2024 college football Week 8 picks against the spread, odds, lines, trends: Vegas expert reveals picks

The Week 8 college football schedule is one of the best of the season with at least two games every day Tuesday through Saturday and a particularly loaded slate on Saturday that features three ranked matchups. The latest Week 8 college football odds via SportsLine consensus list No. 7 Alabama as a 2.5-point favorite at No. 11 Tennessee, while No. 24 Michigan is -1 at Illinois (CBS) as both those games kick off in the 3:30 p.m. ET window.

Primetime brings a top-five showdown as No. 1 Texas hosts No. 5 Georgia (+3.5). With the current top-ranked team and the past four college football champions all playing in those huge games, which Week 8 college football lines should you focus on? Before locking in any Week 8 college football picks on those games or others, be sure to see the college football betting guide from legendary Vegas handicapper Bruce Marshall. 

For years Vegas-based Marshall was synonymous with The Gold Sheet, the famed sports betting newsletter. With a background in play-by-play work and sports information while in college, Marshall joined TGS in 1981 when hired by the legendary Mort Olshan and served as executive editor for many years. 

An in-demand guest on numerous sports talk radio and TV shows across the country, Bruce’s vast array of editorial work has been featured in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the New York Post and many other outlets. He has won various handicapping titles and also is working on several book projects. Bruce also enters the Week 7 college football schedule on an 21-8 roll (+1199) on his official SportsLine college football spread picks. 

Now, using his Tech Corner technique that evaluates all the trends and the latest college football odds, Marshall has turned his attention to college football…

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Author : CBS Sports Staff

Publish date : 2024-10-14 23:42:59

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