College Football Week 8 Lines: Plenty of Movement This Week
7 Games See Significant Line Movement
Week 8 of the NCAAF players to track. Here, we’ll look at some of the more significant college football Week 8 lines and movement.
Day/Time:
Line: SMU -21
Total: 55.5
Streaming: ESPN
The North Texas. He’s officially listed as questionable for Friday’s game, but the line movement suggests several people think he won’t play.
SMU is 4-2 on the season and 3-3 ATS, while Temple is 2-5 and 1-6 against the spread. SMU has a good offense and a pretty solid defense, while the Owls are below average offensively and somewhat weak on defense. Temple, which averages almost 270 ing yards per game, threw for just 105 yards last week.
With Warner’s status not completely settled, it’s a bit tough to take a stand until something concrete is known about his status. With SMU tied for first place in the American Athletic Conference’s NCAAF standings, you can expect a good effort from the Mustangs. But the line is definitely on the high side.
Day/Time:
Line: Ohio State -4.5
Total: 45.5
Streaming: FOX
No. 7 NCAAF teams will see their strength of schedule ratings increase after this game.
Both teams are allowing fewer than 10 points a game. Penn State is a better rushing team, while Ohio State gets the nod in the ing game. It’s too hard to up 4.5 points on the college football Week 8 lines with a team that allows just 8.0 points per game, so we will have to side with Penn State in this one.
Day/Time:
Line: LSU -32.5
Total: 59.5
Streaming: SEC Network
The LSU Tigers take a break from Southeast Conference play to host Army in a game that should be a mis scores and odds show the Cadets 2-3-1 against the spread.
The LSU Tigers are 5-2 straight-up and 4-3 against the spread. The Tigers have gone 7-0 in totals, scoring 45.3 points per game and allowing 30.3 points. Army is scoring 24.2 points per game and allowing 20.5. However, LSU has played the No. 3 schedule in the country. Army has played the 104th-toughest slate.
Still, it’s hard to lay the points with the Tigers in this one. There’s something about blowing out one of the service academy teams that coaches don’t like to do. Army is 25-15-3 against the spread as an underdog of 21 or more points since 1980. The Cadets are 16-9-1 ATS since 2000 when, getting at least 21 points, and 4-1-1 ATS since 2010. Army plus the points is the play in this one.
Day/Time:
Line: Washington -26
Total: 60
Streaming: FS1
The No. 5 Washington Huskies host the ASU Sun Devils, and the college football Week 8 lines have moved from UW -31.5 down to Huskies -26. You can’t blame those backing the Sun Devils. Washington is due for a letdown after the win against Oregon, and Arizona State isn’t that bad defensively. The Sun Devils leave a bit to be desired on the offensive side of things, but they won’t have to score much to stay with a reasonably generous spread.
The Huskies can run the ball, but they prefer to , and you can’t blame them. Sun Devils have dominated this series from a point-spread standpoint, going 13-1-1 against the spread in the last 15 meetings. A bit of the value is gone with the line move, but the Sun Devils should be the right side in this game.
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