Can Syracuse Upset Clemson? Victory Bell CFB Week 8 Staff Picks
Week 8 is yet another thrilling week of college football. Including, 5 top 25 matchups. First, #14 Syracuse will travel to Clemson to face the #5 Tigers. Then at 3:30 we have both a B12 matchup and a PAC12 matchup. #20 Texas Travels to Stillwater to face #11 Oklahoma State and #9 UCLA travels to Eugene to face the #10 Oregon Ducks. For the nightcap, #24 Mississippi State will travel to Tuscaloosa to face an angry #6 Alabama team fresh off their first loss of the year in potentially the game of the year Vs now #3 Tennessee. The #17 Kansas State wildcats who has only been beaten once travels to face one of the final 9 undeafeteds in #8 TCU. Our staff at The Victory Bell will be making their predictons for all 5 of these games below, and of course the weekly Buckeye game.
Our Picks
#14 Syracuse @ #5 Clemson 12:00PM ABC
Evan 42-28 Clemson
Andrew 24-17 Clemson
Jake 31-21 Clemson
Brodie 31-28 Syracuse
Jordan 35-24 Clemson
Syracuse and Clemson both come into this game as two of the last 9 undeafeateds. Clemson is nearly two touchdown favorites and most of our staff thinks they'll handle business. However, I think Syracuse gets the job done and gets a major upset, led by RB Sean Tucker
#20 Texas @ #11 Oklahoma State 3:30PM ABC
Evan 47-23 Texas
Andrew 35-34 Texas
Jake 41-38 Oklahoma State
Brodie 35-31 Texas
Jordan 49-24 Oklahoma State
Despite going on the round, and being the lower ranked team, Texas is favored in this one. Oklahoma State is looking to bounce back from their first loss of the season in a double OT thriller Vs TCU. This will be a great QB duel between Quinn Ewers and Spencer Sanders.
#9 UCLA @ #10 Oregon 3:30PM Fox
Evan 45-41 UCLA
Andrew 45-35 UCLA
Jake 42-35 UCLA
Brodie 28-20 Oregon
Jordan 34-31 Oregon
The UCLA Bruins have been one of the biggest surprises in CFB. After winning just 8 games last year they are firing on all cilinders in the first half of this season and are one of the few undefeated teams. On the other hand, the Dan Lanning era started with a massacre by #1 Georgia 49-3. Since then, it's been smooth sailing for the Ducks who have won 5 in a row. This will be the only top 10 matchup of the week and it should be a thriller out west.
#24 Mississippi State @ #6 Alabama 7:00PM ESPN
Evan 52-31 Alabama
Andrew 48-17 Alabama
Jake 49-38 Alabama
Brodie 49-21 Alabama
Jordan 54-21 Alabama
Coming off their first loss of the year Alabama will host another top 25 team in the air raid Mississippi State bulldogs. Alabama is favored by over 3 touchdowns in this matchup and should handle business easily.
#17 Kansas State @ #8 TCU 8:00PM FS1
Evan 38-24 TCU
Andrew 49-35 TCU
Jake 34-27 TCU
Brodie 31-13 TCU
Jordan 34-21 TCU
Coming off a thrilling 2OT comeback victory Vs Oklahoma State, Kansas State will host another top 25 matchup. The #17 Wildcats who have only dropped one game travel to TCU as they look to upset the undefeated Horned Frogs
Iowa @ #2 Ohio State 12:00PM Fox
Evan 41-10 Ohio State
Andrew 53-13 Ohio State
Jake 45-6 Ohio State
Brodie 45-10 Ohio State
Jordan 49-10 Ohio State
The Buckeyes look to continue their undefeated season off a bye week Vs the one sided Iowa Hawkeyes. Ohio State is also weary and taking this game personal throughout the WHAC. They have had the 2017 game score where Iowa (18 point underdogs) shocked the Buckeyes 55-24
who do you think wins these week 8 matchups