College Football Week 8 Picks And Top 25 Matchups

There are no Top 25 match-ups for the first time this season in college football Week 8, but other games of interest in the Top 25. I break down some Top 25 games including Oklahoma State at Iowa State in my coverage at Offshore Gaming Association. Football betting data and games generating the most betting action and support is offered by a number of leading online sportsbooks including Caesars Sportsbook below.

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College Football Week 8 Picks and Top 25 Teams

Saturday, Oct. 23

No. 8 Oklahoma State at Iowa State | 3:30 p.m. | FOX
Line: Iowa State -7 and Total 47 at DraftKings

Last week Oklahoma State toppled Texas, who cost us a winner and blew a double-digit lead for the second straight week. Iowa State is a tougher challenge this week for the Cowboys. Iowa State ranks top 5 in the country in yards per play margin (+2.37), and they had solid stat edges in their two losses to ranked Iowa and Baylor. The Cyclones defense allows less than 250 yards per game to rank top 3 in the country. The line may seem high for an unranked team favored over ranked team like Oklahoma State, but the Cyclones +3.4 net yards per play is 3.0 YPPL better than Oklahoma State..

Opinion: Iowa State

Other Opinions and Leans on games with Top 25 teams

No. 22 San Diego State (+3) at Air Force
USC (+7) at No. 13 No. Notre Dame
Illinois (+24) at No. 7 Penn State

More in the weeks ahead as we review some stat profiles of leading teams and additional ways to handicap college football games. I’ve been taking care of a number of things most of this month, both on and off the field, and will shoot for more birdies and providing additional information you can bet in the rest of the football season.