Six college football teams remain undefeated this season with five of them in action in Week 8 - and at least one of them is going to end the week with their first loss of 2014. Here's a look at the Sportsbook Week 8 college football betting lines.
The top five teams in the AP Top 25 for this week are all 6-0 SU on the season - Mississippi State, Florida State, Ole Miss, Baylor, and Notre Dame. As well, No. 25 Marshall has also cracked the rankings after starting the season 6-0 SU. New No. 1 Mississippi State is on a bye this week, while Florida State and Notre Dame will clash in the top matchup - with the Seminoles big home favorites.
Matchup Reports: Notre Dame vs. Florida State | Marshall vs. FIU | Stanford vs. Arizona State
No. 2 Florida State opened as a 12-point home favorite against No. 5 Notre Dame on the college football betting odds for Week 8, after they dropped from No. 1 to No. 2 in the AP Top 25 for this week. The Seminoles are 6-0 SU but 1-5 ATS on the season, with the Fighting Irish 6-0 SU, 4-2 ATS, and 7-2 ATS in their last nine games as road underdogs according to the Week 8 college football betting trends.
No. 4 Baylor opened as a 9-point road favorite at West Virginia at Sportsbook for Week 8, with No. 3 Ole Miss Sportsbook as a 17-point home favorite against Tennessee. No. 25 Marshall opened as a 21.5-point road favorite against Florida International as they look to continue their climb up the rankings.
Elsewhere, No. 11 Oklahoma opened as a 9.5-point home favorite against No. 14 Kansas State, with No. 7 Alabama Sportsbook as a 12.5-point home favorite against No. 21 Texas A&M, and No. 12 TCU Sportsbook as a 9-point home favorite against No. 15 Oklahoma State.
And in the final ranked matchup of Week 8 No. 23 Stanford opened as a 3.5-point road favorite against No. 17 Arizona State at Sportsbook, with the Cardinal 3-0-1 ATS in their last four games against the Sun Devils and 12-4-1 ATS in their last 17 road games against teams from the Pac-12.
College Football Week 8 Sportsbook Betting Lines at Sportsbook (Posted As Available)
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 148:00pm ET - Louisiana-Lafayette at Texas State (-3)
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 167:30pm ET - Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh (+3) 10:00pm ET - Utah at Oregon State (+2)
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 178:00pm ET - Fresno State at Boise State (-15) 9:00pm ET - Temple at Houston (-6.5)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1812:00pm ET - South Florida at Tulsa (-1) 12:00pm ET - Tulane at UCF (-20) 12:00pm ET - Syracuse at Wake Forest (+3.5) 12:00pm ET - Baylor at West Virginia (+9) 12:00pm ET - Kansas State at Oklahoma (-9.5) 12:00pm ET - Iowa at Maryland (-3.5) 12:00pm ET - Purdue at Minnesota (-13.5) 12:00pm ET - Western Kentucky at Florida Atlantic (+3) 12:00pm ET - UTSA at Louisiana Tech (-7) 12:00pm ET - Furman at South Carolina () 12:30pm ET - Virginia at Duke (-3) 2:00pm ET - Akron at Ohio (+5) 2:00pm ET - Western Michigan at Bowling Green (-3) 3:00pm ET - Eastern Michigan at Massachusetts (-12.5) 3:00pm ET - Appalachian State at Troy (-6.5) 3:30pm ET - Texas A&M at Alabama (-12.5) 3:30pm ET - UCLA at California (+7) 3:30pm ET - New Mexico at Air Force (-11.5) 3:30pm ET - Army at Kent State (+5.5) 3:30pm ET - Ball State at Central Michigan (-7.5) 3:30pm ET - Rutgers at Ohio State (-18.5) 3:30pm ET - UAB at Middle Tennessee (pick'em) 3:30pm ET - North Carolina State at Louisville (-14) 3:30pm ET - Cincinnati at SMU (+14) 3:30pm ET - Clemson at Boston College (+7.5) 3:30pm ET - Michigan State at Indiana (+14.5) 3:30pm ET - Kansas at Texas Tech (-14.5) 4:00pm ET - Oklahoma State at TCU (-9) 4:00pm ET - Georgia at Arkansas (+3.5) 4:00pm ET - San Jose State at Wyoming (pick'em) 5:00pm ET - New Mexico State at Idaho (-4.5) 5:00pm ET - Miami-Ohio at Northern Illinois (-14) 6:00pm ET - Marshall at Florida International (+21.5) 6:00pm ET - Colorado at USC (-20.5) 7:00pm ET - Tennessee at Ole Miss (-17) 7:00pm ET - Missouri at Florida (-4.5) 7:00pm ET - Southern Miss at North Texas (-10.5) 7:00pm ET - Utah State at Colorado State (-5.5) 7:00pm ET - Georgia Tech at North Carolina (+1.5) 7:30pm ET - Nebraska at Northwestern (+7) 7:30pm ET - Georgia State at South Alabama (-17) 7:30pm ET - Kentucky at LSU (-10.5) 8:00pm ET - Washington at Oregon (-21) 8:00pm ET - Iowa State at Texas (-12.5) 8:00pm ET - Notre Dame at Florida State (-12) 10:15pm ET - Nevada at BYU (-11) 10:30pm ET - Hawaii at San Diego State (-9.5) 10:30pm ET - Stanford at Arizona State (+3.5)
