Week 8 of the college football season saw three top-10 teams fall as BYU, Ole Miss, and Texas Tech all lost, setting the stage for potential upsets in Week 9. The latest odds feature No. 6 Utah as a 6.5-point road favorite at Cincinnati, while No. 13 Texas Tech is a 3.5-point favorite over No. 22 Arizona, No. 3 Georgia is favored by 12.5 points against No. 17 Florida, and USC is a 6.5-point underdog against No. 2 Ohio State in their first Big Ten meeting.
SportsLine Model Projections
SportsLine's computer model, which simulates every FBS game 10,000 times and enters Week 9 on a 68-59 run on top-rated picks, projects Oregon (-3.5) to defeat Northwestern 30-21. The Ducks, who have three losses and fired offensive coordinator Drew Mehringer after a 21-10 loss to Illinois, are favored 62% of the time against the spread. Northwestern rides a four-game winning streak but those wins came against teams with a combined one Big Ten victory.
Notable Week 9 Lines
Key matchups on Saturday, Oct. 31 include Arizona at Texas Tech (-3.5, 54.5), Notre Dame at Navy (+30.5, 56.5), Auburn at Ole Miss (-12.5, 57.5), Florida at Georgia (-12.5, 55.5), Utah at Cincinnati (+6.5, 56.5), Northwestern at Oregon (-3.5, 47.5), South Carolina at Oklahoma (-4.5, 44.5), Clemson at Florida State (-6, 49.5), Miami at North Carolina (+14, 52.5), Mississippi State at Texas (-20.5, 50.5), and Ohio State at USC (+6.5, 51.5). The model backs multiple underdogs to win outright, with full picks available at SportsLine.
