Week 8 Puts 10 Key Games in Focus as Texas Faces Ole Miss Amid 5 Top-7 Upsets
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 23
Week 8 Puts 10 Key Games in Focus as Texas Faces Ole Miss Amid 5 Top-7 Upsets
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 23
Summary
Ole Miss at Texas tops the Week 8 slate, with 4-2 Texas trying to stop a two-game skid that has put Arch Manning and Steve Sarkisian under fresh pressure.
Houston at unbeaten Utah and Indiana at Michigan follow close behind, with both games carrying direct Big 12 or Big Ten implications and potential College Football Playoff fallout.
BYU, a 6.5-point favorite at UCF after its upset of Notre Dame, and Tennessee, a 2-point underdog at 3-3 South Carolina despite a 6-1 record, highlight the week's uneasy rankings.
Alabama, LSU, USC and Texas Tech also enter pivotal road or rebound spots, while North Dakota State at New Mexico could decide first place in the Mountain West.
Last week's chaos frames the entire weekend: five of the AP top seven lost on the same day for the first time, reinforcing that a thin-looking slate can still reshape the season.