NCAA Football Predictions: Week 8 Opening Line Report and Picks
by Joey House / October 19, 2026The Week 8 numbers have settled into a market that is treating recent results as more reliable than the preseason expectations that shaped September. Texas is only a short home favorite against Ole Miss after consecutive losses, and the total in that game has not moved the way it would have if the books still viewed the Longhorns as the same team that opened the year inside the top five. Alabama is laying a more conventional number against Texas A&M than it did against several of its earlier opponents, a sign that the early-season separation in the SEC has narrowed.
