Penn State vs. Minnesota prediction, odds: 2022 Week 8 college football picks, best bets from proven model

Penn State Nittany Lions have won five of the past seven games against Minnesota Golden Gophers. The Gopher won the last meeting 31-26 in 2019. Minnesota is coming off a 26-14 loss at Illinois. Penn State lost 41-17 at Michigan last Saturday.

SportsLine's computer model has set its sights on Minnesota vs. Penn State and has made its picks and CFB predictions. The model is using the college football odds and betting lines.

Penn State vs. Minnesota is a college football game. The Golden Gophers are 8-2 against the spread in their last 10 road games. Penn State is 4-0-1 ATS in its last five games after allowing more than 40 points in the previous game and is favored by 5 points.

Brenton Strange has four touchdown passes and has started all six games for Penn State this season. Senior safety Ji'Ayir Brown has been a difference-maker for the Lions with 34 tackles, including 25 solo, with one sack for five yards, two pass breakups and two interceptions for 57 yards.

Penn State is not a lock to cover the Minnesota vs. Penn State spread. Minnesota has a solid offense even if Morgan can't play. Mohamed Ibrahim leads the team with 104 carries for 694 yards and nine touchdowns. Brevyn Spann-Ford has 18 receptions for 252 yards (14.0 average) and one touchdown.

SportsLine's model is leaning Over on the total and projects 50 combined points for Penn State and Minnesota. It also says one side of the spread hits more than 50% of time.