-10

Texas 42-21

Oregon 35-31

Tennessee 24-13

Question: Seafood

Tom Keegan

Texas Tech 42-28

Missouri 28-27

Texas A&M 28-24

Texas 35-24

Oregon 31-28

Tennessee 21-17

Question: A pineapple living in Hawaii

Gary Bedore

Texas Tech 42-17

Colorado 21-19

Texas A&M 35-21

Texas 44-20

Oregon 28-27

Tennessee 27-21

Question: Rice Chex (delicious morning meal)

Jesse Newell

Texas Tech 38-31

Missouri 27-13

Iowa State 17-14

Texas 34-24

USC 31-20

South Carolina 28-21

Question: A fortune cookie: Simple, wise, and one Powerball ticket away from being a millionaire

Eric Sorrentino

Texas Tech 40-30

Missouri 28-24

Texas A&M 30-27

Texas 38-23

USC 34-21

Tennessee 27-20

Question: Wheaties

Kevin Romary

Texas Tech 35-24

Missouri 17-14

Texas A&M 27-14

Texas 31-21

USC 38-27

Tennessee 20-14

Question: Donut

Week 8 results

Eric 6-0

Gary 5-1

Kevin 5-1

Jesse 4-2

Dugan 3-3

D.J. 3-3

Matt 2-4

Tom 2-4

Overall standings

Eric Sorrentino 32-10

Kevin Romary 29-13

Dugan Arnett 29-13

D.J. Whetter 27-15

Jesse Newell 27-15

Gary Bedore 27-15

Matt Tait 25-17

Tom Keegan 22-20