2024 college football Week 8 picks against the spread, odds, lines, betting trends: Vegas expert makes picks

The Week 8 college football schedule is one of the best of the season with four intriguing on Friday leading into an absolutely loaded slate on Saturday that features three ranked matchups. The latest Week 8 college football odds via SportsLine consensus list No. 7 Alabama as a 3-point favorite at No. 11 Tennessee, while No. 24 Michigan, after opening at -1.5, is now -4 at Illinois (CBS) as both those games kick off in the 3:30 p.m. ET window. 

Primetime brings a top-five showdown as No. 1 Texas hosts No. 5 Georgia (+4.5). With the current top-ranked team and the past four college football champions all playing in huge games, which Week 8 college football lines should you focus on? Before locking in any Week 8 college football picks on those games or others, be sure to see the college football betting guide from legendary Vegas handicapper Bruce Marshall. 

For years Vegas-based Marshall was synonymous with The Gold Sheet, the famed sports betting newsletter. With a background in play-by-play work and sports information while in college, Marshall joined TGS in 1981 when hired by the legendary Mort Olshan and served as executive editor for many years. 

An in-demand guest on numerous sports talk radio and TV shows across the country, Bruce’s vast array of editorial work has been featured in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the New York Post and many other outlets. He has won various handicapping titles and also is working on several book projects. Bruce also enters the Week 8 college football weekend schedule on an 22-8 roll (+1299) on his official SportsLine college football spread betting picks. 

Now, using his Tech Corner technique that evaluates all the trends and the latest college football odds, Marshall has turned his attention to college football betting for Week 8 and revealed picks for each matchup. Head to SportsLine to see every pick.

Top college football predictions for Week 8

One of the top college football picks Marshall is recommending for Week 8: South Carolina (+1.5) covers at Oklahoma in a 12:45 p.m. ET kickoff in Norman. Oklahoma was as high as -5.5 in the lookahead lines, but that number has fallen considerably as gameday approaches. 

It’s been an up-and-down campaign for the Gamecocks, but South Carolina does have a dominant road win against Kentucky on its resume, as well as two extremely close calls against LSU and Alabama as it covered in both of those games. 

“The Gamecocks have covered in last three as SEC visitors since late last season and are 3-1 as underdogs this season,” Marshall told SportsLine. “The Sooners are alternating spread wins and losses this season — 2-2 vs. spread at Norman after a 5-1 mark vs. the line as a host last season.” See which other picks to make here. 

How to make college football picks for Week 8

Marshall has evaluated every other matchup and he’s found an alarming 24-6 betting trend you need to know this week. Get betting analysis for each matchup at SportsLine.

So what college football picks can you make with confidence, and what alarming trend do you need to know about? Check out the latest college football odds below, then visit SportsLine to see which teams to back, all from the legendary Vegas expert who has won multiple handicapping titles, and find out.

Week 8 college football odds 

See full Week 8 college football picks, odds and predictions here.

Friday, Oct. 18

Florida State at Duke (-3, 42)

Oregon at Purdue (+28.5, 60)

Oklahoma State at BYU (-9.5, 52.5)

Fresno State at Nevada (+2.5, 49.5)

Saturday, Oct. 19

Virginia at Clemson (-21, 57.5)

Miami at Louisville (5, 59.5)

Notre Dame at Georgia Tech (+10, 51)

Alabama at Tennessee (+3, 57.5)

Michigan at Illinois (+4, 44.5)

Colorado at Arizona (-2.5, 58)

LSU at Arkansas (+2.5, 56)

Georgia at Texas (-4.5, 56.5)

SMU at Stanford (+16.5, 53.5)