The Huge Ten East race will get its first main showdown on Saturday when the Penn State Nittany Lions go to the Ohio State Buckeyes. The Buckeyes already handed one main take a look at by successful at Notre Dame, however Penn State hasn’t been challenged but. Regardless of that, OSU is favored by greater than a discipline purpose.
The Buckeyes haven’t been as dominant, additionally needing a comeback to beat Maryland at residence. Penn State’s finest opponent up to now has probably been Iowa, a sport the Nittany Lions gained 31-0. Penn State has gained all six of its video games by not less than three scores.
That’s the largest sport of Saturday, and the one one placing undefeated groups towards one another, however there are three different top-25 matchups. The Alabama Crimson Tide host the Tennessee Volunteers in a sport that probably eliminates the loser from School Soccer Playoff rivalry. Alabama has regarded improved, however nonetheless not dominant, since dropping to Texas. Alabama is favored by greater than a landing after dropping to Tennessee in a traditional final 12 months in Knoxville.
There’s an enormous sport within the ACC between the Florida State Seminoles and the Duke Blue Devils. Each groups are undefeated in convention play, though Duke is with out beginning quarterback Riley Leonard. The Seminoles are favored by two touchdowns.
Elsewhere, the USC Trojans look to bounce again from their first lack of the season towards the Utah Utes. It’s a rematch of final 12 months’s Pac-12 title sport, however Utah’s offense has struggled with out Cam Rising, who remains to be injured. USC is favored by a couple of landing.
4 AP High 25 groups are on bye this week (No. 1 Georgia, No. 12 Oregon State, No. 15 Notre Dame and No. 21 Louisville).
Listed below are the percentages for each sport that includes an AP High 25 group, plus a number of different notable video games in Week 8.
All odds through BetMGM. All video games on Saturday except in any other case indicated and kickoff instances are Jap. Rankings from the AP ballot.
James Madison at Marshall — Thursday, 7 p.m.
No. 7 Penn State at No. 3 Ohio State — Midday
UCF at No. 6 Oklahoma — Midday
No. 22 Air Power at Navy — Midday
Washington State at No. 9 Oregon — 3:30 p.m.
No. 17 Tennessee at No. 11 Alabama — 3:30 p.m.
South Carolina at No. 20 Missouri — 3:30 p.m.
North Texas at No. 23 Tulane — 3:30 p.m.
Minnesota at No. 24 Iowa — 3:30 p.m.
Oklahoma State at West Virginia — 3:30 p.m.
No. 8 Texas at Houston — 4 p.m.
Toledo at Miami (Ohio) — 4 p.m.
Virginia at No. 10 North Carolina — 6:30 p.m.
No. 13 Ole Miss at Auburn — 7 p.m.
TCU at Kansas State — 7 p.m.
No. 2 Michigan at Michigan State — 7:30 p.m.
No. 16 Duke at No. 4 Florida State — 7:30 p.m.
Military at No. 19 LSU — 7:30 p.m.
No. 14 Utah at No. 18 USC — 8 p.m.
Clemson at Miami (Fla.) — 8 p.m.
Arizona State at No. 5 Washington — 10:30 p.m.
No. 25 UCLA at Stanford — 10:30 p.m.
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