Opening College Football Week 8 Odds, Spreads and Early Predictions
Week 8 of the college football season begins on Wednesday with a matchup between Georgia State and Appalachian State. There are five ranked games between ranked programs, including #11 UCLA facing #12 Oregon in Pac-12 and #22 Texas taking on #8 Oklahoma State in the Big 12. Alabama, which fell to #6 in polls after losing to Tennessee, takes on No.18 Mississippi State, who dropped three spots in AP Top 25 after the defeat.
The largest spreads of the week include Ohio State -28.5 vs Iowa and Oregon State -23 vs Colorado. Pittsburgh vs Louisville and Ole Miss vs LSU are two games that opened as pick’ems.
UCLA is unbeaten and has opened as a 5.5-point underdog for their visit to Eugene in the Week 8 college football odds. Chip Kelly's team had a bye week in Week 7 but beat Utah 42-32. Dorian Thompson-Robinson was brilliant, throwing for 299 yards, four touchdowns and one interception. Bo Nix converted 20 of 25 throws for 265 yards and Bo. Nizic had three rushing touchdowns on his own. Oregon has won three in a row against UCLA and nine of their last 10.
Texas is 5-2 and the favorite in the Week 8 college football odds. The Longhorns came from behind to beat Iowa State 24-21 on Saturday. Oklahoma State suffered their first loss, 43-40 to TCU in 2OT. They beat Texas twice last season, but Texas won two games in a row. Texas RB Bijan Robinson has rushed for over 100 yards in five consecutive games.
