Predicting the Winner of every Top 25 Game Week 8
We will be doing game-by-game predictions for every Top 25 team every week and keeping a record of our accuracy.
Record 97-28 (78%)
6 Michigan at 24 Michigan State
In a convincing 38-13 win over a very good Wisconsin team Michigan reasserted themselves as an elite CFB Team. Michigan State beat up on Penn State in one of the biggest upsets of the season, but I don’t trust a team with loses to Northwestern and Arizona State.
Michigan 24-13
9 Oklahoma at TCU
TCU has been surprisingly bad this season at 3-3, losing to every decent team they’ve played. Once seen as a Big 12 contender TCU is 1-2 in the conference and seemingly out of contention baring them winning out. Oklahoma is good, and has none of those problems, so I’m going to lean towards them.
Oklahoma 42-27
16 NC State at 3 Clemson
NC State is nice. They have nowhere near the talent of this Clemson team, but a few lucky plays can easily make this a game. If NC State was at home the upset would be viable, but Clemson should be 7-0 going into next week.
Clemson 32-28
22 Mississippi State at 5 LSU
If not for LSU’s loss to Florida they might be the No. 2 Team in the nation. I love their secondary. Nick Fitzgerald has been a huge disappointment this season and there’s no way hell be better against a secondary with more NFL players than the Bills.
LSU 24-13
12 Oregon at 25 Washington State
Home teams on gameday always seem to get it done, but this is Justin Herbert’s game. On the biggest stage in College Football he’ll need to prove he’s QB1 in the draft class, and I believe he will.
Oregon 31-28
20 Cincinnati at Temple
Cincinnati is 6-0 and Temple is 4-3. Cincinnati has beaten absolutely nobody decent and plays arguably their toughest opponent so far (Definitely Top 3) in Temple. I have Temple upseting in a close one.
Temple 27-24
Locks:
Maryland at 19 Iowa
Iowa 27-13
1 Alabama at Tennessee
Alabama 48-27
Colorado at 15 Washington
Washington 32-17
18 Penn State at Indiana
Penn State 38-24
10 UCF at ECU
UCF 47-10
UCONN at 21 South Florida
South Florida 53-10
2 Ohio State at Purdue
Ohio State 51-27
Vanderbilt at 14 Kentucky
Kentucky 27-13