The college football world received a big shakeup Saturday, and the rest of the season will have a different tenor because of it. That starts with Week 8.
The Pac-12 lost one unbeaten Southern California team when USC fell to Utah, but the other one, UCLA, is on the road at Oregon (-6) this week. In the ACC, someone will get tagged with their first loss when Syracuse visits Clemson (-13).
In the SEC, suddenly Alabama is not among the unbeaten teams. The remaining three are Georgia, Tennessee and Ole Miss. While the Bulldogs have the week off and the Volunteers step down a division to play UT-Martin, the Rebels have a stern challenge: They’re at LSU, which is a pick ’em for the contest at Caesars Sportsbook.
Elsewhere, could No. 2 Ohio State finally be challenged by defensive-minded Iowa? Not according to the point spread, which is a robust 29. And Texas (-4½) visits Oklahoma State with Kansas State at TCU (-4½) in games that will determine the top dogs in the Big 12 standings.
Here’s a complete schedule and list of the available Week 8 point spreads and over/under totals at Caesars Sportsbook:
(*no lines available yet for games involving FCS teams)
(all times Eastern)
Top 25 games
No. 14 Syracuse at No. 5 Clemson (-13, o/u 51), noon, ABC
Iowa at No. 2 Ohio State (-29, o/u 49½), noon, Fox
No. 21 Cincinnati (-3, o/u 62½) at SMU, noon, ESPN
*UT-Martin at No. 3 Tennessee, noon, SEC Network
No. 7 Ole Miss (pick ’em, o/u 64½) at LSU, 3:30 p.m., CBS
No. 9 UCLA at No. 10 Oregon (-6, o/u 70½), 3:30 p.m., Fox
No. 20 Texas (-4½, o/u 65) at No. 11 Oklahoma State, 3:30 p.m., ABC
Memphis at No. 25 Tulane (-7, o/u 56½), 3:30 p.m., ESPN2
Boston College at No. 13 Wake Forest (-21, o/u 61½), 3:30 p.m., ACC Network
No. 24 Mississippi State at No. 6 Alabama (-21, o/u 62), 7 p.m., ESPN
Minnesota at No. 16 Penn State (-4½, o/u 45), 7:30 p.m., ABC
No. 17 Kansas State at No. 8 TCU (-4½, o/u 59), 8 p.m., FS1
Other games
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19
Georgia State at Appalachian State (-10½, o/u 60½), 7:30 p.m., ESPN2
THURSDAY, OCT. 20
Virginia at Georgia Tech (-3½, o/u 45½), 7:30 p.m., ESPN
Troy at South Alabama (-3, o/u 49), 7:30 p.m., ESPNU
FRIDAY, OCT. 21
Tulsa (-12, o/u 52½) at Temple, 7:30 p.m., ESPN2
UAB at Western Kentucky (-2½, o/u 57½), 8 p.m., CBSSN
SATURDAY, OCT. 22
Kansas at Baylor (-8½, o/u 63), noon, ESPN2
Houston (-3½, o/u 52½) at Navy, noon, ESPNU
Indiana at Rutgers (-3, o/u 45), noon, BTN
UL-Monroe at Army (-7, o/u 55½), noon, CBSSN
Akron at Kent State (-19, o/u 67), noon, ESPN+
Duke at Miami (-8, o/u 60½), 12:30 a.m., ESPN3
Toledo (-7½, o/u 61) at Buffalo, 1 p.m., ESPN+
Bowling Green at Central Michigan (-7, o/u 50½), 1 p.m., ESPN3
Eastern Michigan at Ball State (-3, o/u 57½), 2 p.m., ESPN+
Northern Illinois (-2, o/u 65) at Ohio, 2 p.m., ESPN+
UNLV at Notre Dame (-24, o/u 49½), 2:30 p.m., Peacock
West Virginia at Texas Tech (-6, o/u 68½), 3 p.m., FS1
Rice (-2½, o/u 59½) at Louisiana Tech, 3 p.m., ESPN+
Purdue at Wisconsin (-2, o/u 52½), 3:30 p.m., ESPN
Northwestern at Maryland (-13½, o/u 52½), 3:30 p.m., BTN
Marshall at James Madison (-13, o/u 54½), 3:30 p.m., ESPN+
BYU (-5, o/u 57½) at Liberty, 3:30 p.m., ESPNU
Western Michigan at Miami (Ohio) (-6, o/u 45½), 3:30 p.m., CBSSN
Georgia Southern at Old Dominion (-2½, o/u 67), 3:30 p.m., ESPN+
Florida International at Charlotte (-14½, o/u 59½), 3:30 p.m., ESPN3
North Texas at UTSA (-10, o/u 70½), 3:30 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Missouri (-14, o/u 55), 4 p.m., SEC Network
Arizona State at Stanford (-3, o/u 54½), 4 p.m., Pac-12 Network
Hawaii at Colorado State (-5½, o/u 46½), 4 p.m.
Florida Atlantic (-4, o/u 50½) at UTEP, 4 p.m., ESPN+
Arkansas State at UL (-6½, o/u 51½), 5 p.m., ESPN+
Southern Miss (-2, o/u 45) at Texas State, 5 p.m., ESPN+
San Jose State (-21½, o/u 43½) at New Mexico State, 6 p.m.
Fresno State (-13, o/u 41½) at New Mexico, 6:30 p.m., FS2
Boise State at Air Force (-3½, o/u 47½), 7 p.m., CBSSN
Texas A&M (-3½, o/u 45) at South Carolina, 7:30 p.m., SEC Network
Central Florida (-5, o/u 64½) at East Carolina, 7:30 p.m., ESPNU
Pittsburgh at Louisville (-1, o/u 56½), 8 p.m., ACC Network
Colorado at Oregon State (-24, o/u 50½), 8 p.m., Pac-12 Network
Utah State at Wyoming (-3½, o/u 42½), 9:45 p.m.
Washington (-7½, o/u 56½) at Cal, 10:30 p.m., ESPN
San Diego State (-7, o/u 36½) at Nevada, 10:30 p.m., CBSSN
