{"id":469815,"date":"2026-10-18T16:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T16:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/469815\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T16:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T16:22:08","slug":"college-football-odds-lines-schedule-for-week-8-texas-favored-vs-ole-miss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/469815\/","title":{"rendered":"College football odds, lines, schedule for Week 8: Texas favored vs. Ole Miss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two weeks away from the first set of College Football<\/a> Playoff rankings coming out of the wildest Saturday across the sport in decades, the 2026 season has delivered in a big way so far.<\/p>\n

For the first time in the 90-year history of the AP poll dating back to 1936, five of the top seven teams lost on the same afternoon, sparking a much-needed rebound opportunity for the perceived elites in Week 8. While next weekend’s matchups within the top 25 fail to offer a litany of “good on good” games like last, the unpredictability of the sport this season continues to carry significant weight.<\/p>\n

The only unbeatens remaining at midseason are BYU<\/a>, James Madison<\/a>, Miami<\/a>, Texas Tech<\/a>, UCLA<\/a> and Utah<\/a> after most of the unblemished went down on Saturday. Could more fall in Week 8 to unranked foes?<\/p>\n

Let’s take a look at the schedule and early lines.<\/p>\n

Odds via FanDuel<\/a> Sportsbook.<\/p>\n

The big games<\/p>\n

Ole Miss<\/a> at Texas<\/a> (-3.5): Will the Longhorns rebound as a home favorite against the Rebels, or will Steve Sarkisian lose a third straight SEC game and bring more questions to the Forty Acres this season? It benefits Texas if defensive end Colin Simmons<\/a>, who leads the country with 10.5 sacks, returns after being carted off against Florida<\/a>, but his injury status remains unknown. Trinidad Chambliss<\/a> is the SEC’s top individual playmaker at quarterback and has already had his way against two nationally-ranked opponents this fall with impressive wins over LSU<\/a> and Missouri<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Indiana<\/a> (-7.5) at Michigan<\/a>: Backup quarterback Tommy Carr<\/a> provided an immediate spark for the Wolverines against Penn State<\/a>, leading multiple second-half touchdown drives after being plucked from the bench ahead of Bryce Underwood<\/a>. Manufacturing that same level of success against the defending national champions, who saw their nation-leading 22-game winning streak snapped vs. Ohio State<\/a>, is a different task entirely. Indiana hasn’t won at Michigan Stadium since 1967, which is perhaps why this opening line seems a bit on the low side.<\/p>\n

Tennessee<\/a> (-2.5) at South Carolina<\/a>: Can Shane Beamer knock off another top-15 SEC opponent with the Gamecocks? He’s had an extra week to prepare — 3-4 overall at South Carolina in that spot — for what the Vols bring to Williams-Brice Stadium in a pivotal matchup for Tennessee’s lasting CFP hopes. The Gamecocks clicked for the first time all season offensively last time out at Florida after LaNorris Sellers<\/a> accounted for five total touchdowns. These two have split their last eight meetings dating back to 2016.<\/p>\n

Houston<\/a> at Utah (-5.5): The Utes survived a Big 12 warning shot at Colorado<\/a> on Saturday night and now get a red-hot Cougars squad hoping to occupy one of the conference’s multiple seats at the CFP table. Houston held off Oklahoma State<\/a>, 35-32, in Week 7 behind Conner Weigman’s<\/a> five touchdown passes. For Utah, protecting home turf means preserving its unbeaten record and strengthening a playoff r\u00e9sum\u00e9 that needs its first quality win with BYU looming on Nov. 7.<\/p>\n

LSU (-6.5) at Auburn<\/a>: Alex Golesh and the Tigers just knocked the SEC’s king off the throne and now comes the tricky part: doing it again at home with everyone paying closer attention. LSU’s coming off a 31-point demolition of Mississippi State<\/a> and knows the margin for error is near zero the rest of the way in SEC play. Was Auburn’s win between the hedges a turning point for the program or this season’s signature moment? We’ll know more after Week 8 inside Jordan-Hare.<\/p>\n

Best of the rest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two weeks away from the first set of College Football Playoff rankings coming out of the wildest Saturday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[778,2746,793,29015,794,18272,784,4971,261,6625,25021,2745,2742,768,2706,10524,538,10522,786,774,770,795,2705,2750,787,775,781,772,9820,797,771,6624,2736,7284,5024,790,27,260,29,537,28,415,159591,12567,9816,792,767,780,796,2697,4859],"class_list":["post-469815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-alabama-crimson-tide","tag-auburn-tigers","tag-boise-state-broncos","tag-bryce-underwood","tag-byu-cougars","tag-california-golden-bears","tag-cincinnati-bearcats","tag-colin-simmons","tag-college-football","tag-colorado-buffaloes","tag-conner-weigman","tag-florida-gators","tag-houston-cougars","tag-indiana-hoosiers","tag-iowa-hawkeyes","tag-james-madison-dukes","tag-kentucky-wildcats","tag-lanorris-sellers","tag-lsu-tigers","tag-miami-fla-hurricanes","tag-michigan-state-spartans","tag-michigan-wolverines","tag-minnesota-golden-gophers","tag-mississippi-state-bulldogs","tag-missouri-tigers","tag-northwestern-wildcats","tag-ohio-state-buckeyes","tag-oklahoma-sooners","tag-oklahoma-state-cowboys","tag-ole-miss-rebels","tag-penn-state-nittany-lions","tag-pittsburgh-panthers","tag-rutgers-scarlet-knights","tag-smu-mustangs","tag-south-carolina-gamecocks","tag-tennessee-volunteers","tag-texas","tag-texas-am-aggies","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-longhorns","tag-texas-news","tag-texas-tech-red-raiders","tag-tommy-carr","tag-trinidad-chambliss","tag-ucf-knights","tag-ucla-bruins","tag-usc-trojans","tag-utah-utes","tag-vanderbilt-commodores","tag-washington-state-cougars","tag-wisconsin-badgers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}