College football score predictions for Week 9, 2026: Model backs Oregon (-3.5) against Northwestern — SkimNews
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- SportsLine's model projects Oregon (-3.5) to beat Northwestern 28-21, giving Oregon a 58% chance to cover the spread and the Under 47.5 a 54% hit rate.
- Oregon arrives with three losses and fired offensive coordinator Drew Mehringer after another dismal performance, a 21-10 loss to Illinois last week.
- Northwestern enters on a four-game winning streak over Ball State, Michigan State, Rutgers and Penn State, though three of those opponents share a combined one Big Ten win and its lone true road test ended in a loss to Indiana by a touchdown.
- Utah is a 6.5-point road favorite at No. 6 Cincinnati on Oct. 31, where the host is coming off a win over Texas Tech and a chance at back-to-back stunners.
- SportsLine simulates every FBS game 10,000 times and enters Week 9 on a 68-59 run on its top-rated college football picks, returning nearly $400 at betting sites.
- BYU, Ole Miss and Texas Tech all lost in Week 8, adding three more top-10 casualties in a week the piece concedes was less chaotic than Week 7.
- Georgia is called at -3.5 against No. 17 Florida in the article's line callouts but listed at -11.5 in the Oct. 31 schedule table, with all odds provided by FanDuel and subject to change.
Why it matters: For bettors following the model's 68-59 top-rated run and nearly $400 return, the concrete Week 9 numbers are Oregon's -3.5 cover at 58% and Utah's 6.5-point road-favorite line at Cincinnati. The Georgia spread shifts from -3.5 in the prose to -11.5 in the table, and all odds are FanDuel-sourced and subject to change.
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