College Football Odds: Opening Early Lines, Values Week 8
The early college football lines and odds are out for Week 8. Where are the values?
Pete Fiutak @PeteFiutak
Here’s the weekly drill … before looking at the opening lines, I take a guess at what they might be. The goal is to see if there might be any massive disparities from the first knee-jerk thoughts – for whatever it might be worth.
College Football Week 8 Lines, October 20
Coastal Carolina vs Appalachian State
Fiu Early Guess: Coastal Carolina -7.5
Actual Line: Coastal Carolina -3
College Football Week 8 Lines, October 21
Tulane at SMU
Fiu Early Guess: SMU -13.5
Actual Line: SMU -13.5
Louisiana at Arkansas State
Fiu Early Guess: Louisiana -12.5
Actual Line: Louisiana -16
Florida Atlantic at Charlotte
Fiu Early Guess: Florida Atlantic -3.5
Actual Line: Florida Atlantic -5
San Jose State at UNLV
Fiu Early Guess: San Jose State -6
Actual Line: San Jose State 4.5
College Football Week 8 Lines, October 22
Middle Tennessee at UConn
Fiu Early Guess: Middle Tennessee -11
Actual Line: Middle Tennessee -14
Memphis at UCF
Fiu Early Guess: Memphis -4
Actual Line: UCF -2.5
Colorado State at Utah State
Fiu Early Guess: Utah State -2
Actual Line: Colorado State -1.5
College Football Week 7 Lines, October 23
Washington at Arizona
Fiu Early Guess: Washington -13
Actual Line: Washington -15.5
Western Michigan at Toledo
Fiu Early Guess: Western Michigan -6
Actual Line: Western Michigan -2
UMass at Florida State
Fiu Early Guess: Florida State -33
Actual Line: Florida State -35
Texas State at Georgia State
Fiu Early Guess: Georgia State -8
Actual Line: Georgia State -11
Ohio State at Indiana
Fiu Early Guess: Ohio State -20
Actual Line: Ohio State -19
Buffalo at Akron
Fiu Early Guess: Buffalo -13
Actual Line: Buffalo -10.5
Illinois at Penn State
Fiu Early Guess: Penn State -18.5
Actual Line: Penn State -23.5
Georgia Tech at Virginia
Fiu Early Guess: Virginia -6
Actual Line: Virginia -6
Boston College at Louisville
Fiu Early Guess: Louisville -5.5
Actual Line: Louisville -6
Syracuse at Virginia Tech
Fiu Early Guess: Virginia Tech -8.5
Actual Line: Virginia Tech -4
Clemson at Pitt
Fiu Early Guess: Pitt -4.5
Actual Line: Clemson -3.5
NEXT: More College Football Early Week 8 Line Predictions, October 23
College Football Week 8 Lines: October 23
Maryland at Minnesota
Fiu Early Guess: Minnesota -5
Actual Line: Minnesota -5
Northwestern at Michigan
Fiu Early Guess: Michigan -18.5
Actual Line: Michigan -21.5
Northern Illinois at Central Michigan
Fiu Early Guess: Central Michigan -2.5
Actual Line: Central Michigan -5
Kent State at Ohio
Fiu Early Guess: Kent State -5.5
Actual Line: Kent State -5.5
Cincinnati at Navy
Fiu Early Guess: Cincinnati -25
Actual Line: Cincinnati -27
NC State at Miami
Fiu Early Guess: NC State -5.5
Actual Line: NC State -3.5
Wake Forest at Army
Fiu Early Guess: Wake Forest -6
Actual Line: Wake Forest -3
Temple at USF
Fiu Early Guess: Temple -2
Actual Line: USF -3.5
Eastern Michigan at Bowling Green
Fiu Early Guess: Eastern Michigan -8
Actual Line: Eastern Michigan -3
East Carolina at Houston
Fiu Early Guess: Houston -13
Actual Line: Houston -13
Oklahoma at Kansas
Fiu Early Guess: Oklahoma -38
Actual Line: Oklahoma -39
Miami University at Ball State
Fiu Early Guess: Ball State -6
Actual Line: BalL State -6.5
New Mexico at Wyoming
Fiu Early Guess: Wyoming -17.5
Actual Line: Wyoming -19
Colorado at Cal
Fiu Early Guess: Cal -7.5
Actual Line: Cal -10.5
Utah at Oregon State
Fiu Early Guess: Utah -5
Actual Line: Utah -3
BYU at Washington State
Fiu Early Guess: Washington State -1
Actual Line: BYU -2
Oregon at UCLA
Fiu Early Guess: Oregon -4.5
Actual Line: PICK
Kansas State at Texas Tech
Fiu Early Guess: Kansas State -2.5
Actual Line: Kansas State -1
NEXT: More College Football Early Week 8 Line Predictions, October 23
College Football Week 8 Lines: October 23
West Virginia at TCU
Fiu Early Guess: TCU -2.5
Actual Line: TCU -4
Oklahoma State at Iowa State
Fiu Early Guess: Iowa State -5
Actual Line: Iowa State -6
Rice at UAB
Fiu Early Guess: UAB -20
Actual Line: UAB -22
Tennessee at Alabama
Fiu Early Guess: Alabama -23
Actual Line: Alabama -27
South Carolina at Texas A&M
Fiu Early Guess: Texas A&M -21.5
Actual Line: Texas A&M -19
Mississippi State at Vanderbilt
Fiu Early Guess: Mississippi State -22
Actual Line: Mississippi State -23
Wisconsin at Purdue
Fiu Early Guess: Purdue -4.5
Actual Line: Wisconsin -3
LSU at Ole Miss
Fiu Early Guess: Ole Miss -8.5
Actual Line: Ole Miss -11
South Alabama at ULM
Fiu Early Guess: South Alabama -8
Actual Line: South Alabama -12.5
Liberty at North Texas
Fiu Early Guess: Liberty -25
Actual Line: Liberty -21.5
UTSA at Louisiana Tech
Fiu Early Guess: UTSA -10
Actual Line: UTSA -6
WKU at FIU
Fiu Early Guess: WKU -15.5
Actual Line: WKU -17
San Diego State at Air Force
Fiu Early Guess: Air Force -3
Actual Line: Air Force -5.5
USC at Notre Dame
Fiu Early Guess: Notre Dame -8
Actual Line: Notre Dame -6.5
Nevada at Fresno State
Fiu Early Guess: Fresno State -2.5
Actual Line: Fresno State -4
New Mexico State at Hawaii
Fiu Early Guess: Hawaii -17
Actual Line: Hawaii -18