College Football Week 8 Games: 10 Biggest Matchups to Watch

College football Week 8 features two ranked-vs-ranked matchups, led by Houston vs Utah. CFB Vibes ranks the 10 best games with kickoff times, TV, streaming, radio and model predictions.

College football Week 8 games are headlined by No. 14 Houston at No. 10 Utah, one of two ranked-vs-ranked matchups in the CFB Vibes top 10 games to watch.

The list ranks the week's two games between ranked teams, then eight in which a ranked team is favored by no more than 80%. The CFB Vibes model simulates each game 10,000 times to set its win probability.

Times Eastern. Ranks in team names are the AP Top 25 (Week 8). "Spread" is the betting market's point spread, averaged across books, so it can land on a quarter point. "Win Probability" is the CFB Vibes model's pregame chance to win as of Oct. 22, 2026, the same number each game page shows. Both move until kickoff.

No. 14 Houston at No. 10 Utah kicks off at 10:15 p.m. ET Saturday, Oct. 24, on ESPN, streaming on the ESPN App. The CFB Vibes model gives Utah a 67% chance to win; the point spread is Utah -7.

On the radio: Houston: Cougar Radio Network · KPRC 950 Houston. Utah: Utah Sports Radio Network · ESPN 700 (KALL 700 AM / 92.1 FM) Salt Lake City.

All 10 games by kickoff, Eastern time.

• ABC carries two of the 10 games, the most of any network.

The CFB Vibes model simulates every game 10,000 times from the betting market's point spread. Its picks in the two ranked-vs-ranked matchups:

• No. 14 Houston at No. 10 Utah: Utah 67% (spread: Utah -7).
• No. 7 Ole Miss at No. 19 Texas: Texas 59% (spread: Texas -3.5).

The closest game on the list is No. 11 Tennessee at South Carolina, where the model gives South Carolina a 55% chance to win.

Of the 17 Week 8 games with a ranked team, these are the eight in which the ranked team is favored by 80% or less:

• No. 11 Tennessee at South Carolina: South Carolina 55% (spread: South Carolina -2.25).
• No. 16 USC at Wisconsin: USC 57% (spread: USC -3).
• No. 2 BYU at UCF: BYU 66% (spread: BYU -6.5).
• No. 15 Iowa at Minnesota: Iowa 67% (spread: Iowa -7).
• No. 18 LSU at Auburn: LSU 67% (spread: LSU -7).
• No. 6 Indiana at Michigan: Indiana 68% (spread: Indiana -7.5).
• Iowa State at No. 25 Arizona: Arizona 73% (spread: Arizona -10).
• Vanderbilt at No. 12 Kentucky: Kentucky 74% (spread: Kentucky -10.75).

Just outside the cut: Texas A&M at No. 13 Alabama (Alabama 81%); Michigan State at No. 9 UCLA (UCLA 83%); Rutgers at No. 24 Northwestern (Northwestern 86%).

Each program's season-long radio network and flagship station, as the school publishes it. Affiliate lineups and listen-live links are on each team's How to Watch page.

• What are the best college football games in Week 8? 1. No. 14 Houston at No. 10 Utah; 2. No. 7 Ole Miss at No. 19 Texas; 3. No. 11 Tennessee at South Carolina; 4. No. 16 USC at Wisconsin; 5. No. 2 BYU at UCF; 6. No. 15 Iowa at Minnesota; 7. No. 18 LSU at Auburn; 8. No. 6 Indiana at Michigan; 9. Iowa State at No. 25 Arizona; 10. Vanderbilt at No. 12 Kentucky.
• What is the biggest college football game of Week 8? No. 14 Houston at No. 10 Utah, the matchup of the two highest-ranked teams by combined AP Top 25 ranking.
• What channel is Houston vs Utah on? ESPN, streaming on the ESPN App.
• What time does Houston vs Utah start? 10:15 p.m. ET Saturday, Oct. 24.
• How many ranked vs ranked games are in Week 8? Two, and all two are in the CFB Vibes top 10.

• Up to six games between two AP Top 25 teams, highest combined ranking first, then games in which a ranked team is favored by 80% or less, closest first, until there are ten. That order is the Rank column.
• Win probabilities come from the CFB Vibes model, which simulates each game 10,000 times from the betting market's point spreads. A game with no line is not priced and cannot make the list.
• The spread is that same market line, averaged across books. The team with the minus sign is favored to win by that many points.
• TV and streaming are the listings the site's schedule feed carried for each game, the same ones on every team's How to Watch page. A game with no carrier listed yet says so.
• Radio is each program's season-long network and flagship station. Availability can vary by game.

Season

2026, Week 8

Rankings

AP Top 25, Week 8

Games with a ranked team

17

Ranked vs. ranked

2

Figures generated

2026-10-22

• No. 14 Houston at No. 10 Utah: game page · Houston how to watch · Utah how to watch
• No. 7 Ole Miss at No. 19 Texas: game page · Ole Miss how to watch · Texas how to watch
• No. 11 Tennessee at South Carolina: game page · Tennessee how to watch · South Carolina how to watch
• No. 16 USC at Wisconsin: game page · USC how to watch · Wisconsin how to watch
• No. 2 BYU at UCF: game page · BYU how to watch · UCF how to watch
• No. 15 Iowa at Minnesota: game page · Iowa how to watch · Minnesota how to watch
• No. 18 LSU at Auburn: game page · LSU how to watch · Auburn how to watch
• No. 6 Indiana at Michigan: game page · Indiana how to watch · Michigan how to watch
• Iowa State at No. 25 Arizona: game page · Iowa State how to watch · Arizona how to watch
• Vanderbilt at No. 12 Kentucky: game page · Vanderbilt how to watch · Kentucky how to watch

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