College football odds, lines, schedule for Week 8: Texas opens as favorite vs. Ole Miss — SkimNews
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- Five top-seven AP poll teams lost on the same Saturday, the first time that's happened in the poll's 90-year history dating to 1936, leaving only BYU, James Madison, Miami, Texas Tech, UCLA and Utah unbeaten at midseason.
- Texas opened as a 3.5-point home favorite over Ole Miss, with defensive end Colin Simmons (nation-leading 10.5 sacks) questionable after being carted off against Florida; Ole Miss QB Trinidad Chambliss has already beaten two nationally ranked opponents this fall.
- Indiana is a 7.5-point road favorite at Michigan, where backup QB Tommy Carr sparked the Wolverines against Penn State after Bryce Underwood was benched; Indiana's 22-game winning streak was snapped by Ohio State and the Hoosiers haven't won at Michigan Stadium since 1967.
- Tennessee is a 2.5-point favorite at South Carolina, where Shane Beamer is 3-4 in extra-prep spots; LaNorris Sellers accounted for five touchdowns in South Carolina's offensive breakout at Florida, and the two have split their last eight meetings dating to 2016.
- LSU is a 6.5-point road favorite at Auburn, coming off a 31-point demolition of Mississippi State; Auburn tries to prove its upset of "the SEC's king" was a turning point rather than a signature moment inside Jordan-Hare.
- Utah is a 5.5-point home favorite over a red-hot Houston team that beat Oklahoma State 35-32 behind Conner Weigman's five touchdown passes, with a Nov. 7 showdown against BYU looming as Utah's first real quality-win chance.
- The first College Football Playoff rankings come out in two weeks, raising the stakes for every Week 8 result in a season where unpredictability has defined every Saturday.
Why it matters: Two weeks before the first College Football Playoff rankings release, only six unbeatens remain after the historic AP top-seven wipeout. Week 8 carries direct CFP consequences for Texas, Tennessee, LSU and Indiana, all favorites facing SEC opposition whose playoff résumés hinge on the result — and a loss for any of them further collapses an already thin tier of perceived elites.
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