College football odds, picks, lines, betting predictions for Week 8, 2024: Proven model likes LSU, SMU
By CBS Sports Staff,
2 days ago
After whalloping Oklahoma in the first Red River Rivalry game since both schools joined the SEC, No. 1 Texas will face its biggest test yet when it hosts No. 5 Georgia on Saturday for a 7:30 p.m. ET kickoff. The Bulldogs dropped a game to Alabama earlier in the year but bounced back with wins over Auburn and Mississippi State the last two weeks. However, Texas is favored by 4.5 in the latest Week 8 college football odds via the SportsLine consensus.
In another massive SEC matchup, No. 7 Alabama is favored by a field on the road against No. 11 Tennessee . So which side should you be backing in Texas vs. Georgia, the Third Saturday in October rivalry and the rest of the Week 8 college football lines? Before locking in any Week 8 college football picks on those games or others, be sure to see the latest college football predictions from SportsLine's proven model.
The model simulates every FBS college football game 10,000 times. Since its inception, it has generated a betting profit of well over $2,000 for $100 players on its top-rated college spread football picks , and it is a sizzling 12-5 on all top-rated picks over the past three weeks of this season. Anyone who has followed it has seen strong returns on their sports betting apps .
One of the college picks the model is high on during Week 8: No. 8 LSU (-2.5) notches a road win over Arkansas in a 7 p.m. ET matchup on Saturday. The model predicts that the Tigers cover more than 60% of the time. The Tigers have won seven of the last eight head-to-head matchups with the Razorbacks and LSU is coming off a massive win over Ole Miss in a battle between top-15 teams last week.
Another prediction: No. 21 SMU (-16.5) cruises to a blowout win at Stanford in an 8 p.m. ET kickoff on Saturday. The Cardinal have been terrible at home dating back to last season, winning just one of their last 12 home games. They have failed to cover the spread in seven consecutive Saturday games, and they have lost seven of their last nine games outright.
This is not a good opportunity for them to turn things around, as SMU has jumped into the top 25 with an impressive three-game winning streak. The Mustangs cruised to blowout wins over TCU and Florida State before upsetting then-No. 22 Louisville as 6.5-point underdogs last week. They are riding a seven-game road winning streak and have covered the spread in four of their last five games, a big reason why the model has SMU covering nearly 70% of the time. See picks for every other game in Week 8 here.
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