The No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide are 33-1 straight up and 20-14 against the spread over their last 34 games. While the college football landscape was shaken up by a number of big upsets last week, the Crimson Tide rolled to another easy victory.
College football Week 8 opening odds, with road favorites in 2 big games
The Alabama Crimson Tide enter Week 8 as the unanimous No. 1 team in the nation in the AP Top 25, and as massive betting favorites against Tennessee at the sportsbooks.
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Alabama is a 34-point home betting favorite against the Tennessee Volunteers Saturday at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. The Crimson Tide defeated Arkansas 41-9 last Saturday, failing to cover the closing line of -37 after surrendering a late touchdown in garbage time. Tennessee has lost each of its last 10 games against Alabama.
Four top 10 teams stumbled last Saturday as No. 2 Clemson, No. 5 Washington, No. 8 Washington State, and No. 10 Auburn all failed road tests. Clemson and Washington have bye weeks to make some adjustments while Auburn visits Arkansas and Washington State (-10.5) hosts Colorado on Saturday.
College Football Week 8 Odds
Kansas at TCU (-37.5)
Tennessee at Alabama (-34)
Oklahoma (-12.5) at Kansas State
Colorado at Washington State (-10.5)
Michigan at Penn State (-10)
Oklahoma State (-7) at Texas
USC at Notre Dame (-4)
No. 11 USC is now the highest ranked team in the Pac-12 after the Washington and Washington State losses, and the Trojans will have a chance to move into the top 10 Saturday with a road game against the No. 13 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (-4). USC has won 11 of its last 15 games against Notre Dame, but is 0-5 ATS over its last five games overall per the OddsShark College Football Database.
In the other top matchup between two ranked teams this weekend, the No. 19 Michigan Wolverines visit the No. 2 Penn State Nittany Lions (-10). Michigan crushed Penn State, 49-10, when these two teams met in the Big House last year. The Nittany Lions have lost only one game since that crushing defeat and are 13-1-1 ATS over that stretch.
No. 9 Oklahoma and No. 10 Oklahoma State are both back into the top 10 after picking up wins last Saturday. The Sooners are on the road as 12.5-point favorites against the Kansas State Wildcats this Saturday and the Cowboys are 7-point road favorites at Texas. No. 4 TCU has a much easier task this week facing Kansas at home as 37.5-point favorites.
Oklahoma is 13-0 SU in its last 13 games on the road with an 8-3 ATS record over its last 11 on the road.
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