Mac Mirabile’s NCAA College football betting predictions for week 8

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Week 8
Home	Away	Line	Mac's Line	Bet Line	Correct	O/U	Mac's OU	Bet OU	Correct	Pick Winner
Connecticut	West Virginia	7	6	COVER	NO	49	45	UNDER	NO	YES
Miami	Louisville	-9	4	NOT COVER	YES	42.5	57	OVER	YES	NO
UAB	TCU	-7	9	NOT COVER	NO	60.5	116	OVER	YES	NO
Oklahoma State	Texas A&M	-7	-11	COVER	NO	50.5	56	OVER	YES	NO
Kansas St.	Oklahoma	20	22	NOT COVER	NO	54.5	31	UNDER	YES	YES
Texas	Missouri	-14	-25	COVER	NO	48.5	40	UNDER	YES	YES
Georgia Tech	Duke	-18.5	-5	NOT COVER	YES	47	56	OVER	NO	YES
Navy	Notre Dame	6.5	37	NOT COVER	YES	47	87	OVER	NO	YES
Illinois	Michigan	19	10	COVER	YES	54.5	57	OVER	NO	YES
Rutgers	Temple	-13	-29	COVER	NO	56.5	66	OVER	NO	YES
Florida	Mid. Ten. State	-28.5	-21	NOT COVER	NO	60.5	72	OVER	YES	YES
Pittsburg	Boston College	8.5	19	NOT COVER	NO	42.5	70	OVER	NO	NO
Toledo	Ohio	-13.5	10	NOT COVER	NO	61	106	OVER	NO	NO
Michigan State	Minnesota	9.5	-8	COVER	YES	53.5	53	UNDER	NO	YES
Georgia	Vanderbilt	-23	-6	NOT COVER	NO	46.5	34	UNDER	YES	YES
Virginia Tech	Florida A&M	-23.5	OFF	OFF	YES	.	0	OFF	YES	NO
Clemson	Utah State	-22.5	-23	COVER	YES	50	47	UNDER	YES	YES
Colorado	Iowa State	-10	36	NOT COVER	YES	42.5	89	OVER	NO	NO
Buffalo	Miami (Ohio)	20	28	NOT COVER	NO	57	73	OVER	NO	YES
Memphis	Tulane	-23.5	39	NOT COVER	NO	56	65	OVER	YES	NO
W. Michigan	E. Michigan	-4.5	-2	NOT COVER	YES	58.5	83	OVER	YES	NO
Arkansas State	Troy State	13	2	COVER	YES	48	64	OVER	NO	NO
Nebraska	Baylor	-23	-17	NOT COVER	NO	44	32	UNDER	NO	YES
UNLV	New Mexico	-2.5	5	NOT COVER	YES	40	65	OVER	YES	YES
Washington	Oregon State	6.5	6	COVER	NO	47	60	OVER	NO	YES
Alabama	Southern Miss.	-7	28	NOT COVER	NO	44	79	OVER	NO	NO
USC	Arizona State	-10.5	-12	COVER	YES	49.5	76	OVER	YES	YES
UL-Monroe	Florida Intl.	-9.5	OFF	OFF	YES	.	26	OFF	YES	NO
Oregon	Arizona	-11.5	-3	NOT COVER	NO	44	61	OVER	NO	YES
Iowa	Ohio State	2.5	11	NOT COVER	NO	38.5	47	OVER	YES	NO
Maryland	NC State	-2.5	36	NOT COVER	YES	44.5	73	OVER	NO	YES
Auburn	Arkansas	-13	-12	NOT COVER	NO	48.5	78	OVER	YES	YES
Kent State	Marshall	13	-2	COVER	YES	47	58	OVER	NO	NO
Bowling Green	Ball State	-28	-9	NOT COVER	NO	56	94	OVER	YES	YES
North. Illinois	C. Michigan	-20	12	NOT COVER	NO	50.5	73	OVER	YES	NO
Washington St.	Stanford	-0.5	-2	COVER	YES	49	79	OVER	NO	YES
Idaho	UL-Lafayette	3.5	-3	COVER	YES	55	39	UNDER	NO	YES
Purdue	Wisconsin	-7	-13	COVER	NO	42.5	32	UNDER	YES	NO
UCF	Akron	-3	-6	COVER	NO	57.5	56	UNDER	YES	NO
SMU	La Tech	10	-15	COVER	NO	48.5	51	OVER	YES	NO
Tulsa	Boise State	21	16	COVER	YES	55.5	98	OVER	YES	YES
San Diego State	Colorado State	-4	-20	COVER	NO	45.5	35	UNDER	YES	YES
Kentucky	South Carolina	12	28	NOT COVER	NO	44.5	82	OVER	NO	YES
South Florida	Army	-15.5	OFF	OFF	YES	.	19	OFF	YES	NO
California	UCLA	-14.5	-20	COVER	YES	56.5	-5	UNDER	NO	YES
Florida State	Virginia	-3	4	NOT COVER	NO	46.5	29	UNDER	YES	NO
Mississippi	Tennessee	10	3	COVER	YES	51	71	OVER	NO	YES
Nevada	Rice	7	-53	COVER	YES	62	78	OVER	NO	YES
UTEP	Hawaii	-3.5	-21	COVER	YES	62	28	UNDER	NO	YES
BYU	Wyoming	-8	-16	COVER	YES	45	78	OVER	NO	YES
Utah	UNC	-21	-28	COVER	YES	55	56	OVER	YES	YES

My prediction line and over underline both involve a rather complex analysis of team statistics, winning percentages, streaks, and ESPN rankings. Also, it should be noted that my computer has no idea what it is doing, e.g., it believes NC State is going to beat Maryland by 35 points. So, be careful and use whatever intuition you may have. Generally, the best bets will be in instances where my line deviates largely and in the same direction from the gambling line. Several strong computer bets are highlighted. Note my computer thinks the Cal v. UCLA score will be Cal 3, UCLA -17. I will be updating these pages weekly, and hopefully refining my forecasts.