2024 College Football Week 8 Tips Compare Spread, Odds, Lines and Betting Trends: Vegas Expert Reveals Tips

College football’s Week 8 schedule is one of the best of the season with two games on Wednesday and Thursday and four on Friday, leading to a busy schedule of three ranked games on Saturday. The latest Week 8 college football odds according to SportsLine consensus have No. 7 Alabama as a 3-point favorite at No. 11 Tennessee, while No. 24 Michigan is at -3 at Illinois (CBS) with both games in The 3:30 p.m. ET window begins.

It’s a top-five showdown in primetime as No. 1 Texas hosts No. 5 Georgia (+3.5). Which Week 8 college football lines should you focus on with the current top-ranked team and the last four college football champions all playing in big games? Before you lock in your Week 8 college football picks for these or any other games, be sure to check out legendary Vegas handicapper Bruce Marshall’s college football betting guide.

For years, Las Vegas-based Marshall was synonymous with The Gold Sheet, the famed sports betting newsletter. With a background in play-by-play work and sports information during college, Marshall joined TGS in 1981 when he was hired by the legendary Mort Olshan and served as Editor-in-Chief for many years.

Bruce is a featured guest on numerous sports talk radio and television shows across the country and his extensive editorial work has been featured in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the New York Post and many other media outlets. He has won various disability awards and is also working on several book projects. Bruce also enters the Week 7 college football schedule at 21-8 (+1199) on his official SportsLine college football spread picks.

Using his Tech Corner technique that evaluates all the trends and the latest college football odds, Marshall has now turned his attention to college football betting for Week 8 and revealed picks for each matchup. Head over to SportsLine to see every pick.

The best college football predictions for Week 8

One of the top college football picks Marshall recommends for Week 8: South Carolina (+2.5) covers Oklahoma in a 12:45 p.m. ET kickoff in Norman.

It’s been up and down for the Gamecocks, but South Carolina has a dominant road win over Kentucky on its record as well as two extremely close matchups against LSU and Alabama, which featured in both games.

“The Gamecocks have appeared in their last three games as SEC visitors since the end of last season and are 3-1 as underdogs this season,” Marshall told SportsLine. “The Sooners have been alternating wins and losses this season – 2-2 vs. Spread at Norman, after 5-1 Mark vs. Line as hosts last season.” Check out other picks here can.

How to make college football picks for Week 8

Marshall evaluated every other match and came across an alarming 24-6 betting trend that you need to know about this week. Get betting analysis for every match at SportsLine.

So what college football picks can you make with confidence and what alarming trend do you need to know about? Check out the latest college football odds below, then head over to SportsLine to see which teams you should support, all from the legendary Vegas expert who has won multiple handicapping titles, and find out.

College football odds for Week 8

Complete college football picks, odds and predictions for Week 8 can be found here.

Wednesday, October 16th

Western Kentucky at Sam Houston State (-2.5, 55.5)

FIU at UTEP (+7, 47.5)

Thursday, October 17th

Georgia State at Marshall (-9, 51.5)

Boston College at Virginia Tech (-7, 49.5)

Friday, October 18th

Florida State at Duke (-3, 42.5)

Oregon at Purdue (+27.5, 98.5)

Oklahoma State at BYU (-9.5, 53)

Fresno State at Nevada (+2.5, 50.5)

Saturday, October 19th

Virginia at Clemson (-21, 57.5)

Miami at Louisville (+4.5, 61.5)

Notre Dame at Georgia Tech (+11.5, 49)

Alabama at Tennessee (+3, 56.5)

Michigan at Illinois (+3, 43.5)

Colorado at Arizona (-3.5, 57.5)

LSU at Arkansas (+2.5, 55.5)

Georgia at Texas (-3.5, 56)

SMU at Stanford (+16, 53.5)