College Football Picks: Expert Predictions for Every Game in Week 8

College football’s 2018 season continues with a Week 8 slate that features 55 matchups from Thursday night to Saturday, and Athlon Sports is ready with predictions for every contest. Georgia State-Arkansas State kicks off the action on Thursday, with Stanford at Arizona State providing an intriguing Pac-12 matchup later that night. The Mountain West takes center stage on Friday, as Colorado State plays at Boise State and Air Force travels to UNLV. The Saturday slate begins with a huge showdown in the Big Ten between Michigan and Michigan State. Oklahoma-TCU, Cincinnati-Temple, Buffalo-Toledo and Auburn-Ole Miss cap the must-see matchups from the early action on Saturday. The afternoon window includes No. 1 Alabama taking on Tennessee, NC State at Clemson and Colorado at Washington. At night, Ohio State hits the road to take on Purdue, Mississippi State and LSU meet in Baton Rouge and Oregon visits Washington State. USC at Utah and Arizona-UCLA are also on tap for Saturday night.

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College Football Week 8 Predictions

	Steven Lassan	Mitch Light
Georgia State at Arkansas State (Thursday)
Stanford at Arizona State (Thursday)
Colorado State at Boise State (Friday)
Air Force at UNLV (Friday)
SMU at Tulane
UCF at East Carolina
Buffalo at Toledo
Miami (Ohio) at Army
Bowling Green at Ohio
Idaho State at  Liberty
UConn at USF
Charlotte at MTSU
Eastern Michigan at Ball State
Western Michigan at Central Michigan
Akron at Kent State
Maryland at Iowa
Illinois at Wisconsin
Coastal Carolina at UMass
Fresno State at New Mexico
Houston at Navy
Louisiana at Appalachian State
Kansas at Texas Tech
UTEP at Louisiana Tech
FAU at Marshall
Georgia Southern at New Mexico State
Tulsa at Arkansas
Northwestern at Rutgers
UTSA at Southern Miss
North Carolina at Syracuse
Utah State at Wyoming
Texas State at ULM
Old Dominion at WKU
Rice at FIU
Vanderbilt at Kentucky
Penn State at Indiana
California at  Oregon State
San Jose State at San Diego State
Memphis at Missouri
Wake Forest at Florida State
Minnesota at Nebraska
Virginia at  Duke
North Texas at UAB
Nevada at Hawaii
Auburn at Ole Miss
Cincinnati at Temple
Arizona at UCLA
Alabama at Tennessee
Oklahoma at TCU
Ohio State at Purdue
Oregon at Washington State
Mississippi State at LSU
Colorado at Washington
USC at Utah
NC State at Clemson
Michigan at Michigan State
Troy at South Alabama (Tuesday)