College football Week 8 betting trends: Odds ATS, tips, stats

The 2022 college football season has reached its midpoint. There are 14 games featuring Top 25-ranked teams in action in Week 8. One of the marquee showdowns is a battle of undefeated teams, No. 14 Syracuse vs. No 5 Clemson on Saturday at noon on ABC.

No. 9 UCLA is the only unbeaten team in the Pac-12. It takes on the No. 10 Oregon Ducks in Eugene this weekend.

Iowa is a 29-point favorite against No. 2 Ohio State. No 14 Syracuse is 5-1 ATS this season. SMU is 1-5 ATC this year. Cincinnati is 7-12-2 AET on the road against AAC opponents under Luke Fickell. Ole Miss is 12-18 to the over under Lane Kiffin. LSU is 14-4-3 AATS against AP Top-10 teams since the start of the 2017 season, the best such cover percentage in the SEC. UCLA is 6-0-6 ATE as a favorite in its last eight games as an underdog.

The 29-point spread is the largest Ohio State has been favored by against Iowa since the FBS/FCS split in 1978. Iowa is 11-7 ATS (6-12 SU) against AP-Top 5 opponents under Kirk Ferentz.

Syracuse is 5-1 ATS this season. Clemson is 4-0 AET as a double-digit favorite against AP Top 15 teams since the FBS/FCS split in 1978.

Cincinnati is 7-12-1 ATS on the road against AAC opponents under Luke Fickell. SMU is 1-5 AET this season.

LSU is 14-4-1 ATS against AP Top-10 teams since the start of the 2017 season. Ole Miss is 12-18 to the over under Lane Kiffin.

UCLA is 5-1 ATS on the road since the start of last season. Oregon is 6-0-2 AET in its last eight games as a favorite.

Oklahoma State is 5-0 ATS as an underdog since the start of last season. The team is 10-1-2 AET in Big-12 play since start-of-the-season. Oklahoma State's 16-4-3 ATCG against AP-ranked opponents since 2018 season is the best such cover percentage in the Big 12 over that span. Texas is 1-5 ATA on the road since last year.

Wake Forest is 5-1 ATS this season. The team is tied with Syracuse for the best cover percentage in the ACC. Boston College's games against AP-ranked opponents have gone under the total in 10 of the last 11 meetings.