College Football 2017 Week 8 Lines: Betting Odds For Top 25 Games
There are still eight teams that are undefeated and ranked in the AP Top 25 at the start of Week 8 in the 2017 college football season. Nearly all of them are scheduled to play Saturday and expected to win big, according to the latest betting odds.
No.4 TCU is the biggest Week 8 favorite, giving visiting Kansas 39 points. The game between No.1 Alabama and unranked Tennessee features a point spread of nearly 35 points. No.5 Wisconsin is favored by 24 points over Maryland, and No.8 Miami is a 17-point favorite over Syracuse.
A big point spread doesn’t necessarily mean the Orange can’t pull off an upset. Syracuse delivered Clemson their first loss of the season last week as a three-touchdown underdog. The defending national champions had previously lost just one regular-season game since the start of the 2015 season.
No.2 Penn State faces the most difficult task of any unbeaten them. They’ll host No.19 Michigan, who’s 5-1 on the year.
No.20 UCF might be the most likely team to suffer their first loss of the year in Week 8. They are barely favored by more than a touchdown on the road against Navy.
No.11 USC visits No.13 Notre Dame in what’s probably the most highly anticipated game on Saturday’s schedule. The two rivals each have three wins against one another over the last six years, and the contest features the smallest point spread of any of the Top 25 games.
The contest between No.23 West Virginia and unranked Baylor features the highest over-under of Week 8. The Mountaineers rank sixth in college football in total offense, and they’ve scored at least 46 points in all four of their wins. Only nine FBS teams give up more points per game than Baylor.
One ranked team picked up a victory Thursday night. No.25 Memphis won at Houston. The Tigers were slight road underdogs, even though the Cougars aren’t ranked.
Below are the complete betting lines for all the Week 8 college football games with top-25 teams, including the point spreads and totals. These are the consensus odds from multiple sportsbooks in Las Vegas and online, via OddsShark.
Maryland (+24) at No.5 Wisconsin, 50.5
No.10 Oklahoma State (-7) at Texas, 65.5
North Carolina (+21) at No.14 Virginia Tech, 51.5
Indiana (+6.5) at No.18 Michigan State, 46
Tennessee (+34.5) at No.1 Alabama, 50.5
No.20 UCF (-7.5) at Navy, 65
Syracuse (+17) at No.8 Miami, 58.5
No.9 Oklahoma (-13.5) at Kansas State, 56
No.16 USF (-11.5) at Tulane, 54
No.21 Auburn (-15.5) at Arkansas, 52.5
No.24 LSU (-7) at Ole Miss, 59.5
No.19 Michigan (+9.5) at No.2 Penn State, 44.5
No.11 USC (+3.5) at No.13 Notre Dame, 65.5
Kansas (+39) at No.4 TCU, 59.5
No.23 West Virginia (-9) at Baylor, 68
Colorado (+10) at No.15 Washington State, 52
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