College Football Odds, Picks, Lines, Betting Predictions for Week 8, 2024: Proven Model Supports LSU, SMU

The No. 1 Texas Longhorns Saturday could be a chance to solidify their status as College Football Playoff national title contenders or a real “Welcome to the SEC” moment as they become the No. 5 seed on Saturday Georgia Bulldogs host. Texas defeated Oklahoma 34-3 in the Red River Rivalry game last week, winning by an average of 36.9 points in a 6-0 start. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs lost a thriller 41-34 to Alabama earlier this year but rebounded with wins over Mississippi State and Auburn.

The latest Week 8 college football odds from SportsLine consensus have Texas as a 5-point home favorite in a contest with massive postseason implications. Elsewhere in the Week 8 college football lines, No. 7 Alabama trails No. 11 Tennessee by 3 and No. 24 Michigan trails No. 22 Illinois by 3.5 in a 3:30 p.m. ET kickoff on CBS. Before you lock in your Week 8 college football picks for these or any other games, be sure to check out the latest college football predictions from SportsLine’s trusted model.

The model simulates every FBS college football game 10,000 times. Since its inception, the company has generated well over $2,000 in betting profits for players with $100 on its top-rated college football picks, and in the final three weeks of this season, it is tied for all top picks 12:5. Everyone who has followed it has seen strong returns from their sports betting apps.

Now it has turned its attention to the latest college football odds and college football betting lines for Week 8. Click here to see each selection.

The best college football predictions for Week 8

One of the college picks the model has at the top in Week 8: No. 8 LSU (-2.5) is coming off a road win against Arkansas in a 7 p.m. ET matchup on Saturday. The model assumes the Tigers will cover well over 60% of the time. The Tigers have won seven of the last eight head-to-head meetings with the Razorbacks, and LSU is coming off a huge win over Ole Miss last week in a battle of top-15 teams.

Garrett Nussmeier threw for 337 yards and three touchdowns and made several big plays to help the Tigers overcome a double-digit deficit. Kyren Lacy had five catches for 111 yards and a touchdown in the win and now has 30 catches for 463 yards and six touchdowns to lead the SEC this season. Find the rest of Week 8 college football picks here.

Another prediction: No. 21 SMU (-16.5) cruises to a blowout win at Stanford on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET. Rhett Lashlee’s squad set a program record with 11 wins last season and the Mustangs finished in the final AP Top 25 poll of the season for the first time since 1984. Now SMU has moved up a weight class after joining the ACC this offseason and is looking like a serious contender for the conference title.

Brashard Smith has totaled 699 scrimmage yards and eight total touchdowns in a 5-1 start and will cause problems for a Stanford defense that gave up 229 yards and four touchdowns on the ground last week against Notre Dame. SMU has covered the spread in the last three games, while Stanford has failed to cover it in the last three games. These are important reasons why the model covers the Mustangs in almost 70% of the simulations. Tips for every other game in Week 8 can be found here.

How to make college football picks for Week 8

The model has also determined who will win and cover in each FBS matchup in Week 8, calling for five underdogs to win the overall. Only at SportsLine can you get every pick for every game.

So which college football picks can you make with confidence and which five underdogs will win outright in Week 8? Check out the latest college football odds below, then visit SportsLine to see which teams are winning and covering the spread, all using a proven computer model that has returned well over $2,000 in profits since its inception has, and find out.

College football odds for Week 8

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

Saturday, October 19th

Virginia at Clemson (-21, 57.5)

Miami at Louisville (+5.5, 60.5)

Notre Dame at Georgia Tech (+14, 49.5)

Alabama at Tennessee (+3, 57.5)

Michigan at Illinois (+3.5, 44.5)

Colorado at Arizona (-2.5, 58)

LSU at Arkansas (+2.5, 57.5)

Georgia at Texas (-5, 57.5)

SMU at Stanford (+16.5, 54)