The No. 2 Florida State Seminoles are just 1-6 against the spead over their last seven games. They'll face one of their toughest challenges of the season this Saturday night when they host the No. 5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Florida State is an 11.5-point home favorite at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. Notre Dame is 4-0 ATS in its last four games as an underdog and will look to keep that success streak going in this battle of undefeated teams.
College football opening betting lines for Week 8, topped by FSU over Notre Dame
Full opening lines below, with notes on select updated lines.
No. 14 Kansas State visits No. 11 Oklahoma in an important Big 12 showdown. Kansas State is 12-1 ATS in its last 13 games as a road underdog with six outright upsets in its last nine games as a road dog. Oklahoma is 9-2 SU and 6-5 ATS in its last 11 games against the Wildcats and is a 9.5-point home favorite on Saturday.
No. 7 Alabama is a 12.5-point favorite at home at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com hosting the No. 21 Texas A&M Aggies. Texas A&M is 2-0 ATS in its last two games against Alabama which have both been decided by a touchdown or less.
The No. 15 Oklahoma State Cowboys visit the No. 12 TCU Horned Frogs on Saturday afternoon as a 9-point road underdog. Since moving into the Big 12, the Horned Frogs have had no success against Oklahoma State with an 0-2 SU and ATS record and two double-digit losses; but both of those games were at Oklahoma State.
In the latest game on the schedule Saturday night, the No. 23 Stanford Cardinal visit the No. 17 Arizona State Sun Devils. Stanford is 12-4-1 ATS in its last 17 road games against Pac-12 opponents while ASU is 1-3 ATS in its last four conference games at home. Stanford is a 3.5-point favorite
The unbeaten Marshall Thundering Herd finally climbed into the AP Top 25 at No. 25 this week with a 6-0 SU and 4-1-1 ATS record on the season. Marshall is a 21.5-point road favorite on Saturday visiting the Florida International Golden Panthers. Florida International is 7-1 ATS over its last eight games.
Opening lines
| Teams | Home team's line | |
| Louisiana-Lafayette at Texas State | -1 | |
| Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh | 2.5 | |
| Utah at Oregon State | -1.5 | |
| Fresno State at Boise State | -16 | |
| Temple at Houston | -9 | |
| Baylor at West Virginia | 9.5 | |
| Furman at South Carolina | OFF | |
| South Florida at Tulsa | PK | |
| Syracuse at Wake Forest | 4 | |
| Western Kentucky at Florida Atlantic | 3 | |
| UTSA at Louisiana Tech | -6.5 | |
| Tulane at Central Florida | -19 | |
| Iowa at Maryland | -2.5 | |
| Kansas State at Oklahoma | -12 | |
| Purdue at Minnesota | -15 | |
| Virginia at Duke | -5 | |
| Western Michigan at Bowling Green | -2.5 | |
| Akron at Ohio | 4 | |
| Eastern Michigan at Massachusetts | -12 | |
| Appalachian State at Troy | -6 | |
| North Carolina State at Louisville | -15 | |
| Cincinnati at Southern Methodist | 14.5 | |
| UAB at Middle Tennessee | -2 | |
| Rutgers at Ohio State | -20 | |
| Army at Kent State | 5.5 | |
| UCLA at California | 8 | |
| Clemson at Boston College | 7.5 | |
| Texas A&M at Alabama | -12 | |
| Michigan State at Indiana | 14 | |
| New Mexico at Air Force | -12 | |
| Kansas at Texas Tech | -14 | |
| Ball State at Central Michigan | -6.5 | |
| San Jose State at Wyoming | -1.5 | |
| Georgia at Arkansas | 3 | |
| Oklahoma State at TCU | -10 | |
| New Mexico State at Idaho | -4 | |
| Miami (Ohio) at Northern Illinois | -15 | |
| Marshall at Florida International | 21 | |
| Colorado at Southern Cal | -21 | |
| Georgia Tech at North Carolina | PK | |
| Utah State at Colorado State | -5.5 | |
| Tennessee at Mississippi | -17 | |
| Southern Miss at North Texas | -11 | |
| Missouri at Florida | -3 | |
| Kentucky at LSU | -11 | |
| Nebraska at Northwestern | 6.5 | |
| Georgia State at South Alabama | -17 | |
| Notre Dame at Florida State | -14 | |
| Iowa State at Texas | -11 | |
| Washington at Oregon | -19 | |
| Nevada at BYU | -12 | |
| Hawaii at San Diego State | -11 | |
| Stanford at Arizona State | 4.5 |
