College football games to look forward to in Week 8
The biggest game on the Week 8 college football slate features the Ohio State Buckeyes hosting the Penn State Nittany Lions in a battle between two unbeaten Big Ten programs. Last week, we saw a similar matchup between the Oregon Ducks and Washington Huskies, and that one fully lived up to the hype. And overall, the Week 7 college football schedule ended up delivering some great games. Hopefully we'll get more of that in Week 8, which has five matchups that I'm really looking forward to. So, keep reading to see my Week 8 Games of the Week.
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Week 8 Games of the Week
All of the talk in the Big Ten East is about Ohio State and Michigan, but what about Penn State? The Nittany Lions are currently a perfect 6-0 on the season, and they have the second-best scoring defense in college football. Penn State is right behind Michigan in that regard, allowing only 8.0 points per game. Meanwhile, Ohio State sits in third in that statistic and is giving up 9.7 points per game. That just goes to show you how good the defenses in this division are. But it should make for a very interesting clash in Columbus this week. While Ohio State is undefeated and has already earned a big win over Notre Dame this season, it still feels like the Buckeyes offense — especially quarterback Kyle McCord — is unproven. That said, this is going to be a very exciting football game, and we’re going to learn a lot about both teams here. But something to keep an eye on in this matchup is that the Nittany Lions are 6-1 against the spread in the last seven meetings between these two. But Penn State also hasn’t won a road game against Ohio State since 2011, so that will be working against the Nittany Lions in a game with serious College Football Playoff implications.