Things to know before placing your Week 8 bets👇 🏈 No. 7 Ole Miss at No. 19 Texas: Chambliss vs. an elite Texas pass defense Chambliss has thrown for 1,676 yards and 14 TD through six games, and Competition Factor rates the Ole Miss passing offense in the 99th percentile nationally. Texas' pass defense? 97th percentile. 🏈 Texas A&M at No. 13 Alabama: Three straight meetings have been one-score games The previous three A&M–Alabama matchups were all decided by one possession. That stretch includes A&M's famous 41-38 upset in 2021 and Alabama's narrow 24-20 win in 2022. 🏈 No. 6 Indiana at Michigan: The total makes sense: both defenses are elite SP+ ratings: Indiana defense: 12.8 — elite Michigan defense: 13.4 — elite Indiana has allowed only 12.9 PPG and Michigan 16.2 PPG. 🏈 No. 14 Houston at No. 10 Utah Utah has never beaten Houston Seriously. Houston leads the all-time series: 5-0 🏈 No. 18 LSU at Auburn Auburn just snapped one of the SEC's nastiest rivalry streaks Auburn's win over Georgia ended a nine-game losing streak against the Bulldogs. Now the Tigers return home immediately to face another ranked SEC opponent. Letdown spot? 🏈 No. 11 Tennessee at South Carolina Tennessee's D has been EXCELLENT Tennessee's schedule-adjusted defense: No. 1 nationally in EPA South Carolina's? 86th. That's a massive matchup disparity for a spread under a field goal. 🏈 No. 8 Texas Tech at Cincinnati Texas Tech has never played in Cincinnati This is Texas Tech's first-ever trip to Nippert Stadium. The schools have met only twice: 1968: 10-10 tie 2024: Texas Tech 44-41 🏈 No. 2 BYU at UCF The advanced model thinks the spread should be WAY bigger Deep Metric/SP+: BYU by 14.4 Market: BYU around -6.5/-7 That's approximately a 7–8 point gap between the rating model and sportsbook market. 🏈 No. 16 USC at Wisconsin USC is travelling — a lot USC has travelled approximately 6,165 miles over the last 21 days. That's one of the highest travel loads in FBS over that span. 🏈 No. 15 Iowa at Minnesota Iowa has owned the Pig Iowa has won 10 of the last 11 meetings with Minnesota. The Hawkeyes have also won their last five trips to Minneapolis. Black Heart Gold Pants Minnesota still leads the all-time series 63-54-2. 🏈 Pitt at No. 1 Miami Miami has been absurd offensively Miami: 554.8 total yards/game Pitt: 459.8 Miami is averaging 8.2 yards per offensive play and converting 51.1% of third downs. 🏈 Vanderbilt at No. 12 Kentucky Vandy owns Kentucky lately Kentucky leads the all-time series 49-45-4. But Vanderbilt has won: 2 straight 3 of the last 4 And the Commodores won their last two trips to Lexington: 2024: Vanderbilt 20-13 2022: Vanderbilt 24-21

COVERS INTEL: New Mexico State beat Western Kentucky 34-13, racking up more than 350 yards while averaging nearly 6.0 yards per play. Sam Houston, meanwhile, lost to that same team 16-3, managing only 177 total yards at 3.1 yards per play. Aggies -2.5? 🤔 h/t @ColbyMBets