Gametime odds: -3<\/p>\n
Difference: 33 points<\/p>\n
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Saturday’s loss to UAB likely ends the College Football Playoff hopes for Memphis and Head Coach Ryan Silverfield. \/ Wesley Hale-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
UAB fired head coach Trent Dilfer in the week leading up to its contest against an undefeated Memphis team. Against all odds, including a 23.5-point spread, the Blazers upset Memphis for their first win since Week 3. UAB\u2019s interim head coach is Alex Mortensen, son of the late ESPN reporter and NFL expert Chris Mortensen. He had been the offensive coordinator since 2022 before moving into the interim role. For Memphis, this is a devastating loss<\/a>, likely ending the Tigers’ College Football Playoff hopes.<\/p>\n Gametime odds: UAB +23.5<\/p>\n Difference: 30.5 points<\/p>\n We have to go all the way back to last Tuesday night to find one of the biggest spread mistakes from Week 8. Florida International traveled up to Kentucky for a mid-week game against a Hilltoppers squad that had only one previous loss this season. The Panther\u2019s defense was stout, yielding just two field goals and picking off Western Kentucky quarterback Maverick McIvor three times. FIU goes back into mid-week action again when they host a 4-2 Kennesaw State team Tuesday night.<\/p>\n Gametime odds: Florida International +10<\/p>\n Difference: 29 points<\/p>\n Oregon quarterback Dante Moore bounced back from the disappointing Indiana loss by throwing for 290 yards and four touchdowns against Rutgers. \/ Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images<\/p>\n Oregon overcame its disappointment from the Week 7 loss to Indiana by trouncing Rutgers Saturday night on the Scarlet Knights\u2019 home field. Quarterback Dante Moore reignited his Heisman Trophy hopes<\/a> by completing 75% of his passes for 290 yards and a touchdown in the win. Despite the Indiana setback, Oregon still has a strong shot at the Big Ten title and a College Football Playoff bye, but they will have to skirt by a trio of 5-2 teams in Iowa, USC and Washington to set that up.<\/p>\n Gametime odds: Oregon -17.5<\/p>\n Difference: 28.5 points<\/p>\n West Virginia appears to still be receiving a level of respect from its Backyard Brawl win over a very good Pittsburgh team back in Week 3, but the Mountaineers are just not a very good ball club right now. Rich Rodriguez\u2019s club is just 2-4 against the spread vs. FBS teams this season after getting blown out by Central Florida on Saturday. They failed to reach 150 passing yards for the fourth straight game, accumulating just 79 yards through the air against UCF. The win snaps a three game slide for the Knights, who now go into a bye week.<\/p>\n Gametime odds: UCF -6.5<\/p>\n Difference: 25.5 points<\/p>\n Minnesota and defensive lineman Anthony Smith dispatched Nebraska from the AP Top 25 with Saturday’s upset. \/ Matt Krohn-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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